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Before joining the firm, Greg Bales worked for U.S. Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin for more than a decade, serving as senior advisor in the Senator's government office as well as his campaign manager for his 2020 reelection. During his time with the Senator, he oversaw special projects throughout Illinois, and worked as a liaison to elected officials, businesses, community organizations, and other constituencies across the state.

Prior to joining Senator Durbin's staff, Greg worked as a policy advisor for the Illinois Department of Transportation. He was a staffer for former Illinois Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, and he has worked on numerous political campaigns in California, Illinois, and Indiana. Before managing Senator Durbin's recent reelection, Greg took leave to elect Illinois Congressman Sean Casten to his first term in 2018, and served as Illinois state director for Secretary Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential campaign.

Greg's relationships span across the state, including the Illinois Congressional delegation, the Illinois General Assembly, City of Chicago, Cook County government, and in numerous municipalities and local units of government. Greg has concentrated on infrastructure funding, economic development, and earmarks. He has worked with Illinois General Assembly leadership on legislative language to ensure millions of dollars in federal funding for election security were allocated to cybersecurity; managed multi-million-dollar campaign budgets; pitched stories and gone on the record with the media; and lobbied for state funding for public transit.

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DAVID SMITH

(New Jersey, )

Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc

smith@ppag.com
(609) 209-7780
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest government affairs firm in New Jersey, is a multifaceted organization specializing in government relations and communications in New Jersey. We have offices in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with an unparalleled network of contacts throughout the state. The strength of our firm derives from the diverse backgrounds of the firm's partners and associates which include a former President of the New Jersey Senate, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Counsel to the Governor, Chief Counsel to the General Assembly and several former Directors of the Legislature.

Firm Specialties:
An accomplished bipartisan staff between our Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices ensures that our clients are well represented on both sides of the political aisle and at all levels of government. The mix and wealth of experience among our professionals provides for expertise in all areas of public policy.

Whatever the task: working our way through the permitting process, delivering a change in a regulation or orchestrating the introduction and passage of major legislation, we've done it.

Wherever the setting: before a Legislative Committee or in the Office of the Governor, we've been there.

Whomever the players: the Commissioner of a State Department, a key Committee aide, the Legislative leadership or the Chief of Staff, we know them.

And each and every one of our clients is assured the benefit of that expertise. You see, at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, our philosophy dictates that each of our clients works with a firm partner. There are no junior executives. This is one of the qualities which separates us from other firms. It gives our clients the best we have. And it works.

1) 180 Turning Lives Around

2) Active Hours Inc dba Earnin

3) Advanced Drainage Systems Inc (ADS)

4) Advantage Capital Partners

5) Advocates for Children of NJ

6) Aetna

7) Air Products & Chemicals Inc

8) Alliance Sports International LLC

9) Allstate Insurance Co

10) Altria Client Services LCC and its Affiliates/Philip Morris USA Inc

11) Altria Client Services LLC

12) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/Helix Innovations LLC

13) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/John Middleton Co

14) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/NJOY LLC

15) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/US Smokeless Tobacco Co

16) Ambulatory Surgery Center of New Jersey

17) American Association of Dental Boards

18) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

19) American Kratom Association

20) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

21) American Specialty Health

22) American Suntanning Association

23) American Water Works Association of NJ

24) American Wood Council

25) Ardent Health Services

26) Areas USA EWR, LLC

27) AshBritt Environmental Inc

28) Association of Environmental Authorities

29) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

30) Asurion LLC

31) Atlantic Richfield Co

32) Atlas Diagnostics

33) Avaya Inc

34) Aveanna Healthcare

35) Azura Vascular Care d/b/a Fresenius Vascular Care Inc.

36) Bally's Corporation

37) Bayview Marina

38) BeerTap LLC

39) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

40) Bet Makers

41) BETEGY sp z o o

42) Beth Medrash Govoha

43) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey

44) Binti Inc

45) Block, Inc.

46) BMC Hospital LLC

47) Boardwalk 1000 LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

48) Borbas Pharmacy Inc. Borbas Surgical Supply Inc.

49) BP America Inc

50) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

51) Brief

52) Britton Industries Inc

53) Brown & Connery LLP

54) Bus Patrol America

55) Buzzy Buds LLC

56) Cedar Management

57) Cigna Corporate Services LLC

58) Coach USA

59) Coalition for Genetic Data Protection, The

60) Coalition of County SPCAs

61) Commission on Dental Competency Assessments

62) CompCare Therapeutics Inc

63) Concentra Medical Centers

64) Concord Engineering Group

65) Constitutional Officers Association of NJ

66) Consumer Technology Association

67) Conti Solar

68) Continent 8 LLC

69) Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange

70) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

71) County of Essex

72) Curio Wellness

73) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

74) DaVita Inc.

75) DCI Group AZ LLC

76) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

77) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

78) DMR Architects PC

79) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

80) Don Parisi

81) Draisy LLC

82) Duke Farms Foundation

83) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

84) Educational Services Commission of NJ (formerly Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission)

85) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

86) Entain

87) Enterprise Holdings

88) EPIC Risk Management

89) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

90) Ernst & Young LLP

91) Euphoria Wellness NJ

92) Excelsior University

93) F & D Enterprises LLC

94) Fedway Associates

95) Fieldstone Properties LLC

96) Fiserv

97) Fontana Law Group LLC d/b/a Crimson Legal Group

98) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

99) Frank Ruocco

100) Gamban

101) Garden State Coalition of Schools

102) Garden State Municipal JIF

103) GDC America Inc.

104) GEM Mobile Health

105) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

106) Golden Nugget, The

107) Google LLC and its Affiliates

108) Gordian Group The

109) Gourmet Dining

110) Green Republic LLC

111) Harmony Foundation of NJ

112) Headquarters Hotel Associates LLC

113) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

114) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

115) HN1 Therapy Network of New Jersey

116) Home Buyers Warranty Corporation III

117) Hope Christian Services

118) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

119) Hudson Regional Hospital

120) Hunter Technologies

121) iGamingCloud Limited

122) IH Engineers PC

123) Inseparable Action Inc

124) Insurance Auto Auctions

125) Integrity Health

126) Intersection Parent LLC f/k/a Intersection Media LLC

127) JNESO

128) John P Holland Charter School

129) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

130) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

131) Kemper Realty Inc

132) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

133) Kush Connection LLC

134) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

135) Leaf Haus LLC

136) Lefrak

137) Lilly USA LLC

138) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

139) Live Traffic Data LLC

140) Lotto.com

141) Lottoland Ltd

142) Maersk Inc

143) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

144) Manheim NJ

145) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

146) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

147) McGraw Health New Jersey

148) Medify Air

149) Metlife

150) Micro Electronics Inc

151) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

152) Molson Coors Beverage Company

153) Mondelez Global LLC

154) Montana Health Solutions Inc. - Consumer Direct Care Network

155) Morris & Clara Weshank Family Foundation

156) Morris County Education Services Commission

157) Morris View Management LLC

158) Most Viscious Players

159) Motorola Solutions Inc

160) MSD LLC

161) MyTown Health Partners

162) National Assoc. of Benefits & Insurance Professionals of NJ

163) National Association of Social Workers NJ/DE

164) National Electrical Contractors Association - Northern New Jersey Chapter

165) National Strategies LLC / Compass Pathways

166) Natural Products Association

167) NBC Universal Media LLC

168) Nemours Foundation, The

169) Neosurf

170) Neurocrine Biosciences Inc

171) New Bridge Medical Center

172) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

173) New York Presbyterian Hospital

174) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

175) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

176) NJ Association of Election Officials

177) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

178) NJ Catholic Conference

179) NJ Civil Justice Institute

180) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

181) NJ Environmental Risk Management Fund

182) NJ Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board

183) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

184) NJ Hall of Fame

185) NJ Institute of Technology

186) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

187) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

188) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

189) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

190) NJ Press Association

191) NJ Private School Council

192) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

193) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

194) NJ School Counselors Association

195) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

196) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

197) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

198) NJ State Nurses Association

199) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

200) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

201) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

202) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

203) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

204) Nucor Corporation

205) NW Financial Group LLC

206) Oddin.gg US LLC formerly Oddin.gg.s.r.o

207) OneMain General Services Corporation

208) OTG Management LLC

209) PalCare

210) Palo Alto Networks Inc

211) Parallel

212) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

213) Pew Charitable Trusts

214) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

215) PointsBet USA

216) PRA Group Inc

217) Prevenitas

218) Princeton Public Affairs Group

219) Pro League Network

220) Progress NJ

221) Prologis LP

222) PSE&G Co

223) Public Consulting Group LLC

224) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

225) Radial Power LLC

226) REED Academy

227) Rising Pharmaceuticals

228) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

229) Romer Shoal Lighthouse

230) RWJ Barnabas Health

231) Ryan LLC

232) Safepoint Scientific

233) Safety First Healthcare Corp

234) SAS Institute Inc

235) Savannah Energy

236) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

237) Service Contract Industry Council

238) Sherwin-Williams Co

239) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

240) Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC

241) Somerset Development

242) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

243) Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

244) Spatial Data Logic

245) Special Children's Center The

246) Spencer Savings Bank

247) St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Inc.

248) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

249) Station Hoboken, The

250) Stavola

251) STOPit Solutions

252) TD Bank NA

253) Tekni-Plex Inc.

254) Tenax Strategies Inc

255) Terrapin Investment Fund II LLC

256) Thomson West

257) Tiktok Inc.

258) Township of Readington

259) Traveling Vineyards

260) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

261) Union Chill Cannabis Company LLC

262) United Airlines Inc

263) Univision Communications Inc

264) US Facilities Inc

265) USA Architects Corp

266) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

267) Valley Hospital

268) Vertical Bridge

269) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

270) Vineyard Offshore

271) VOYCE Inc.

272) VTKS Holdings LLC

273) Wager Score Corporation

274) Waymo LLC

275) Wellcare Health Plans Inc., a subsidiary of Centene Corporation

276) West Publishing Co

277) Western LNG LLC

278) Wilmington University

279) YesCare

DAVID A. SMITH is a partner in the Princeton Public Affairs Group, is a veteran of the public affairs arena and has successfully managed public affairs campaigns impacting auto insurance, life insurance, tort reform and environmental legislative initiatives. Mr. Smith received national acclaim when he was honored with a ""Pollie Award"" by the American Association of Political Consultants and named to their United States ""Public Affairs Team of the Year." Mr. Smith was also named one of the most influential players in New Jersey's Healthcare arena by the Annual HealthSense Listing. Since 2005, Mr. Smith has been a Commissioner on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (nominated by the Governor for two separate four year terms and confirmed by the NJ Senate) and currently serves as an Officer on the Commission (Secretary). Mr. Smith serves on the National Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, and was one of the few contract lobbyists in the Country to be appointed to a National Task Force charged with creating ethical standard for lobbyists throughout the United States. Mr. Smith is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProtectingAmerica.org, an advocacy organization Co-chaired by James Lee Witt, former Cabinet member under President Clinton and Admiral James Loy, Deputy Director of Homeland Security under President Bush. Mr. Smith also serves as an Officer (1st Vice President) of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee (Secretary) of The Advocacy Group (TAG). Finally, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors as an officer (Treasurer) of the State Capitol Insurance Company RRG, the first professional liability company for lobbyists headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Smith has appeared on television and radio stations representing clients' interests, authored dozens of articles on politics/policy issues in New Jersey and is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer at national and state conferences, legislative hearings, meetings and seminars. He has been a consultant to statewide and legislative political campaigns and is a member of the Executive Finance Committee of the Assembly Democratic Leadership Committee as well as the New Jersey State Democratic Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Smith served as Director of Policy and Planning for the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Office. In that capacity, Mr. Smith supervised the partisan staff of all Assembly Committees and Task Forces while serving as senior staff aide to the insurance and commerce legislative committees. He was a Director with the New Jersey Dental Association from 1985 to 1990 and served on several national and state health care and insurance advisory committees.

Mr. Smith was awarded a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) Degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of The American College. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Public Affairs Institute, a three year educational program of the Public Affairs Council located in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith also graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.

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TERRENCE MURPHY

(Pennsylvania, )

K&L Gates

terry.murphy@klgates.com
412-355-6339
K&L Gates LLP, K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222,

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PETER GLEASON

(Pennsylvania, )

K&L Gates

peter.gleason@klgates.com
717-231-2892
17 NORTH SECOND STREET, 18TH FLOOR, HARRISBURG, PA, 17101,

Subjects: Energy/Utilities, Health Care, RFP/Procurement, Taxes

Links:Website

Mr. Gleason concentrates his practice as Pennsylvania and federal legislative and regulatory policy counsel. Building on his experience with the Office of the Governor in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the United States Congress, and nearly 20 years in private practice, Mr. Gleason possesses a depth of understanding of the legislative and administrative processes, and an insider's view of the political considerations and other motivations that drive those processes. He currently represents a diverse client base, including prominent leaders within industries such as: manufacturing, rail freight transportation, natural gas production, energy policy, financial services, emerging growth and high tech, health care and retail. Mr. Gleason has also advised Governors, legislative leaders and committee chairs on political and policy matters.

Oil & Gas Legislative and Regulatory Policy: Representing several natural gas producers operating within the Marcellus Shale on legislative and regulatory policy matters pending within the PA General Assembly and numerous regulatory agencies with oversight for Marcellus Shale activities.

Competitive Industrial Electric Rates: Assisted large manufacturing clients in enacting legislation permitting large industrial customers to negotiate competitive rates with incumbent electric utilities, paving the way for significant, historic capital investments by those customers
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Economic Development Incentives: Secured tens of millions of economic incentives for clients seeking to make large capital investment and significantly increase jobs in the Commonwealth, including grants and low interest loans, transportation assistance, rail capital and community development funds.

Business Tax Reform: Successfully led a large coalition of manufacturers and high/bio tech companies to secure dramatic statutory changes in Pennsylvania's Corporate Net Income Tax structure that had penalized companies for increased capital and employee investment in the Commonwealth.

Tax Free Zones: Successfully assisted large manufacturing client with the enactment of legislation creating several state and local tax free zones throughout Pennsylvania to facilitate business expansion and relocation.

Civil Justice Reform: Successfully represented several clients in passing legislation repealing the doctrine of joint & several liability in Pennsylvania.

Procurement Bid Protests: Managed several, successful bid protests on behalf of clients that wanted to pursue a protest without jeopardizing agency relationships.

Health Care: In separate matters, successfully represented several hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry in reversing or mitigating proposed agency recommendations that would have caused significant harm to those clients.

Mr. Gleason joined K&L Gates in 2002. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Gleason served in Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker's Cabinet as Secretary for Legislative Affairs. In that capacity, he advised the Governor, the Governor's senior staff and fellow cabinet secretaries on legislative, regulatory and policy matters affecting all agencies under the governor's jurisdiction. On his departure from state government, Governor Schweiker had this to say about Mr. Gleason:

"Pete Gleason has been a vital advisor to me, and a trusted liaison with the General Assembly. He helped my Administration win passage of many historic pieces of legislation, including reforms to Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice and Joint and Several Liability laws, not to mention the 2002-03 Budget � one of the most difficult budgets in Commonwealth history."

From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Gleason had served as deputy secretary for legislative affairs with the office of the governor in Pennsylvania. He worked with former Governor Tom Ridge until his appointment as director of Homeland Security.

During his tenure with the office of the governor, as the Governor's liaison to Pennsylvania General Assembly legislative leaders and committee chairs, Mr. Gleason played an integral role in the enactment of the following legislative initiatives:
The 2002-03 General Fund Budget (in the wake of a structural deficit in excess of $1.4 billion dollars).
All legislative tax policy matters; including several significant amendments to the Public Utility Realty Tax Act (PURTA), changes to the Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT), the phase-out of the Capitol Stock and Franchise Tax (CSFT) and changes to the state Sales Tax.
The creation and expansion of Keystone Opportunity Zones (KOZ), Enhancement Zones (KOEZ) and Improvement Zones (KOIZ).
Historic reforms to Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice and Joint and Several Liability laws.
The enactment of the Commonwealth's Procurement Code.
Natural Gas Deregulation.
The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Land Use Reform ("Growing Smarter").
The Environmental Stewardship Act ("Growing Greener").
The Uniform Construction Code.
Workers' Compensation Reform.

Mr. Gleason's past positions also include director of legislative affairs at the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, special projects director to the Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and special assistant to former United States Senator John Heinz.
In 2008, the Pennsylvania Report named Mr. Gleason as one of Pennsylvania's "Top 100 Most Influential People," in a list comprised of the 100 people most likely to have an impact on government and politics in Pennsylvania in 2008. In a 2004 poll conducted with state legislators, staff, lobbyists and other state policy stakeholders, he was named as "Most Effective Lobbyist" in Pennsylvania. Mr. Gleason was recently honored by the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and the Legal Intelligencer as one of forty lawyers under forty "On the Fast Track" for his work at K&L Gates and in the office of the governor.