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Confluence Strategies, Inc. is the leading government affairs agency in Alaska. With over 100 years of experience, we represent the largest and most impactful entities that operate in the Last Frontier.

11-15 years

Commonwealth North Board of Directors (Member)
USA Hockey Pacific District Board of Directors (Chariman)
USA Hockey Board of Directors (Member)
IIHF Representative - Team USA NTDP U-17 (Kazan, Russia)
Safari Club International (Past Member)

  • - Harry McDonald, Saltchuk Managing Director, Alaska
  • - Aaron Schutt, CEO, Doyon Limited
  • - Andy Teuber, Chairman & CEO, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)
  • - Charles Clement, CEO, Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC)
  • - Jim Hunt, City Manager - City of Whittier, Alaska
  • Kristopher Knauss is a fourth generation Alaskan. He graduated with honors from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Political Science and History. During his tenure at Arizona State, Mr. Knauss actively engaged in government affairs and politics, serving as intern to the United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and then as campaign staff for the first female Governor of Arizona, Jane Dee Hull.

    After returning to Alaska, Mr. Knauss served as a legislative aide to the Alaska State Senate President for two years. He became Chief of Staff to the Alaska State House Rules Committee and then Chief of Staff to Alaska State Speaker of the House where he served for approximately two years.

    Because of Mr. Knauss' familiarity with state government from the executive and legislative branches, Governor Murkowski appointed him Director of Policy for the State of Alaska. In this role, he interfaced on a daily basis with the Governor, Chief of Staff, and Cabinet members. Additionally, Mr. Knauss represented the Governor and was his lead staff person with non-partisan organizations such as the National Governors' Association, Western Governors' Association, Council of State Governments, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, as well as partisan groups such as the Republican Governors' Association and the Republican National Committee.

    Government Affairs is a constantly changing environment that requires a unique and first hand understanding to be effective and take full advantage of the opportunities involved and presented. Mr. Knauss has this understanding and in June 2005 resigned his position to join the private sector as the owner and principal of The Knauss Group, LLC, which specializes in government affairs consulting and lobbying the State of Alaska.

    In his personal time, Mr. Knauss continues in his elected position on the Board of Directors for USA Hockey, and serves as Chairman of the USA Hockey Pacific District. In this role, Mr. Knauss oversees youth player development along the west coast and works closely with the United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP). Most recent, Mr. Knauss was elected to the Commonwealth North Board of Directors in his professional capacity.

    SARAH CASTRO

    (Federal)
    • 444 North Capitol Street NWSuite 418WashingtonDC20001

    SANG HAN

    (Federal)
    • 444 North Capitol Street NWSuite 418WashingtonDC20001

    GABRIEL KORNAS

    (Federal)
    • 2026241420

    • 444 North Capitol Street NWSuite 418WashingtonDC20001

    MIRIAN MENCIAS

    (Washington)
    • 206-543-1780

    • 4001 E Stevens Way NESeattleWA98195

    Clients:

    1) 1-800 Contacts

    2) Abbott Laboratories

    3) Absolute Software Corporation

    4) Acer Therapeutics

    5) Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.

    6) Air Line Pilots Association, International

    7) Aireon LLC

    8) Alaska Federation of Natives

    9) Alkermes, Inc.

    10) Alliance Data

    11) Altria Client Services LLC

    12) Amazon Web Services

    13) APCO Worldwide LLC (on behalf of DetectNow f/k/a Homodeus Detect) )

    14) Apple Inc.

    15) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) - University of Washington (UW)

    16) Association of American Railroads

    17) Association of Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchisees

    18) AT&T Services. Inc.

    19) Battelle Memorial Institute

    20) BDT Capital Partners LLC

    21) ByHeart, Inc.

    22) Cellphire, Inc.

    23) Charter Communications

    24) Cigna Corporation

    25) Circadence Corporation

    26) City of Cleveland (c/o Cleveland Hopkins Int. Airport & Burke Lakefront Airport)

    27) CJ Lake LLC on behalf of BART, CalSTART, County of Merced, San Joaquin COG San J

    28) Commercial Finance Coalition (CFC)

    29) Consortium for Civic Learning (Informal Coalition)

    30) Consortium Management Group

    31) Correctional Vendors Association

    32) CTIA

    33) CTIA - The Wireless Association

    34) Delta Air Lines

    35) DFS Guam L.P.

    36) DP Facilities Inc.

    37) Draper City, UT

    38) Dynamic Infrastructure

    39) ELEVATE

    40) Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

    41) Ervin Graves Strategy LLC on behalf of ByHeart Inc (f/k/a Ervin Hill Strategy)

    42) Ervin Graves Strategy LLC on behalf of Immunicom Inc (f/k/a Ervin Hill Strategy)

    43) Ervin Graves Strategy on behalf of Greffex Inc. (f/k/a Ervin Hill Strategy)

    44) Ervin Graves Strategy on behalf of Lyndra Therapeutics fka Ervin Hill Strategy

    45) Exotic Wildlife Association

    46) Fort Belknap Indian Community and Island Mountain Development Group

    47) FREEDOMWORKS, INC.

    48) GCI, Inc.

    49) General Dynamics

    50) General Motors Company

    51) Global Tel-Link

    52) Goldbelt Inc.

    53) Gradient Technology

    54) Greffex Inc.

    55) Heinz Strategies LLC (on behalf of PILMA)

    56) Heinz Strategies LLC (on behalf United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners)

    57) Hememics Biotechnologies, Inc.

    58) Home Instruction Program for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) USA

    59) Homology Medicines

    60) iHeartMedia, Inc.

    61) II-VI Incorporated

    62) Immunicom, Inc.

    63) Industrial Safety Training Council

    64) InVeris Training Solutions Inc.

    65) IOMAX USA, Inc.

    66) Jamestown OTS, L.P.

    67) JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC (fka JPMorgan Chase and Co.)

    68) Juniper Networks

    69) Lister Chain & Forge

    70) Lufthansa German Airlines

    71) Lyndra Therapeutics

    72) Martin's Point Health Care

    73) McAfee, LLC. (f.k.a. Intel Security)

    74) Microsoft

    75) Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC f/k/a MillerCoors LLC

    76) Motorola Solutions

    77) National Association of Broadcasters

    78) National Beer Wholesalers Association

    79) National Business Aviation Association

    80) National Cable and Telecommunications Association ("NCTA")

    81) National Sheriffs' Association

    82) Northrop Grumman Corporation

    83) ONLINE LENDERS ALLIANCE

    84) Oracle Corporation

    85) Oxygenium Inc.

    86) Pharmaceutical Industry Labor Management Association

    87) Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO

    88) Quicken Loans

    89) Roosevelt Group LLC (On Behalf of R2P Innovations)

    90) Roosevelt Group LLC (On Behalf of Sciperio Inc.)

    91) Roosevelt Group LLC (On Behalf of Utah Defense Alliance)

    92) Sirius XM Radio

    93) Small Biotechnology Business Coalition

    94) SNP ALLIANCE, INC.

    95) Sorenson Holdings LLC

    96) SOUTHERN COMPANY

    97) STARC Systems

    98) STEER Tech

    99) Sullivan Strategies LLC (on behalf of JobsOhio)

    100) SWK Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern GmbH

    101) Synchrony Financial

    102) Team Hallahan LLC (on behalf of Amazon Web Services)

    103) Team Hallahan LLC (on behalf of Juniper Networks Inc)

    104) The Carlyle Group

    105) The Doerrer Group LLC (On behalf of the City of Cleveland)

    106) The GEO Group, Inc.

    107) The Related Companies, LP

    108) TwinLogic Strategies (on behalf of the Int'l Assn. of Venue Managers)

    109) US Manufacturers for Development and Enterprise

    110) VACASA

    111) Verizon Communications, Inc. and various subsidiaries

    112) VF CORPORATION

    113) Vocalis Health Inc

    114) Wellpath

    115) WORK Inc.

    116) WorkCare, Inc.

    117) XCEL ENERGY, INC