In 2010, after 20 years as a State Capitol lobbyist, Mike Dugan established Capitol Consulting a full-service government relations firm. Capitol Consulting provides the experience, integrity, access and respect one achieves through years of successful representation of our clients' issues. Capitol Consulting is well respected with a proven network of legislative and state agency contacts to navigate the often-complex halls of state government. Capitol Consulting is founded on the simple principle that there is no substitute for hard work.
1) AbbVie Inc.
2) American Council of Engineering Companies of CT
3) American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)
4) Bombardier Aerospace Corporation
6) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
8) Connecticut Alcohol Retailers Exchange Inc.
9) Connecticut Alliance for Subacute Care
10) Connecticut Chiropractic Council
11) Consumer Data industry Association
12) Cookware Sustainability Alliance
13) Credit Union League of Connecticut
14) CT Industrial Energy Consumers
15) CT Society of Radiologic Technologists
16) CTIA - The Wireless Association
17) Dijon LLC
18) eBay, Inc.
20) FFD Central LLC
21) Hazel Health
22) JUUL Labs Inc.
24) Kooth USA, LLC
27) Natera, Inc.
28) National Waste & Recycling Association
30) Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America
33) Salesforce, Inc.
34) Scan Optics, LLC
35) Slalom Inc.
36) StubHub, Inc.
37) TikTok Inc.
38) United Concrete Products Inc
20+ years
Josh Hughes is a Senior Vice President, lobbyist and attorney at Capitol Consulting. He brings to Capitol Consulting a solid reputation with over 15-years of experience as a Capitol insider with extensive knowledge of the legislative process and policymakers. Over the years, Josh's network of contacts has provided his clients with access to all levels of state government in the legislative, administrative and executive branches. He has a reputation of working tirelessly to achieve successful results for the clients he is privileged to serve.
During his State Capitol lobbying career Josh has provided leadership and strategic advice to numerous corporations, state and national associations as well as nonprofit organizations including Tesla Motors Inc., Caterpillar, the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA), Greenskies Renewable Energy, the Association of American Publishers, the Corporation for Battery Recycling (Duracell, Panasonic and Energizer), the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Splunk Inc., alcohol retailers, distillers and wholesalers. Josh also continues to work with legislative campaigns in both parties bolstering the bipartisan connections of the firm.
Before becoming a State Capitol lobbyist, while in law school Josh was an intern with CB Richard Ellis commercial real estate in New York City. Prior to that Josh worked in the sales department of John Hancock Mutual Funds in Boston. In addition, he was on the account team of Ingall's Advertising.
Josh received his Bachelor of Arts degree in American Literature with a minor in Environmental Studies from Hartwick College. He received a Juris Doctorate degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law.
In 2010, after 20 years as a State Capitol lobbyist, Mike Dugan established Capitol Consulting a full-service government relations firm. Capitol Consulting provides the experience, integrity, access and respect one achieves through years of successful representation of our clients' issues. Capitol Consulting is well respected with a proven network of legislative and state agency contacts to navigate the often-complex halls of state government. Capitol Consulting is founded on the simple principle that there is no substitute for hard work.
2) AbbVie Inc.
3) American Council of Engineering Companies of CT
4) American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)
5) Bombardier Aerospace Corporation
6) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
8) Community Association Institute - Connecticut
9) Connecticut Alcohol Retailers Exchange Inc.
10) Connecticut Alliance for Subacute Care
11) Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
12) Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians
13) Connecticut Environmental Council
14) Connecticut Land Conservation Council
15) Connecticut Preservation Action
16) Consumer Data industry Association
17) Cookware Sustainability Alliance
18) Credit Union League of Connecticut
19) CT Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
20) CT Funeral Directors Assoc.
21) CT Industrial Energy Consumers
22) CT Physical Therapy Association
27) Diversified Brokerage Group Corporation
28) eBay, Inc.
30) Futures Inc.
31) Hazel Health
32) JUUL Labs Inc.
33) Kooth USA, LLC
36) National Waste & Recycling Association
39) Outdoor Advertising Assoc. of CT
41) Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America
42) Restoration Industry Association
45) Scan Optics, LLC
46) Slalom Inc.
47) StubHub, Inc.
48) The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
49) TikTok Inc.
20+ years
Liz Connelly joins Capitol Consulting as a Government Relations Associate after more than six years on staff in the Connecticut General Assembly. Liz began her tenure with House Democrats as a top advisor to then House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz (Berlin and Southington). When Rep. Aresimowicz was elected Speaker of the House, Liz was then promoted to Senior Legislative and Communications Advisor to Speaker of the House. During her time as a senior advisor to the Speaker, Liz developed and maintains a wide network of legislators, state agency, staff and advocacy organizations. In addition, she was responsible for dealing and negotiating with numerous business and industry representatives on behalf of the Speaker. Liz brings to Capitol Consulting a strong work ethic and a clear understanding of the legislative process to immediately assist Capitol Consulting's clients. In addition to lobbying directly for the firm's numerous clients, Liz will manage the firm's social media presence, assist in the firm's marketing for new business and maintain the firm's bill tracking system.
Prior to working in the legislature, Liz served as a Communications and Media Coordinator at The Governor's Prevention Partnership, a nonprofit organization that builds and offers youth prevention programs to prevent substance misuse and bullying.
Liz received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut, where she double majored in political science and journalism.
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1) Alliance for Safety and Justice
2) Atlantic Housing Partners, LLLP
5) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
6) Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
7) Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association
8) Chief Executive Officers of Management Companies
12) City of Naples
13) City of Orlando
20) College of Central Florida Foundation, Inc
21) Coreview
22) DDER Holdings, LLC dba Birdsong Housing Partners
23) Florida Association of Counties
24) Florida Association of Free & Charitable Clinics
25) Florida Association of Insurance Agents
26) Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects
27) Florida League of Cities, Inc.
28) Florida Municipal Electric Association
29) Florida Municipal Power Agency
30) Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc
31) FloridaMakes
34) Gulf Coast Council, Boy Scouts of America
35) Gulf Stream Council, Boy Scouts of America
36) Hendry County Board of County Commissioners
37) Hillsborough County Clerk of Court and Comptroller
38) Islamorada Village of Islands
39) JEA
40) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC
41) La Salle Educational Center, Homestead, Inc.
42) Lenovo, Inc.
43) Lumen
44) Management & Training Corporation
46) Miami Downtown Development Authority
48) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
49) Naval Continuing Care Retirement Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Fleet Landing
50) North Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
51) PepsiCo
53) Seavin, Inc
55) South Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
56) Southwest Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America
57) Suwannee River Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
60) Uber Technologies, Inc. and Affiliates
61) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc
63) Villages, The
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2) 2U, Inc
3) 3M Company
9) AbbVie Inc.
10) Affordable Housing Developers Council
11) AICPA Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
12) Airports Council International - North America
15) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
16) Alkermes, Inc.
17) Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
18) Alliance for Senior Health Care Financing
19) Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs
21) Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
23) Ambac Assurance Corporation
25) American Association for Justice
26) American College of Radiology
27) American Continental Group on Behalf of American Association of Publishers
28) American Continental Group on Behalf of Coalition for Patent & Trademark Info.
29) American Continental Group on Behalf of Copyright Alliance
30) American Continental Group on behalf of Motion Picture Association of America
31) American Continental Group on behalf of News Corporation
32) American Continental Group on Behalf of Nike, Inc.
33) American Continental Group on Behalf of RELX Inc.
34) American Continental Group on Behalf of SoundExchange
35) American Continental Group on Behalf of The Authors Guild, Inc.
36) American Continental Group on behalf of the Songwriters Guild of America
37) American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
38) American Trade Association for Cannabis & Hemp
39) Amgen Inc.
40) Amgen USA Inc.
41) Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC
42) Aptiv, PLC
43) Association for Accessible Medicines
44) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
46) AT&T Services, Inc. on behalf of its affiliate, Warner Media, LLC
51) Beer Institute
52) Biodesix, Inc.
53) Biogen, Inc.
54) Biotechnology Innovation Organization
55) Bockorny Group, Inc. on behalf of Cognosante, LLC
56) Boys & Girls Clubs of America
57) Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
58) BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES
59) California Life Sciences Association
60) Capital District Physician's Health Plan, Inc.
61) CareDx, Inc.
62) Cargill, Inc.
66) Center for Policing Equity
67) Charter Communications, Inc.
68) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions
71) Coaltion for Horse Racing Integrity
72) Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Corporation
74) Commercial Bankruptcy Alliance
75) Committee for Education Funding
76) Consortium for 568 Victims U.S. Embassy Bombings in Nairobi & Dar es Salaam
77) Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
78) Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
80) Credit Protection Coaltion
82) Crystallex
85) Directors Guild of America
86) Discovery Communications, LLC
87) DJO Incorporated
89) eBay, Inc.
90) Elekta Inc.
91) Elliott Management Corporation
92) EMD Serono Inc.
93) Emergency Safety
94) Enbridge Energy Company, Inc.
95) Epic Games, Inc.
96) Exer Labs, Inc.
98) Facebook, Inc.
99) Federal Express Corporation
100) Ferrero USA, Inc.
101) Fincantieri Marine Group LLC
102) Flagship Olympia Foundation
103) Ford Motor Company
104) Fox Corporation
105) Fresenius Medical Care North America
106) Genentech, Inc.
107) General Dynamics Corporation
109) GlaxoSmithKline
110) Global Blood Therapeutics
111) Google Client Services LLC
112) GRAIL, Inc.
114) HAAS, Incorporated
116) Healthcare Distribution Alliance
117) Highmark Health
118) Hospice Compassus
119) iHeartMedia, Inc.
120) Incyte Corporation
121) Intellectual Property Owners Association
122) International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
123) INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION
124) International Trademark Association
125) Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
126) Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
128) JUUL Labs, Inc
129) K-LOVE
130) Lacuna Technologies, Inc.
131) Leaf 4 Life LLC
132) Lendlease Americas
133) Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA)
134) LifeLink of Georgia
135) Lifeway Foods, Inc.
136) Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
137) LKQ Corporation
138) Lockheed Martin Corporation
139) MAG DC Corp.
140) Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
141) Matheson Tri-Gas
142) McKesson Corporation
143) Medtronic, Inc.
144) Merck & Co., Inc.
145) Mesa Airlines
147) Moderna, Inc.
148) National Association of Realtors
149) National Cable and Telecommunications Association
150) National Fire Protection Association
152) National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
153) National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. (NORD)
154) National Rental Home Council
155) News Corporation
156) NextEra Energy, Inc.
157) Nike, Inc.
158) Novartis, Inc.
160) OFG Bancorp
161) Oracle Corporation
162) Organize.org
163) Pac-12 Conference
164) Pacific Gas and Electric Company
165) Palantir Technologies, Inc.
166) PathO3Gen Solutions
167) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP on behalf of Qualcomm Incorporated
168) Peachtree Health Group, LLC
169) Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
170) Peraton Corporation
171) Personal Care Products Council
172) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
173) Philly Shipyard
174) Policy Center for Public Health & Safety
175) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
176) PPC Broadband, Inc.
177) Prescient Medicine Holdings, Inc.
178) Project Management Institute, Inc.
180) RAI Services Company
181) Revolution Corporate Services, Inc.
182) Rural County Representatives of California
184) SAGE Therapeutics
185) Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc.
186) Sapphire Digital
187) Secure Identity, LLC
188) SoundExchange
190) SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
191) Spotify USA Inc.
192) Stamford Hospital
193) StringKing
194) T-Mobile USA, Inc.
195) Textron Inc.
196) The Big 12 Conference, Inc.
197) The Big Ten Conference, Inc.
199) The MENTOR Network
200) The Veritcal Flight Society
201) The Water Council
202) ThyssenKrupp North America, Inc
203) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
204) UCB, Inc.
205) United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
206) UNITED STATES ANTI-DOPING AGENCY
207) United States Telecommunications Training Institute
209) US WorldMeds, LLC
211) Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
212) Veracyte, Inc.
213) VeriSign, Inc.
214) Veros Real Estate Solutions, LLC
215) VillageMD
217) Virtu Financial, LLC
218) Walgreen Co.
219) Walmart Inc.
220) Western Union
222) Xperi Corporation
223) Zayo Group, LLC
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11) City of Newberry
12) City of Orlando
14) City of Tampa
20) Florida Association of Counties
21) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.
22) Florida League of Cities, Inc
23) Florida Sheriffs Association
26) Habitat for Humanity of Florida, Inc
27) Islamorada Village of Islands
28) Marion County Board of County Commissioners
31) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
32) The Housing Authority of the City of Key West, Florida
33) The Trust for Public Land Action Fund
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1) Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc.
2) Appalachian Material Service, Inc.
5) Broward County Clerk of Courts
11) City of Leesburg
12) City of Maitland
14) City of Newberry
15) City of Orlando
18) City of Tampa
21) Diligent Waste & Recycling, LLC
22) Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
24) Florida Association of Counties
25) Florida Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
26) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.
29) Florida Municipal Electric Association
30) Florida Municipal Insurance Trust
31) Florida Municipal Natural Gas Association
32) Florida Municipal Power Agency
33) Florida Redevelopment Association
34) Florida Sheriffs Association
37) Islamorada Village of Islands
38) JEA
39) Marion County Board of County Commissioners
42) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
43) National Stormwater Trust, Inc.
45) Orlando Utilities Commission
46) PepsiCo
48) Sunrun, Inc.
50) The Trust for Public Land Action Fund
53) Villages, The
54) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
55) WSP USA INC.