MELANIE LAYTON
Colorado Legislative Strategies
melanie@lobby4co.com
303-832-1061
1410 GRANT STREET, STE D-110, DENVER, CO, 80203, 
Subjects: All Subjects
Links: Website
1) Aftersight (Audio Information Network of Colorado
2) AMGEN
3) AMTA obo Colorado Coalition of Massage Therapists
4) Anheuser-Busch Inc.
5) AURARIA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER
6) CITIZENS FOR ARTS TO ZOO
7) Cloudbreak Energy Partners, LLC
8) Colorado Bankers Association
9) Colorado BioScience Association
10) COLORADO FARM BUREAU
11) COLORADO HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY
12) COLORADO LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES
13) COLORADO OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION
14) Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
15) COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
16) Consumer Healthcare Products Association
17) COUNTY OF WELD, COLORADO
18) ED AND SHIRLEY, INC.
19) Friends of the Colorado Talking Book Library
20) Holcim Participations (US) Inc.
21) Instacart
22) InState Partners
23) Kinder Morgan, Inc.
24) NextEra Energy Resources
25) Novo Nordisk
26) Pivot Energy Inc.
27) Rio Grande Water Conservation District
28) Rocky Mountain Home Association
29) South Metro Denver Chamber
30) Southwestern Water Conservation District
31) Stride, Inc.
32) SunShare, LLC
33) TechNet
34) United Rotocraft, a division of Air Methods Corporation
35) United States Solar Corporation
36) Western States Ranches LLC
20+ years
Melanie joined CLS in 2000 and has nearly 25 years of expertise in public policy, lobbying, business, banking, bioscience and renewable energy. She enjoys working on complex economic development and tax policy, and has one of highest success rates passing incentives for varied industry sectors. She also has experience effectively lobbying k-12 education, capital development and healthcare. Melanie's strong network of relationships with legislators, as well as influencers in the government and public policy arena, ensures CLS' clients have unparalleled access to policy leaders. Before beginning her lobbying career, Melanie was the Public Relations Director for the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, then moved into lobbying as the Legislative Director at Colorado Farm Bureau, while obtaining a Master's from University of Colorado Denver's Graduate School of Public Affairs. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor's from Colorado Christian University. Melanie is a state board member of Girls on the Run and has served as an assistant instructor at the Colorado Mountain Club's High Altitude Mountaineering School. Melanie is a married mother to three children and an extreme athlete. Her noteworthy accomplishments include finishing the Leadville 100 Ultra-Marathon, climbing all 58 of Colorado's mountains over 14,000', along with numerous high-altitude mountains around the world. Her current athletic focus is Pack Burro Racing, Colorado's official heritage sport, with her two rescued burros. Her dedication to these endeavors translates to the vision, planning and execution it takes to succeed in politics and advocacy.
Last Updated: February 16, 2024