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CHRISTOPHER VANDEHOEF

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CHRISTOPHER VANDEHOEF

(Connecticut, )

Penn Lincoln Strategies

chris@pennlincoln.com
860-716-4461
17 Lincoln Avenue, West Hartford, CT, 06102,

Penn Lincoln Strategies is a full-service government relations and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in utilizing the decades of experience its team brings to your company or association's needs. Whether it's executing a comprehensive legislative agenda or managing a communications crisis PLS is prepared to give you and your matter the attention and dedication it needs to achieve the level of success you expect.

1) 50CAN National

2) American Investment Council

3) Analytics Labs

4) Blackstone Administrative Services Partnership

5) Carvana, Inc.

6) Connecticut Canna Food and Beverage Alliance Corporation

7) Connecticut Farm Bureau Association

8) Critical Response Group, Inc.

9) CT Daily Newspapers Assoc.

10) DJI Technology Inc.

11) EarnIn

12) Effective School Solutions

13) Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund

14) Expedia Group Inc

15) FaithActs for Education

16) FanFreedom

17) General Cigar Company

18) Healthcare Distribution Alliance

19) LKQ Corporation

20) Mastercard

21) Monster Beverage Corporation

22) O&G Industries, Inc.

23) Open Communities Alliance

24) Petrogas US | AppleGreen

25) Phantom Fireworks

26) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates

27) Small Business Finance Association

28) SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC

29) The Flower House

30) Turo, Inc.

31) Workday, Inc.

15-20 years

Penn Lincoln Strategies has fostered many relationships with members of the Connecticut legislature, General Assembly staffers, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and agency heads.

Chris, as the Founder and CEO of Penn Lincoln Strategies, LLC (PLS), oversees government relations and strategic communications for his firms' multitude of clients. PLS specializes in providing its clients with streamlined and precise consultation for all of their public affairs and advocacy needs. The firm advises client interests before state legislatures around the country, specializing primarily in the Connecticut legislature while, for some clients, managing their day-to-day association operations and providing strategic communications counsel on how to manage press inquiries and crisis communications/public relations.

PLS, established by Chris in 2016, is a full service firm that is proud of the commitment and professionalism it provides its clients.

Before PLS' founding, Chris worked as the Director of Government Relations for Connecticut based company, TicketNetwork, overseeing and managing the company's government relations for all 50 states and the federal government. In concert with the company's legal department and C-Suite, Chris oversaw a robust consultation and travel budget while managing a network of nearly two dozen national government relations and public relations consultants and professionals.

Prior to joining TicketNetwork in 2015, Chris spent over twelve years with the government relations firm Tobin, Carberry, O'Malley, Riley and Salinger (TCORS) a Hartford, CT based firm that specializes in association management and government relations. In the role of Principal, Chris led daily legislative management for dozens of clients on wide ranging issues from environmental regulation to state budgetary issues, gambling issues to freedom of press matters before the Connecticut State Legislature.

Chris got his start in the political field nearly twenty years ago as a political and campaign consultant on numerous successful local and statewide races in Connecticut.

Chris has a B.S. in Political Science from Ohio Dominican University and currently lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife, Maureen, their son Jake and the family dog, Ripken. Chris is an avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan and believes that Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie.

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LIAM SWEENEY

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LIAM SWEENEY

(Connecticut, )

Penn Lincoln Strategies

liam@pennlincoln.com
860-803-5103
17 Lincoln Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06102,

1) 50CAN National

2) American Investment Council

7) Connecticut Black and Brown Student Union

8) Connecticut Canna Food and Beverage Alliance Corporation

9) Connecticut Farm Bureau Association

10) Critical Response Group, Inc.

11) DJI Technology Inc.

12) EarnIn

13) Educators 4 Excellence

14) Effective School Solutions

15) Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund

16) Expedia Group Inc

17) FaithActs for Education

18) Healthcare Distribution Alliance

19) LKQ Corporation

20) Mastercard

21) Monster Beverage Corporation

22) Open Communities Alliance

23) Petrogas US | AppleGreen

24) Phantom Fireworks

25) PMI Global Services Inc. and Affiliates

26) Small Business Finance Association

27) SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC

28) The Flower House

29) Turo, Inc.

30) Workday, Inc.

15-20 years

Liam's background involves a wide range of experience in government relations, public service, and politics. Liam has worked on both national and statewide campaigns, and lobbied on the local, state and national levels.

Prior to joining Penn Lincoln Strategies, LLC in 2017, Liam served as the Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs at ConnCAN, the state's largest education advocacy organization. In that role, Liam coordinated and directed ConnCAN's diverse legislative agenda at the federal, state and local levels. Additionally, Liam worked in tandem with the organization's leadership and various coalitions to develop strategies that improved educational outcomes for Connecticut students.

Before Liam joined ConnCAN, Liam worked for former U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd in his district legislative office and Presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire. Liam also supported the Connecticut Senate President Pro Tempore's office where he monitored the Majority's legislative proposals and worked on several key legislative campaigns. Additionally, Liam has worked with a wide range of clients from nonprofit organizations to major utility companies and has had several legislative victories ranging from helping pass the State's nationally recognized Minority Teacher Recruitment legislation, authorizing Electric Bikes in Connecticut and establishing the State's Hemp program.

Liam is a member of the Town Council in West Hartford. Liam is also a founding board member of Active City, a Hartford based non-profit group centered around getting 600+ kids in the area active in youth sports. Liam lives in West Hartford with his wife, Whitney and their children Rory and Claire.