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As a Senior Manager for the Pennsylvania Government Affairs team based out of DMGS' Harrisburg office, Ron assists clients in navigating the state government. Throughout his career, Ron has established and maintained close, personal relationships with staff members from all four caucuses and every level of the executive branch. Ron has experience working with for-profit and non-profit clients, with a primary focus on Energy, Economic Development financing assistance, Labor, and Agriculture.

Prior to joining DMGS and spending some time in the private sector, Ron served as the Legislative Director for the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). There he worked with the Governor's office and four Legislative Caucuses on passage and enactment of the $2 billion Economic Development Stimulus Legislation under Governor Rendell. In addition, he served as the DCED staff lead to key Legislative Caucus Board staffers on the Commonwealth Finance Authority (CFA).

Prior to his time with the DCED, Ron was a key staffer in the General Assembly, working in various roles that ultimately led him to serve for Representative Phyllis Mundy as Executive Director of the Northeast Delegation. There he directed regional legislative activities for lawmakers on a variety of issues, staffed committee meetings in Harrisburg and Northeastern Pennsylvania, and monitored funding opportunities for delegation members.

Ron most recently served on the transition team of Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse. Additionally, he served as Community and Economic Development Committee Chair for PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale's Transition Team in 2012 as well as Chairman of Public Safety for the Olde Uptown Harrisburg Neighborhood Association.

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Thomas Jay Ellis is Managing Director of Pennsylvania Government Affairs for DMGS in its Philadelphia office. Tom also serves as Special Counsel to Duane Morris LLP in its Corporate Practice Group, concentrating in municipal finance. Tom previously spent 24 years with Ballard Spahr LLP as a partner in its Public Finance Group. He has worked on a variety of tax-exempt financings, primarily with Pennsylvania local government and authority issuers, as well as colleges and universities. Tom was unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Montgomery County, Pa., in 2006. He held that position until January 2008 and was vice chairman of the board from 2004 to 2005. In 2008, Tom was the Republican candidate for state treasurer in Pennsylvania. Prior to his election to the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in 2003, he served on the Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners from 1990 to 2002. He previously served as a member of the Cheltenham Township Planning Commission and Cheltenham Township Citizens Advisory Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Moss Rehabilitation Hospital. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and Independence Blue Cross.

The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners appointed Tom to a five-year term on the Board of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), beginning on September 1, 2001. He was reappointed to a second five-year term in 2006.

Tom is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985), where he served as editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.

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Patricia Mackavage, a former legislative aide to the last three Pennsylvania governors, is Executive Director in the Harrisburg office of DMGS. Patty manages the day-to-day operations of the Harrisburg office. In addition, she represents clients' issues before the legislature and local governments throughout Pennsylvania. The client issues she advocates are very broad, but her area of expertise is the state budget process and public finance/economic development. On behalf of a major developer, Patty was a successful advocate for various brownfield projects in the state, including passage of legislation to permit Wegmans to sell craft beer in their store located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and securing millions of dollars in grants and loan commitments from government sources.

Patty is a seasoned veteran who served as deputy secretary for legislative affairs for Governor's Rendell and Schweiker. She also served as a liaison between members of the state general assembly and the governor's office in negotiating legislation, capital budget projects and constituent issues. Patty consulted with state House and Senate leaders on legislative agendas, and coordinated the development and introduction of legislation for 15 departments and agencies of the executive branch, including the Liquor Control Board, the Department of Transportation, Turnpike Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Public Welfare (now the Department of Human Services) and the Department of Labor & Industry. From 2001 to 2003, Patty served as acting secretary and deputy secretary for legislative affairs under Governor Mark Schweiker. During the Ridge administration, she served as both legislative director and assistant legislative director for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. Patty was also a senior lobbyist for another government relations firm, where she lobbied the Pennsylvania General Assembly and developed legislative/procurement strategies for clients in industries such as transportation, financial services, gaming, liquor and healthcare, as well as for municipal and county governments.

JEFF BURTON

(Federal)

DAVID COBB

(Federal)
Clients:

1) 1776 Pharmaceuticals LLC

2) ABBOTT LABORATORIES

3) Accenture LLP

4) Advanced Drainage Systems

5) Air Evac Lifeteam

6) Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

7) Alabama Shipyard LLC

8) Alden Torch Financial LLC

9) Allegiant Travel Company

10) Alliance for Automotive Innovation

11) Alliance for Olive Oil Quality Standards

12) Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers

13) Altice USA, Inc.

14) Altria Client Services LLC

15) Aluminum Association Inc.

16) Amazon Corporate, LLC

17) American Bankers Association

18) American Coalition of Independent Content Production

19) American College of Gastroenterology

20) American Council of Life Insurers

21) American Cruise Lines

22) Americans for Prosperity

23) Amgen USA, Inc.

24) Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

25) Ant Group Co., Ltd.

26) Aon Service Corporation

27) Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

28) APOLLO MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, LP

29) Appriss, Inc.

30) Arcosa, Inc.

31) Argentem Creek Partners LP

32) Arizona Water Company

33) Associations of Mexican Tomato Growers

34) Asurion LLC

35) AT&T Services, Inc.

36) Athletico Physical Therapy

37) Bain Capital, LLC

38) Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

39) Barrick Gold Corporation of North America Inc.

40) Bayer Corporation (FKA Monsanto Company)

41) Bell-Carter Foods

42) Biotechnology Innovation Organization

43) Bloom Energy

44) Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

45) Brightline Holdings LLC (fka Virgin Trains USA)

46) Business Roundtable

47) CalOptima

48) Cargill, Inc.

49) Carlyle Investment Management fka The Carlyle Group

50) CF Industries, Inc. and CF Industries Holdings, Inc

51) Charter Communications, Inc.

52) Chevron, U.S.A. Inc.

53) CHRISTUS Health System

54) Chubb INA Holdings Inc.

55) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions

56) City of Houston

57) City of Laredo, Texas

58) City of Vallejo, California

59) Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform

60) Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds

61) Comcast Corporation

62) Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne

63) Connected Nation Development Corporation

64) Consumer Technology Association

65) Cook Group Inc.

66) Cordant Health Solutions

67) CoreCivic, Inc.

68) Cox Enterprises Inc.

69) Cruise Lines International Association

70) Cumberland Community Improvement District

71) CVS Health

72) DaVita, Inc.

73) DJI Technology, Inc.

74) DoorDash

75) Eastman Chemical Company

76) Empresas Fonalledas, Inc.

77) EMVCo, LLC

78) Energy Harbor Corp.

79) Entergy Services, LLC

80) Equifax Inc.

81) Esquel Enterprises Limited

82) EXXON MOBIL CORP

83) Federated Wireless, Inc.

84) Financial Services Forum

85) FireEye, Inc.

86) FireKeepers Development Authority

87) Fletcher Group, Inc.

88) Florida Citrus Mutual

89) Fluor Corporation

90) FMR LLC

91) Fontana Union Water Co.

92) Fontana Water Company

93) Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency

94) Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority

95) FS Investment Corporation

96) Gap Inc.

97) Garden of Life, LLC

98) Garrett Electronics, Inc.

99) Genentech Inc

100) George Kaiser Family Foundation

101) GGV Management LLC

102) Gila River Indian Community

103) Gilead Sciences, Inc.

104) Global Medical Response, Inc.

105) GOJO Industries

106) Goya Foods Inc.

107) HawkEye 360 Inc.

108) HDR, Inc.

109) Healthcare Leadership Council

110) HerdX

111) Hershey Company

112) Hill-Rom

113) Hillwood Development Company, LLC

114) Ho-Chunk Inc.

115) Honeywell International

116) Houchens Industries

117) Houston Airport System

118) Humane Society Legislative Fund

119) IMCS Group Inc.

120) Indigo Ag

121) Innovation Alliance

122) Inseego Corp.

123) International Business Machines Corporation

124) International Council of Shopping Centers

125) International Paper

126) Keidanren

127) KEWA Financial Inc.

128) Kingston Technology

129) Koch Companies Public Sector

130) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company

131) KPC Development Company LLC

132) LanzaTech Inc.

133) Laureate Education, Inc. (FKA Laureate International Universities)

134) Let'sGetChecked

135) Levi Strauss & Company

136) LG Chem America, Inc.

137) LG&E and KU Energy, LLC

138) Liberty Global Logistics

139) Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

140) LOreal USA

141) Lyft, Inc.

142) Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.

143) Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

144) McKesson Corporation

145) MDIF Media Partners I, LP

146) Meta Aerospace

147) MetaBank, N.A.

148) Millennium Health

149) Mobility Capital Finance, Inc. dba MoCaFi

150) Motion Picture Association of America

151) National Association of REALTORS

152) National Association of Theatre Owners

153) National Cotton Council of America

154) National Immigration Law Center

155) National Independent Venue Association

156) National Thoroughbred Racing Association

157) NCTA-The Internet & Television Association

158) New Venture Fund

159) NextEra Energy, Inc.

160) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

161) Oaktree Capital Management

162) OC Oerlikon Management AG

163) Oneida Indian Nation

164) Otis Elevator Company

165) Owens & Minor, Inc.

166) Pacific Architects and Engineers, LLC

167) Palantir Technologies, Inc.

168) Partnership for Job Creation

169) Pebble Limited Partnership

170) Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians

171) Penobscot Nation

172) Pfizer, Inc.

173) Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

174) Pipe Line Contractors Association

175) PMI Global Services Inc.

176) Polaris Industries

177) Pompeian, Inc

178) Port of Long Beach

179) Professional Background Screeners Association fka NAPBS

180) Puerto Rico Statehood Council

181) Qualcomm Incorporated

182) Raytheon Technologies Corporation and Affiliates (fka United Technologies Corp)

183) ResMed, Inc.

184) Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI)

185) Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

186) Rotech Healthcare, Inc.

187) RP Management, LLC

188) San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

189) Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

190) Senseonics Incorporated

191) Shatterproof

192) Siemens Corporation

193) Sight Sciences, Inc.

194) Signature Flight Support Corporation

195) Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

196) Solano Transportation Authority

197) Southeastern Conference

198) Southwest Research Institute

199) Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

200) Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

201) Surgery Partners

202) Syracuse University

203) TE Connectivity

204) Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice

205) Texas Public Policy Foundation

206) The Alliance for Trade Enforcement (AFTE) fka (AFTI)

207) The Center for a Free Economy

208) The Michaels Companies, Inc.

209) The Puerto Rico Equality Forum

210) The Seneca Nation of Indians

211) The Strategic Group

212) Tile

213) Total Administrative Services Corporation

214) TransUnion

215) Trimble Navigation Ltd

216) Trinity Industries

217) Twenty Holdings Inc

218) U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness

219) U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform

220) United Parcel Service

221) United States Pharmacopeial Convention

222) Unity Aluminum (fka Braidy Industries)

223) University of Louisville

224) UofL Health, Inc.

225) US Physician Partners (Informal Coalition)

226) UT-Carrier

227) Vallourec USA Corporation

228) Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

229) Verax BioMedical Inc.

230) Visa, U.S.A., Inc.

231) VIZIO, Inc.

232) Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

233) Wabash Valley Resources, LLC

234) Xenex Disinfection Services, LLC

235) Yacht Haven USVI LLC

236) Zelis Healthcare Corporation

237) ZP Better Together, LLC

238) ZTE Corporation