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MICHAEL SAXL

msaxl@mainestreetsolutions.com
(207) 329-7159
45 Memorial Circle, Augusta, ME, 04332,

Mike became Managing Principal of Maine Street Solutions and Counsel to Verrill following his service as a member of the Maine House of Representatives (1995-2002) and as Speaker of the Maine House (2000-2002). Mike brings over 30 years of professional public policy experience, through his service an elected official, a campaign operative, state and federal policy staff, and lobbying at all levels of government. Through those experiences, Mike and the Maine Street Solutions team provide a cutting-edge combination of services to clients.

15-20 years

Mike was�named 2021, 2020 and 2013 (27th, 26th�and 19th�editions)�"Lawyer of the Year"�by his peers (BestLawyers.com), for his work in Government Relations Practice, and has been listed in the same publication every year as a top Maine lawyer.

In 2020, Mike received the�Katahdin Counsel Recognition Program's certificate of commendation�for completion of over 50 hours of pro bono work.

All of us at Vaccinate Your Family owe Mike Saxl and his team a debt of gratitude for the support they offered us in dealing with the Maine Ethics Commission. Had Maine Street Solutions not been by our side, I have no doubt that we would have had a very different outcome. We would recommend Maine Street Solutions to anyone looking for support as they navigate government relations in Maine. - AMY PISANI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VACCINATE YOUR FAMILY

When it comes to quietly navigating the waters of State Government and the rule making process nobody beats the team at Maine Street Solutions. Faced with goals we have been working to achieve throughout Maine and the country for a number of years, the team at Maine Street Solutions efficiently and strategically placed our interests in front of key decision makers and delivered a great result. Now we're working with Maine Street Solutions around national strategies involving our products and looking to make our success in Maine the road map for success around the country. - CHUCK RIEGLE, TOMRA NORTHAMERICA

When the Maine State Chamber of Commerce decided to take a leadership role in the tax debate we called on Maine Street Solutions. With their help we crafted a multilateral strategy that integrated electoral politics, model public policy and statehouse know-how. In a few short months, we were able to frame the debate and to create a sense of urgency in legislators. During the first thirty days of the legislature the Governor signed the bill that we supported. We couldn't have been successful without the team at Maine Street Solutions. - DANA CONNORS, MAINE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

We have been continually impressed with the Maine Street team. They were unflagging in their efforts to help us secure state funding and we would not have been successful without their support. Sometimes with pro bono arrangements you can feel as if you're being placed on the back burner, but we have never felt that way in our work with Maine Street Solutions. - KRISTEN MIALE, PRESIDENT, GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK???????

At Maine Street Solutions, Mike and the team serve everyone from fortune 50 companies to the local statewide food bank. They believe in a multi-lateral strategic approach to problem solving wherein they leave egos aside and focus on achieving positive results for clients. Mike and the team do not believe in silos in government relations. They know that everyone on the team needs to have the right information so they can provide the right message to the right person at the right time. They also know that to broaden the impact of their client's message they need to use all the levers of communication: from direct advocacy to media relations, from grass roots influencing to social media, from legal advocacy to coalition building. Mike and the team know that this integrated, strategic approach brings the best chance of success for clients. AT MSS, Mike and the team are extremely competitive and want their clients to always win.
Mike and the team frequently work with clients on national strategies using Maine as a test-case to hone messages, tactics, and policy, and then help those clients develop a national strategic approach to implement their strategy. Through that work they have achieved great successes across the country, ranging from expanding access to prescription drugs and healthcare to creating best practices for good government initiatives.
If an issue touches the public, whether it be government or community relations, crisis communications or procurement, national or local issues, the MSS team has the relationships and skills to advance your interest.
Mike grew up in Bangor, graduated from Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law, represented the West End of Portland in the Legislature and currently resides in Belgrade with his wife and daughter. When Mike is not on the phone with a client or lawmaker, he can be frequently found walking in the woods near his home with the family dog, Dory.

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MATTHEW KURTA

Michigan Information and Research Service, Inc. (MIRS) has twice ranked Matt as one of the most effective lobbyists in Lansing.

Matt is respected throughout the Capitol as a bipartisan consensus builder, and believes that in today's term-limited environment, there is no substitute for legislative experience and longstanding bipartisan legislative relationships earned through mutual trust and respect.

He specializes in advocacy related to natural resources & the environment, energy policy & utility regulation, education, retirement, and finance.

1) ALLEGAN AREA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY

2) ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

3) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

4) AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (APCIA)

5) ANHEUSER BUSCH COMPANIES INC

6) APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

7) APPLE INC

8) ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORK BOARDS

9) BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

10) BCA LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE BOWLING CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

11) BERRIEN RESA

12) BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN

13) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

14) CIGAR ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

15) CLINTON COUNTY RESA

16) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTE

17) Compass Pathways

18) COPPER COUNTRY ISD

19) COUNTY ROAD ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN

20) DEAN TRANSPORTATION INC

21) DELTA SCHOOLCRAFT ISD

22) DETROIT LEGAL NEWS

23) DETROIT WAYNE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY

24) DICKINSON IRON ISD

25) DTE ENERGY COMPANY

26) EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA ISD

27) FEDEX CORPORATION

28) FORD MOTOR COMPANY

29) GFL ENVIROMENTAL USA INC

30) GIFT OF LIFE MICHIGAN

31) GOGEBIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE (GCC)

32) GOGEBIC ONTONAGON ISD

33) GRATIOT ISABELLA RESD

34) GREAT LAKES REALITY LABS

35) GREAT LAKES TIMBER PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION

36) GUN LAKE TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY GUN LAKE CASINO

37) HEADSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LLC

38) HELLO HEART INC.

39) HERITAGE SOUTHWEST ISD

40) HOLLAND HOSPITAL

41) HOLLYWOOD CASINO AT GREEKTOWN

42) HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF SE MICHIGAN

43) HURON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

44) IDEMIA IDENTITY AND SECURITY NORTH AMERICA

45) INDEPENDENT PAYROLL PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION

46) INGHAM ISD

47) Interlochen Center for the Arts

48) INVESTUP

49) IONIA COUNTY ISD

50) ITG BRANDS LLC

51) JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN GREAT LAKES

52) KALAMAZOO RESA

53) KINTERRA CAPITAL CORP

54) LATTICE INDUTRIES

55) LIVINGSTON ESA

56) MARQUETTE ALGER RESA

57) MENOMINEE COUNTY ISD

58) MICHIGAN 211

59) MICHIGAN AFTERSCHOOL PARTNERSHIP

60) MICHIGAN ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM INC

61) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION

62) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

63) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF POLICE ORGANIZATIONS

64) MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL

65) MICHIGAN ATHLETIC TRAINERS SOCIETY INC

66) MICHIGAN CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION

67) MICHIGAN CHAPTER ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS

68) Michigan Cinema United

69) MICHIGAN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

70) MICHIGAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION

71) MICHIGAN FOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION

72) MICHIGAN INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SOCIETY

73) MICHIGAN MORTGAGE LENDERS ASSOCIATION (MMLA)

74) MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION

75) MICHIGAN ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS ASSOC

76) MICHIGAN PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

77) MICHIGAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION

78) MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU)

79) MICHIGAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

80) MICHIGAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY (MVU)

81) MICHIGAN WATERFRONT ALLIANCE

82) MONTCALM AREA ISD

83) MSU Research Foundation

84) MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN

85) NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING

86) NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY INC

87) NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU

88) NEXTENERGY CENTER

89) ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC

90) OPPORTUNITY THRIVE

91) PHANTOM FIREWORKS SHOWROOMS LLC

92) PLANTE AND MORAN

93) REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION STATE BAR OF MICHIGAN

94) RENAISSANCE LEARNING INC

95) RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF KENT COUNTY

96) ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY

97) Rockford Holdings LLC

98) SAGINAW ISD

99) SAMARITAS

100) Samsara Inc.

101) SCHOOL EQUITY CAUCUS

102) SCHUPAN AND SONS

103) SHIAWASSEE REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT (SHIAWASSEE RESD)

104) Skydio

105) ST JOSEPH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

106) TOMRA NORTH AMERICA

107) Trott Law P.C.

108) TUSCOLA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

109) UNITED DEER FARMERS OF MICHIGAN

110) VAN BUREN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

111) VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

112) Verra Mobility

113) VOYA SERVICES COMPANY

114) WASHTENAW ISD

115) WINE INSTITUTE

6-10 years

A native of Michigan's rugged, beautiful Upper Peninsula, Matt joined Karoub Associates in 2011 after serving eight years on legislative staff for a former State Senator and Senate Minority Leader. He holds degrees from Western Michigan University, Gogebic Community College, and is a 2005 Fellow of the Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP) at Michigan State University.

An avid golfer, musician, and NASCAR enthusiast, Matt and his wife Rebecca reside with their son in Okemos.