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15-20 years

  • 215-735-6660

  • 200 S. Broad StreetSuite 1100PhiladelphiaPA19102

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6-10 years

  • 717-233-1111

  • 30 NORTH THIRD STREETSUITE 950HARRISBURGPA17101

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15-20 years

DANIEL RITTER

(Federal)

Daniel Ritter is a partner in the Public Policy and Law practice group. Mr. Ritter spearheads the public policy innovation and sustainability, and the philanthropic sub-practice groups.

Mr. Ritter's clients include the major Washington, D.C. trade associations for nanotechnology, clean technology and renewable energy, neurotechnology, the U.S. commercial space industry, and clean water and sanitation technologies, in addition to a wide variety of U.S. and international companies in these fields. His philanthropic/nonprofit clients include a variety of non-governmental organizations focused on sustainable development in the developing world and in the United States.

Mr. Ritter works to improve public policy decision-making by bringing to bear the innovation and entrepreneurial expertise of the emerging technology sector and the experience of the philanthropic community in addressing fundamental social needs in sustainable development

He coordinates policy advocacy campaigns, advocates policy positions with federal legislators and administrative agencies, prepares legal and strategic policy analysis, and develops legislation and testimony for Congressional hearings. Mr. Ritter also has experience with the tax rules governing policy activities by the non-profit sector.

LAURIE PURPURO

(Federal)

Ms. Purpuro is a government affairs advisor in the firm's public policy and law group. She focuses on energy, sustainability, and agriculture innovation policy.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Purpuro served as senior policy advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). She has more than 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) as Deputy Chief of Staff, and for Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Congressman Bob Davis (R-MI) as Legislative Director. Ms. Purpuro has advised Members of Congress on issues including the environment, energy, tax, interior, agriculture, and appropriations.

Ms. Purpuro has experience with energy efficiency programs including the Energy Star program where she assists clients in developing comments and engaging Members of Congress on Energy Star issues. Ms. Purpuro also works on emissions reduction policy including advocating on behalf of clients for policy to support carbon utilization. Her work on behalf of agriculture clients includes supporting establishment of an Office of Urban Agriculture as well as the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARA) at USDA. In addition to her Capitol Hill experience, Ms. Purpuro served as Director of Government Relations for the American Forest and Paper Association, where she lobbied Congress on environmental and transportation issues.

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6-10 years

Served as GOP State House Caucus Director in 2010
Served as Executive Director for the NC GOP in 2012

Scott Laster has been serving the clients of Kairos Government Affairs since 2013. Beyond his expertise in lobbying, he provides clients with an unprecedented understanding of political giving, polling and campaigns in North Carolina.Scott began his work in North Carolina as the House Campaign Director for the North Carolina Republican Party. Prior to Scott's arrival in the state in 2010, the House GOP caucus was in a state of perpetual minority, having held a majority for only four years in the state's history. As the Campaign Director, Scott led the caucus to a historic victory in 2010 that saw Republicans pick up 16 seats - and claim a 68-52 majority in the House for the second time in history. Following his groundbreaking success, Scott was chosen as Executive Director for the NCGOP to lead the charge for the 2012 elections. Following the 2012 elections, Republicans held a supermajority in both the House and Senate. Scott holds undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of South Florida and a graduate degree in Political Science with a focus on campaigns from the University of Florida. Scott is also a certified EMT and volunteers on a Search and Rescue Team. He and his wife, Kristen, live in Fuquay Varina with their two sons and daughter.

CLIFF ROTHENSTEIN

(Federal)

Cliff Rothenstein has more than 30 years of congressional and federal executive experience. Prior to joining K&L Gates, he served as Director of Legislative Affairs for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). In this capacity, Mr. Rothenstein worked on a daily basis with the FHWA Administrator, Deputy Administrator, and Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). During Mr. Rothenstein's tenure at FHWA, he led the development and advocacy efforts on legislation to reauthorize the nation's surface transportation law where he played a significant role in developing and recommending to the FHWA Administrator and to other DOT executives proposed changes to the law to streamline project delivery and expand investments in highways, bridges, and multimodal transportation projects. Mr. Rothenstein also coordinated FHWA's discretionary grant programs that fund highway and bridge improvement projects and managed FHWA's relationships with Congress on highway-specific projects and issues. In addition to his tenure at FHWA, Mr. Rothenstein served as a senior advisor on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee which has jurisdiction over environment and surface transportation issues. He led the Committees efforts on the reauthorization of Superfund, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts. Mr. Rothenstein also served for 20 years at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including as the Deputy Assistant Administrator and Director of the Office of Underground Storage Tanks. He has represented clients at the intersection of environmental, energy, transportation, and infrastructure policy and regulation, including advising clients on Superfund, the Clean and Safe Drinking Water Acts, the Water Resources Development Act, and the Clean Air and Resource Conservation and Recovery Acts; National Environmental Policy Act strategies for major transportation and energy infrastructure projects; funding opportunities including TIGER grant funding; and issues related to tolling of interstates.

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11-15 years

  • 717-233-1111

  • 30 North Third Street, Suite 950HarrisburgPA17101

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11-15 years

  • 717-233-1111

  • 30 North Third Street, Suite 950HarrisburgPA17101

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15-20 years

SUSAN BOYER

(Federal)
Clients:

GRIFFIN BRADLEY

(North Carolina)
  • (703) 684-1110

  • 9103 Mountain Valley DriveMorgantownWV26508

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GRIFFIN BRADLEY

(Virginia)
Clients:

ANNE KELLY

(Federal)
  • 99 Chauncy Street, 6th FloorBostonMA02111

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CHRISTIAN KOCH

(Illinois)
  • 6172470700

  • 99 CHAUNCEY ST6TH FLOORBOSTONMA02111

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CHRISTIAN KOCH

(Ohio)
  • 617-247-0700 ext. 131

  • 99 Chauncey St., 6th FloorBostonMA02111

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MELISSA MACKIN

(Illinois)
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JEFF MAUK

(New Hampshire)
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JEFF MAUK

(Massachusetts)
  • 617-247-0700

  • 99 Chauncey St. , 6th Floor,6th FloorBostonMA02111

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MATTHEW MCDONNELL

(Ohio)
  • 6145915486

  • 180 East Broad Street, Suite 3400ColumbusOH43215

CAROL MICHAELSEN

(Federal)
Clients:

1) ACCELERGY CORPORATION

2) AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.

3) AIRPORT MINORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

4) ALGAE BIOMASS ORGANIZATION

5) Alpha Technologies, Inc.

6) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED

7) AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING

8) American Bus Association

9) American Commercial Space Innovators

10) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

11) AMERICAN MARITIME PARTNERSHIP

12) AMERICAN PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION

13) American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, Inc.

14) AMERICAN SECURITY ACTION FUND, INC.

15) AMERICAN SMALL MANUFACTURING COALITION

16) American Superconductor Corporation

17) American Tower Corporation

18) AMERICAN WATER

19) Animal Wellness Action

20) Ansys, Inc.

21) Apex Clean Energy

22) Armored Things Inc.

23) Association of Washington Business

24) Astranis Space Technologies Corp.

25) AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSN

26) Audia International

27) AVIS-BUDGET GROUP, INC.

28) Axiom Space, Inc.

29) Berkshire Hathaway Energy

30) BLUE ORIGIN, LLC

31) BNSF RAILWAY CO.

32) Boeing Employees' Credit Union

33) Boulder Capital Partners OZB, LLC

34) Breville Pty, Ltd.

35) Brightline Holdings LLC f/k/a Virgin Trains USA LLC

36) BROWN-FORMAN CORP

37) BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN

38) ByteDance Inc.

39) California Public Employees' Retirement System

40) CALVERT VENTURES, LLC

41) Capital SouthEast Connector Joint Powers Authority

42) Catalyst Old River Hydroelectric Limited Partnership

43) CERES, INC.

44) Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

45) Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.

46) CHSPSC, LLC

47) CHURCH ALLIANCE

48) CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA

49) CITY LIGHT & POWER, INC.

50) Clark Street Associates LLC on behalf of PSIQuantum

51) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Bright Machines

52) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Lattice Semiconductor

53) Clark Street Associates on behalf of TruckLabs

54) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Western Digital

55) Clark Street on behalf of Qorvo

56) Cleco Power LLC

57) CMS ENERGY CORP.

58) Coalition for Energy Efficient Jobs & Investment

59) Columbia Sportswear

60) COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT FEDERATION

61) Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC

62) Community Capital Management, LLC d/b/a CRAFund Advisory, Inc.

63) Compass Group USA, Inc.

64) Conservation International Foundation

65) CONSORTIUM OF STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES

66) Consumer Technology Association

67) Cumberland County Hospital System d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Health System

68) Cyanco International

69) Disability Benefits Deadline Initiative

70) DJI Technology, Inc.

71) Edelman Financial Engines f/k/a Financial Engines

72) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND

73) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

74) Equinix, Inc.

75) Financial Accounting Foundation

76) FinCom Ltd.

77) First Trust Portfolios L.P.

78) Fisher Investments

79) Fleet Energy America, Inc.

80) Forterra, Inc.

81) G.W. PEOPLES CONTRACTING CO. INC.

82) GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CANNABIS COMMERCE

83) Gordon Food Service, Inc.

84) Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.

85) GREAT LAKES METRO CHAMBERS

86) Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

87) GREATER SPOKANE INCORPORATED

88) GRIT Energy Services, LLC

89) Groundfish Forum

90) Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance

91) Hecla Mining Company

92) Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd.

93) Iconic Artists, LLC

94) Index Industry Association

95) Industrial Technology Institute

96) Ingo Money, Inc.

97) Inmarsat PLC d/b/a Inmarsat Aviation

98) INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS

99) INSTITUTE OF SCRAP RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC.

100) Intelligrated Systems, Inc. dba Honeywell Intelligrated

101) INTERNATIONAL HOUSING COALITION

102) James Hardie Building Products, Inc.

103) John Lefas

104) Just Greens LLC

105) LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

106) LAKE PILOTS ASSN INC.

107) Launch on Demand Corporation

108) LEHIGH HANSON INC.

109) LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

110) LOWER PASSAIC RIVER STUDY AREA COOP

111) Lynas USA, LLC

112) Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Inc.

113) MADE IN SPACE

114) MAGNOLIA LNG LLC

115) MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, INC.

116) MATSON NAVIGATION

117) Maxar Technologies Holdings Inc. f/k/a SSL MDA Holdings

118) McDermott International, Inc. f/k/a CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON (CB&I)

119) Michael L. Taylor

120) Midwater Trawlers Cooperative

121) Moda Health

122) MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

123) NANOBUSINESS COMMERCIALIZATION ASSOCIATION

124) Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.

125) National Assn for Biomedical Research

126) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN TRUSTEES (NACTT)

127) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAILER MANUFACTURERS

128) NCL CORPORATION LTD.

129) NextStep Interacative Inc.

130) Nortek Security & Control LLC

131) NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

132) Olympus Power LLC

133) Oshkosh Corporation

134) Pacific Seafood Group

135) PacifiCorp Energy

136) Package Coalition LLC

137) PAPER RECYCLING COALITION

138) Parsyl, Inc.

139) Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

140) Pinnacle Treatment Centers

141) PITNEY BOWES

142) PolyVision Corporation

143) Poplicus Incorporated d/b/a Govini

144) Port of Moses Lake

145) Port of Portland

146) PPG Industries Inc.

147) PRIMET PRECISION MATERIALS, INC.

148) PRN Software

149) Quantum Industry Coalition

150) Qurate Retail, Inc. f/k/a LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION

151) QVC, INC.

152) R.T. G. Furniture Corp. d/b/a Rooms to Go

153) Receivables Management Association fka DBA INTERNATIONAL

154) RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

155) Resolve Marine Group, Inc.

156) Savion, LLC

157) Seastreak LLC

158) Sierra Pacific Industries

159) SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

160) Spire Global, Inc.

161) SPOKANE AIRPORT BOARD

162) SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP.

163) ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PILOTS ASSN.

164) STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP

165) STEELCASE, INC.

166) Strategic Vaccines, LLC

167) Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Corporation

168) Suntory Business Expert Limited

169) Texas LNG

170) The ESOP Association

171) The First Church of Christ, Scientist

172) The World Dog Alliance Limited

173) TM3 Systems

174) Topical Bio Medics Inc.

175) TOWN OF FUQUAY-VARINA, NC

176) Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC

177) Trans AstroNautica Corporation d/b/a TransAstra

178) Trans-Atlantic Business Council

179) TRANSPHORM INC.

180) TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

181) TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

182) TrueBlue, Inc.

183) Turing Inc.

184) U.S. Global Leadership Campaign

185) United Catcher Boats

186) United States Cannabis Council

187) Vanguard Charitable

188) Velocys Inc

189) Veolia Nuclear Solutions f/k/a Kurion

190) Viamedia, Inc.

191) Vitalant

192) VOX Space

193) WATER INNOVATIONS ALLIANCE

194) WATER INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION

195) WESTERN GREAT LAKES PILOTS ASSN

196) WESTON SOLUTIONS

197) XO Energy, LLC

198) Zapata Computing, Inc.

199) Zeno Power Systems, Inc.

JAMES RASCOFF

(Illinois)
Clients:

ALLI ROBERTS

(Massachusetts)
  • 617-249-0700

  • 99 Chauncey St. , 6th Floor,6th FloorBostonMA02111

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