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ERIC L SEXTON, PHD

(Kansas, )

Foulston Siefkin LLP

esexton@foulston.com
316-371-7553
1551 N. Waterfront Parkway, Suite 100, Wichita, KS, 67206,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:LinkedIn, Twitter, Foulston Website, Foulston's Kansas Legislative Insights Newsletter

Eric Sexton doesn't know a stranger. He connects quickly with all types of people and brings a wealth of legislative and executive branch relationships paired with extensive understanding of how to get things done in the State Capitol.

1) AMERICAN ADOPTIONS

2) City of Hays

3) CorVent Medical

4) Deriva Energy

5) Foulston Siefkin LLP

6) Jones Walker LLP

7) Kansas Appleseed

8) KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES

9) Kansas Health Science Center

10) The Kansas African American Museum

15-20 years

Developed and facilitated a coalition of aviation industry leaders with a local university to get the State of Kansas to support the first direct appropriate to specifically support the research and innovation needs of those companies. In addition to major initiatives like this example, successful in working with both Republicans and Democrats to further the goals of clients.

Eric has achieved success by developing key contacts and maintaining relationships and maintaining relationships with policymakers in a bipartisan way and across the legislative and executive branches of state government. This philosophy continues to carry the most credibility and achieve results in government affairs.

I hired Eric Sexton to be the head of government affairs when I was President of Wichita State University. He was most effective in the position. He has tremendous respect for the legislative process and those elected to leadership positions. He worked well with elected public officials and was especially respected for helping constituents solve issues they were having with the University. He projected a positive image for the University. - Donald Beggs, PhD, President Emeritus, Wichita State University

Eric L. Sexton, PhD, serves as a governmental affairs consultant with Foulston Siefkin's Governmental Affairs & Public Policy practice group. The group provides legislative monitoring and lobbying services for Foulston's clients as well as publishing the weekly Kansas Legislative Insights newsletter during the session. Sexton is a contributing author for Kansas Legislative Insights and spends most of his time in Topeka during the legislative session, building on his strong relationships at the local, state, and federal level.

Sexton is an experienced government affairs leader who spent 18 years on Wichita State University's government relations team, mostly as executive director of government relations. During his tenure in that role, WSU ranked 15th in the country for earning directed federal appropriations for important programs. Sexton then served as WSU's director of athletics, overseeing the rise of the men's basketball program to its highest levels of national prominence to date while also operating the athletics program profitably. Sexton's thorough understanding of legislative processes, funding, and the people involved combine to make him an effective and well-informed advocate for clients whose businesses or industries are affected by local, state, or federal regulations, administrative agencies, or elected officials.

Sexton earned his doctorate in political science from the University of Kansas after his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Wichita State University.

Active in his community, Sexton serves on the Wesley Medical Center Board of Trustees, the Derby Community Foundation, and was a founding member of Real Men, Real Heroes. In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Sexton to the President Commission for the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Sexton is an avid golfer who competes in amateur events at the regional and national level. He also enjoys hunting quail and pheasant as well as Kansas staycations with his wife, Kathy Sexton.