David helps Cornerstone clients identify opportunities and establishes a road map for success at a local, state and federal level
On behalf of a Cornerstone client, David drafted, assisted in the passage, and secured funding, establishing a full medical school loan repayment program for primary care physicians
David works with clients to increase funding and tax incentives enhancing economic development programs
1) Alzheimers Association, Iowa Chapter
3) Associated General Contractors of Iowa
4) Association for Consumer Debt Relief c/o MultiState Associates LLC
5) Carvana
8) Des Moines Area Regional Transit
9) Des Moines International Airport
11) Flowstate Health
13) Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (IHBPA)
15) Iowa Academy of Family Physicians
16) Iowa Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
17) Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
20) Iowa Community Foundations
21) Iowa County Attorneys Association
23) Iowa Extension Council Association
24) Iowa Health Care Association
25) Iowa Healthiest State Initiative
26) Iowa Nebraska Farm Equipment Dealers Association
27) Iowa Operators of Music & Amusement
28) Iowa Real Estate Developers Association
29) Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRF)
30) Iowa State Fair
31) Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association
32) Iowa Travel Industry Partners
33) Iowa Water Land Legacy Coalition
34) Iowa Wholesale Beer Distributors Association
35) Iowa Wood Industry Association
37) Lifepoint Health
41) MidAmerican Energy Company
43) Northern Natural Gas Company
44) REM Iowa
45) Republic National Distributing Company
46) Responsive Policy Solutions
47) Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
49) Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa
50) Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
53) TC Energy
55) Turo Inc.
58) Voya Financial
59) Woodward Academy
11-15 years
David Adelman joined Cornerstone Government Affairs in 2010, bringing over 10 years of substantial experience in grassroots advocacy, developing and implementing strategic legislative campaigns, drafting and analyzing legislative language and reports and establishing, administering and advising political action committees.
Before joining Cornerstone, David worked for a law firm in West Des Moines where his practice focused on government relations, legislative law, PAC compliance and strategic advising, and election law. David continues to secure millions of dollars for clients through appropriation language, enables clients to secure major policy changes in a variety of issue areas and helps defeat language that would have been detrimental to clients' interests.
Prior to his role at the law firm, David worked with the Department of Justice, in the Iowa Attorney's General Office and clerked in the State Senate.
David worked in Washington, D.C. at the Democratic National Committee where he helped to design the voter protection program in 2004 and returned to Des Moines where he assisted in the establishment of the legal protection network for the Iowa Democratic Party. David served two terms on the Iowa Democratic State Central Committee; the Board of Directors for the Democratic Party.
Raised in Des Moines, David earned a B.S. in Marketing and Business Legal Studies from Miami University, and a certificate in International Business studying in London, England. He received his law degree with a Legislative Practice Certificate from Drake University Law School.
David and his wife, Liz, reside in Des Moines where they are active in the community and have three sons, Michael, Benjamin and Sam.
4948 Eskridge Terrace NW, Washington, DC, 20016,
1) ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE (ADL)
4) BRIDGEBIO
5) CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES OF AMERICA
7) COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY ALLIANCE
10) DEXCOM, INC.
11) DROPBOX
14) ETSY, INC.
15) FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS (FAMM)
16) GENENTECH
19) INTEL CORP
20) JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC
21) LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
22) ONEONCOLOGY INC.
24) PACT COALITION
25) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA
26) PHARMACOSMOS THERAPEUTICS INC.
27) RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION
28) REPLIMUNE
30) SILICON VALLEY TAX DIRECTORS GROUP
31) SPOTIFY
32) SPR THERAPEUTICS
33) SYNOPSYS
34) TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA INC
35) TOYOTA
36) U.S. WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE
37) UNIQURE INC.
38) YAHOO INC, AND VAR. SUBS/AFFILIATES (FKA COLLEGE PARENT, L.P. DBA "YAHOO")
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 510, Washington, DC, 20003,
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW /North Building, Suite 200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
4948 Eskridge Terrace NW, Washington, DC, 20016,
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW /North Building, Suite 200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
4948 Eskridge Terrace NW, Washington, DC, 20016,
202-289-3835
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW /North Building, Suite 200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 510, Washington, DC, 20003,
202-322-8070
4948 Eskridge Terrace NW, Washington, DC, 20016,
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW /North Building, Suite 200, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1225 New York Ave, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20005,
1) 21ST CENTURY PRIVACY COALITION
2) ALLIED OMS
4) AMERICAN INDEPENDENT MEDICAL PRACTICE ASSOCIATION
5) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PHYSICIANS
9) BRIDGEBIO
11) CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES OF AMERICA
14) COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY ALLIANCE
18) DEXCOM, INC.
19) DIGESTIVE HEALTH PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION
20) DIRECTV
21) DROPBOX
22) DTE ENERGY
26) ETSY, INC.
27) EVERMORE
28) FULLSCRIPT
29) GENENTECH
32) INTEL CORP
33) JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES INC
34) LANTHEUS MEDICAL IMAGING, INC.
37) NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION
40) ONEONCOLOGY INC.
42) PACT COALITION
43) PAIR TEAM
44) PATIENTPOINT
45) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA
46) PHARMACOSMOS THERAPEUTICS INC.
47) PIERRE FABRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
48) RENEWABLE FUELS ASSOCIATION
49) REPLIMUNE
50) SALUDA MEDICAL
53) SILICON VALLEY TAX DIRECTORS GROUP
54) SOUTHERN COMPANY
55) SPOTIFY
56) SPR THERAPEUTICS
57) SYNOPSYS
59) TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA INC
60) TECHNET THE VOICE OF INNOVATION ECONOMY
61) TOYOTA
62) U.S. WOMEN'S HEALTH ALLIANCE
63) UNIQURE INC.
64) YAHOO INC, AND VAR. SUBS/AFFILIATES (FKA COLLEGE PARENT, L.P. DBA "YAHOO")
