410-821-4445
306 West Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, MD, 21204,
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The Rasmussen Group, LLC has been a registered lobbyist serving well over 300 individual clients during the past 30 YEARS. Mr. Rasmussen served as County Executive of Baltimore County responsible for operating one of the largest county governments in the nation, essentially functioning as CEO with full responsibility over a $1.5 billion budget with 19,000 employees. Baltimore County government was the frontline provider of all public services for some 850,000 residents. During his tenure as Baltimore County Executive, he was elected by his peers as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Urban County Executives and Chairman of the Baltimore Regional Council of Governments (Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Anne Arundel, Harford, and Howard Counties). He held two terms in the Maryland State Senate, serving first as Majority Whip and then as Chairman of the prestigious Senate Finance Committee. In addition, and because of his banking and finance background, he chaired the Joint Budget and Audit Committee. He was nationally recognized when selected as One of Ten Outstanding Legislators in the United States. Prior to his election as a State Senator, he served one term in the Maryland House of Delegates and sat on several Committees including House Appropriations and the Joint Committee on Personnel and Management. He also chaired an ad hoc Committee on State Data Processing and IT Management.
20+ years
Volunteered time and skills for numerous community efforts and has successfully chaired the capital campaigns of several major community nonprofit projects. Earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Loyola University, Maryland, served as an Adjunct Professor in Political Science and Government, where he was later recognized for his achievements by receiving the Loyola College Alumni Laureate Award. During his sixteen-year public service career, he was selected as the Most Valuable Public Official in America. Served as Board of Directors Chair for Towson University and MedStar Health-Franklin Square Medical Center.
The Rasmussen Group possesses an abundance of close relationships and connections with key decision makers and legislators in the State of Maryland and its political subdivisions. These interpersonal relationships include but are not limited to all three Branches of State government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The firm seeks to influence, persuade, and promote the issues, interests, and positions of its clients in an ethical manner to achieve and resolve important business issues. The firm has almost immediate access to Maryland's constitutional officers, cabinet members, legislative Committee chairs and legislative members, and County Executives/Commissioners and Mayors. The firm is capable of implementing and coordinating lobbying activities in multiple States (currently 14 East Coast States).
Senator Rasmussen possesses a wealth of experience, both in elected and appointed offices of State and local government, and private sector experience in the fields of government relations, business development, association management, banking/financial services, public relations and marketing services, as well as the directorships on various boards of major corporate entities, educational institutions and community nonprofits. Senator Rasmussen, as an entrepreneur, has successfully developed and operated several businesses in the fields of information software technology, computer systems, alternative energy, and real estate development. The Rasmussen firm represents the interests of major and regional corporations, professional trade Alliances and business groups, and provides a comprehensive scope of services to all legislative and executive branches of government at the Federal, State and Local/Municipal levels.
612-275-6242
825 Rice Street, St. Paul, MN, 55117,
(801) 901-8253
650 S 500 W, 355, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101,
612-368-8055
2445 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55404,
202-997-7044
44 W 37th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10018,
703-659-3751
6201 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX, 76134,
(850) 205-9000
P.O. Box 10909, Suite 410, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2909,
1) AAHOA (Asian American Hotel Owners Association)
7) American Planning Association, Florida Chapter
8) American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance
12) Barron Collier Partnership, LLLP
13) Better Together Strengthening Families, Inc.
14) BioFlorida, Inc
15) Boys Town of North Florida
16) BrightSpring Health Services
17) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
20) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
22) City of Daytona Beach Shores
26) City of Westlake
27) Collier Resources Company, LLP
28) Columbia County Board of County Commissioners
29) Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company (CATIC)
30) Consumer Data Industry Association
33) eBay, Inc.
34) Ecosystem Investment Partners
35) Emerald Coast Utilities Authority
37) Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, LLC and its Affiliates DBA Enterprise Mobility
39) Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children's Service of Palm Beach County
40) Florida Academy of Family Physicians
41) Florida Agriculture Center & Horse Park Authority
42) Florida Associated General Contractors Council
43) Florida Bar Business Law Section, The
44) Florida Bar, The
47) Florida Creditors Bar Association, Inc.
48) Florida Dental Hygienists' Association
49) Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association (FIADA)
50) Florida Physical Therapy Association
51) Florida Psychiatric Society
52) Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
53) Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers
54) Florida Society of Anesthesiologists
55) Genentech, Inc., a Member of the Roche Group
58) GoodLeap, LLC
59) Halifax Hospital Medical Center
60) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation, Inc
61) Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper, Inc.
62) Infectious Disease Prevention Network
63) Mayo Clinic
66) NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties
67) National Association of Social Workers Florida Chapter
68) OFFOR Health
69) Pearson, Inc
71) Progressive Insurance Company
72) Regions Financial Corporation
73) Roberts Family of Companies
74) Roche Diagnostics Corporation
75) Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association
77) South West Florida Enterprises
78) St. Augustine Youth Services
79) State College of Florida Foundation, Inc
80) Stripe, Inc.
81) Strive Pharmacy
82) StubHub Inc.
83) Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
84) Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association
86) The No More Foundation, Inc.
87) The School Board of Seminole County, Florida
88) TikTok Inc.
89) UPS
(801) 355-1272
15 West South Temple, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101,