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H. BENSON DENDY

(Virginia, )

The Vectre Corporation

bdendy@vectrecorp.com
804-644-6600
707 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, VA, 23219,

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The Vectre Corporation was established in 1989 as a subsidiary of the Virginia law firm of Hazel & Thomas, P.C., with offices in Northern Virginia and Richmond, to provide necessary, highly-specialized non-legal services in the area of government relations. Hazel & Thomas merged with ReedSmith LLP in 1999. The firm has grown to the point that today it is widely acknowledged for its expertise and communication abilities by federal, state and local government officials as one of its leading government relations resources.

In 1992, The Vectre Corporation expanded its range of services when it became the Virginia member of The Advocacy Group (TAG), an international network of law and government relations firms providing advocacy services at State Capitols throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. In 1995, The Vectre Corporation became an independent firm, owned by members of its Board of Directors.

Today, The Vectre Corporation is headquartered at 707 East Main Street, an easy walk from the Virginia's Capitol Square. The firm includes six full-time professional government affairs advocates with more than eight decades of cumulative experience. The Vectre Corporation has expanded by opening an office in Northern Virginia.

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Vectre's areas of special expertise involve both traditional lobbying as well as grassroots and grass-tops lobbying. Vectre brings to any project strong experience in winning legislative battles on behalf of diverse corporate interests.

1) BIC Corporation

2) Cedar Mountain Stone Corporation

3) Littera Education, Inc.

4) MGM Resorts International Operations, Inc.

5) Natural Products Association

6) Old Dominion Highway Contractors Association

7) Sentara Health Plans

8) Sentara Healthcare

9) Titan America LLC

10) Transurban (USA) Inc.

11) Virginia Beer Wholesalers Association

12) Virginia Equine Alliance, Inc.

13) VitalCore Health Strategies, LLC

H. BENSON DENDY III serves as President of The Vectre Corporation and a member of its Board of Directors. As a senior staff member for two Virginia Governors, he has held positions as diverse as Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary to the Governor's Cabinet, and Special Assistant to the Governor. He began his career in state government in 1978, as a legislative assistant to the Lieutenant Governor. Over the course of seven legislative sessions, he advocated for two Governors' agendas in the General Assembly. He served on transition committees for Virginia Governors Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe.

In 2016, Dendy was appointed to the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he currently serves as Vice Rector. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute. In 2002, he was appointed by Governor Mark Warner to the Council on the Southern Community of the Southern Growth Policies Board.

Dendy has been appointed and reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a state agency, by six Virginia Governors of both parties. He served as Chairman for nine years and is currently Chairman Emeritus. In 2003, he was appointed by the United States Secretary of the Interior to the Federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission and served as the Federal Commission's Vice Chairman. From 2013 � 2020, Dendy served on the Executive Committee of the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration which highlighted the 400th anniversary of key historical events that occurred in Virginia in 1619 that continue to influence our world today. These events were the anniversary of the first representative assembly in the New World, the arrival of the first recorded African slaves to English North America, the arrival of the first English women in significant numbers and the first official English Thanksgiving.

He served on the Board of Trustees of the Valentine Richmond History Center for 14 years and is a former director of the Virginia YMCA and the Maymont Foundation. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, a core grantee of the United States Department of State that conducts international exchange programs for young governmental leaders. He is a member of the Honorary Council to the St. George's Foundation in Bermuda. Dendy also has extensive experience in helping international corporations develop business in this country.

Dendy graduated from the University of Richmond, magna cum laude, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A member of Second Presbyterian Church, Dendy serves as an elder. He and his late wife, Stacey, had three children. The family enjoys skiing at Wintergreen and spending time in the summer at Virginia Beach.

He has served as Chairman of The Advocacy Group, the premier municipal, state, federal and international government and public affairs organization in the world and currently serves on its board of directors. Dendy was one of the first 24 government relations professionals nationwide to complete the State Government Affairs Council Professional Certification Program in 2012 and currently has completed the Council's silver level program for advanced certification.

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DAVID SMITH

(New Jersey, )

Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc

smith@ppag.com
(609) 209-7780
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,

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Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest government affairs firm in New Jersey, is a multifaceted organization specializing in government relations and communications in New Jersey. We have offices in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with an unparalleled network of contacts throughout the state. The strength of our firm derives from the diverse backgrounds of the firm's partners and associates which include a former President of the New Jersey Senate, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Counsel to the Governor, Chief Counsel to the General Assembly and several former Directors of the Legislature.

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An accomplished bipartisan staff between our Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices ensures that our clients are well represented on both sides of the political aisle and at all levels of government. The mix and wealth of experience among our professionals provides for expertise in all areas of public policy.

Whatever the task: working our way through the permitting process, delivering a change in a regulation or orchestrating the introduction and passage of major legislation, we've done it.

Wherever the setting: before a Legislative Committee or in the Office of the Governor, we've been there.

Whomever the players: the Commissioner of a State Department, a key Committee aide, the Legislative leadership or the Chief of Staff, we know them.

And each and every one of our clients is assured the benefit of that expertise. You see, at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, our philosophy dictates that each of our clients works with a firm partner. There are no junior executives. This is one of the qualities which separates us from other firms. It gives our clients the best we have. And it works.

1) 180 Turning Lives Around

2) Active Hours Inc dba Earnin

3) Actors Fund Home

4) Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (ADS)

5) Advantage Capital Partners

6) Advocates for Children of NJ

7) Air Products & Chemicals Inc

8) Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries

9) Allstate Insurance Co

10) Altria Client Services LCC and its Affiliates/Philip Morris USA Inc

11) Altria Client Services LLC

12) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/Helix Innovations LLC

13) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/John Middleton Co

14) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/NJOY LLC

15) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/US Smokeless Tobacco Co

16) American Association of Dental Boards

17) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

18) American Kratom Association

19) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

20) American Specialty Health

21) American Suntanning Association

22) American Water Works Association of NJ

23) American Wood Council

24) Ardent Health Services

25) AshBritt Environmental Inc

26) Association of Environmental Authorities

27) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

28) Asurion LLC

29) Atlantic Richfield Co

30) Atlas Diagnostics

31) Avaya Inc

32) Aveanna Healthcare

33) Bayview Marina

34) Beacon Specialized Living NJ

35) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

36) Bet Makers

37) Beth Medrash Govoha

38) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey

39) Binti Inc

40) BMC Hospital LLC

41) Boardwalk 1000 LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

42) BP America Inc

43) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

44) Brief

45) Britton Industries Inc

46) Brown & Connery LLP

47) Bus Patrol America

48) Buzzy Buds LLC

49) Cedar Management

50) Central Jersey College Prep Charter School

51) Chauffeured Transportation Assoc. of NJ rebranded from Limousine Assoc. of NJ

52) Cigna Corporate Services LLC

53) Coach USA

54) Coalition for Genetic Data Protection, The

55) Coalition of County SPCAs

56) Commission on Dental Competency Assessments

57) CompCare Therapeutics Inc

58) Concentra Medical Centers

59) Concord Engineering Group

60) Constitutional Officers Association of NJ

61) Consumer Technology Association

62) Conti Solar

63) Continent 8 LLC

64) Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange

65) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

66) County of Essex

67) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

68) DaVita Inc.

69) DCI Group AZ LLC

70) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

71) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

72) DMR Architects PC

73) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

74) Duke Farms Foundation

75) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

76) Educational Services Commission of NJ (formerly Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission)

77) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

78) Enterprise Holdings

79) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

80) Excelsior University

81) F & D Enterprises LLC

82) Fair Funding for Students

83) Fedway Associates

84) Fieldstone Properties LLC

85) Fontana Law Group LLC d/b/a Crimson Legal Group

86) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

87) Frank Ruocco

88) Garden State Coalition of Schools

89) Garden State Municipal JIF

90) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

91) Golden Nugget, The

92) Google LLC and its Affiliates

93) Gordian Group The

94) Gourmet Dining

95) GPD Holdings LLC d/b/a CoinFlip

96) Guardian Security Services

97) Harmony Foundation of NJ

98) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

99) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

100) Home Buyers Warranty Corporation III

101) Hope Christian Services

102) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

103) Hudson Regional Hospital

104) Hunter Technologies

105) iGamingCloud Limited

106) IH Engineers PC

107) Inseparable Action Inc

108) Insurance Auto Auctions

109) Integrity Health

110) Intersection Parent LLC f/k/a Intersection Media LLC

111) JNESO

112) John P Holland Charter School

113) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

114) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

115) Kemper Realty Inc

116) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

117) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

118) Lefrak

119) Lilly USA LLC

120) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

121) Live Traffic Data LLC

122) Lotto.com

123) Lottoland Ltd

124) Maersk Inc

125) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

126) Manheim NJ

127) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

128) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

129) Maven Construction Corp.

130) McCarter Theater Center

131) Metlife

132) Micro Electronics Inc

133) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

134) Molson Coors Beverage Company

135) Mondelez Global LLC

136) Montana Health Solutions Inc. - Consumer Direct Care Network

137) Morris & Clara Weshank Family Foundation

138) Morris County Education Services Commission

139) Morris View Management LLC

140) Motorola Solutions Inc

141) MSD LLC

142) National Assoc. of Benefits & Insurance Professionals of NJ

143) National Association of Social Workers NJ/DE

144) National Electrical Contractors Association - Northern New Jersey Chapter

145) National Strategies LLC / Compass Pathways

146) Natural Products Association

147) NBC Universal Media LLC

148) Nemours Foundation, The

149) Neosurf

150) New Bridge Medical Center

151) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

152) New Jersey Interactive LLC dba Tyler New Jersey

153) New York Presbyterian Hospital

154) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

155) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

156) NJ Association of Election Officials

157) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

158) NJ Catholic Conference

159) NJ Civil Justice Institute

160) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

161) NJ Environmental Risk Management Fund

162) NJ Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board

163) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

164) NJ Hall of Fame

165) NJ Institute of Technology

166) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

167) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

168) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

169) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

170) NJ Press Association

171) NJ Private School Council

172) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

173) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

174) NJ School Counselors Association

175) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

176) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

177) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

178) NJ State Nurses Association

179) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

180) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

181) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

182) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

183) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

184) Nucor Corporation

185) Nulli Secundus Health Inc.

186) Nulli Secundus Health Inc. dba Birches Health

187) NW Financial Group LLC

188) Oddin.gg US LLC formerly Oddin.gg.s.r.o

189) OneMain General Services Corporation

190) Ora Apps Inc and its subsidiary company CNK Management Inc

191) OTG Management LLC

192) PalCare

193) Palo Alto Networks Inc

194) Parallel

195) Partnership for a Drug Free NJ

196) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

197) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

198) PNC Bank

199) PRA Group Inc

200) Prevenitas

201) Princeton Public Affairs Group

202) Pro League Network

203) Progress NJ

204) Progyny

205) Prologis LP

206) Propelus

207) PSE&G Co

208) Public Consulting Group LLC

209) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

210) REED Academy

211) Rising Pharmaceuticals

212) Roblox Corporation

213) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

214) RWJ Barnabas Health

215) Ryan LLC

216) Safepoint Scientific

217) Safety First Healthcare Corp

218) SAS Institute Inc

219) Savannah Energy

220) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

221) Service Contract Industry Council

222) ServiceMaster Brands

223) Sherwin-Williams Co

224) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

225) Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC

226) Somerset Development

227) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

228) Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

229) Special Children's Center The

230) Spencer Savings Bank

231) St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Inc.

232) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

233) STOPit Solutions

234) TD Bank NA

235) Tenax Strategies Inc

236) Thomson West

237) Tiktok Inc.

238) Township of Readington

239) Traveling Vineyards

240) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

241) Union Chill Cannabis Company LLC

242) United Airlines Inc

243) Univision Communications Inc

244) US Facilities Inc

245) USA Architects Corp

246) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

247) Valley Hospital

248) Vertical Bridge

249) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

250) VOYCE Inc.

251) Waymo LLC

252) Wellcare Health Plans Inc., a subsidiary of Centene Corporation

253) West Publishing Co

254) Western LNG LLC

255) Wild Bird Feeding Institute

256) Wilmington University

DAVID A. SMITH is a partner in the Princeton Public Affairs Group, is a veteran of the public affairs arena and has successfully managed public affairs campaigns impacting auto insurance, life insurance, tort reform and environmental legislative initiatives. Mr. Smith received national acclaim when he was honored with a ""Pollie Award"" by the American Association of Political Consultants and named to their United States ""Public Affairs Team of the Year." Mr. Smith was also named one of the most influential players in New Jersey's Healthcare arena by the Annual HealthSense Listing. Since 2005, Mr. Smith has been a Commissioner on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (nominated by the Governor for two separate four year terms and confirmed by the NJ Senate) and currently serves as an Officer on the Commission (Secretary). Mr. Smith serves on the National Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, and was one of the few contract lobbyists in the Country to be appointed to a National Task Force charged with creating ethical standard for lobbyists throughout the United States. Mr. Smith is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProtectingAmerica.org, an advocacy organization Co-chaired by James Lee Witt, former Cabinet member under President Clinton and Admiral James Loy, Deputy Director of Homeland Security under President Bush. Mr. Smith also serves as an Officer (1st Vice President) of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee (Secretary) of The Advocacy Group (TAG). Finally, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors as an officer (Treasurer) of the State Capitol Insurance Company RRG, the first professional liability company for lobbyists headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Smith has appeared on television and radio stations representing clients' interests, authored dozens of articles on politics/policy issues in New Jersey and is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer at national and state conferences, legislative hearings, meetings and seminars. He has been a consultant to statewide and legislative political campaigns and is a member of the Executive Finance Committee of the Assembly Democratic Leadership Committee as well as the New Jersey State Democratic Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Smith served as Director of Policy and Planning for the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Office. In that capacity, Mr. Smith supervised the partisan staff of all Assembly Committees and Task Forces while serving as senior staff aide to the insurance and commerce legislative committees. He was a Director with the New Jersey Dental Association from 1985 to 1990 and served on several national and state health care and insurance advisory committees.

Mr. Smith was awarded a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) Degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of The American College. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Public Affairs Institute, a three year educational program of the Public Affairs Council located in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith also graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.