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Introduction

19th Star State Solutions was started with an idea of a personal approach to public affairs and government relations. John helps his clients navigate the sometimes confusing, ever changing, fast paced waters of the political process. Recognizing that no two issues are the same and that attention to detail is important, John offers each client - whether advancing legislation at the state level or managing procurement issues - a personal hand's on results orientated approach.

Achievements

Recently helped a client make a change in state law that cleared up a logistic regulatory burden that will bring back more than $500,000 to the State of Indiana.

Clients

1) American Board of Medical Specialties

2) American Family Insurance

3) Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

4) Anthem

5) Cardinal Spirits

6) CHIP - Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention

7) Consumer Healthcare Products Association

8) Dentons

9) Foundation for Government Accountablity

10) HAPA

11) HIMS/HERS

12) HOPE - Hoosiers Owners and Providers for the Elderly

13) Impossible Foods

14) Indiana Amusement and Music Operators Association

15) Indiana Association of Naturopathic Physicians

16) Insurance Institute of Indiana

17) Licensed E-Liquid Manufacturing

18) Springstone, Inc

19) Trinity Video Communications

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Relationships

19th Star State Solutions is also affiliated with Dentons Law Firm and a proud member of Dentons 50. As part of the Dentons 50 team. Dentons 50 is a full-service, 50-state public policy and advocacy network with unrivaled reach and depth in state capitols across the nation for clients in all industry sectors. Dentons 50 is a comprehensive, centralized resource for groups and businesses with complex, multistate policy matters.

Biography

John Willey is principal of 19th Star State Solutions, LLC, a full-service governmental affairs firm. John assists clients in their legislative, regulatory and executive branch lobbying needs. Mr. Willey has over 25 years' experience in lobbying, state and federal relations, crisis management, grassroots advocacy, campaign/political strategy and development of political action committees.
Prior to forming 19th Star State Solutions, he worked for Anthem, Inc. for over 18 years, managing public affairs for the State of Indiana as well as interests at the local, federal and regulatory level. In addition to his work on the lobbying side, he was also tasked with designing and implementing simultaneous PAC and Grassroots programs for associates in all Anthem states (which, at that time, included Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Colorado, and Nevada). Under his leadership, Grassroots Membership rose from just fewer than 300 to nearly 1,400, and Anthem's Political Action Committee tripled its PAC receipts as well as its membership to over 700 participants.
Before joining Anthem, John spent over two years as Executive Director of the Indiana Republican Party, running the day to day operations of a 10-person state party staff and managing the political budget for the 1996 elections.
Prior to his work at the state party, he spent over two years at the Indiana House of Representatives' Republican Caucus, serving as a Legislative Assistant and managing the caseloads of 5 State Representatives.
John has consulted on numerous state and federal political campaigns over the years and served as the Hancock County Republican Party Chairman for eight years. In the summer of 2002, John worked for Conservative David Willetts, MP (Member of Parliament) in the British House of Commons, assisting with the day to day duties of his office.
John has served on the Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council in Washington D.C., the Indiana Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the American Lung Association. John a past Chairman of the Board of the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP), and
John also serves on the Indiana Chamber of Commerce's Health Care Subcommittee and is a former member of its Indiana Business for Responsive Government Committee. He is a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce's Political Action Committee, and a past Legislative Chair and former Vice President of the Indiana Association of Health Plans and is a member of the Government Affairs Society of Indiana.
John is a graduate of the 33rd class of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Series, and is also a graduate of the Public Affairs Council's 3 year Public Affairs Institute program.

Last Updated: April 17, 2020