Effective advocacy can be boiled down to three simple things: understanding the issue completely, communicating the issue effectively, and having relationships with the people that need to hear your message. This is what we do, and we make it easy.

6-10 years

As JWA's Vice President of Public Affairs and Business Development, Sean is on the front lines in Salem, representing and advancing our client interests and ideas, and working hard to create, leverage, and expand their public profiles with Oregon's policy makers. Sean has developed strong relationships with legislators, staff, legislative leadership, and colleagues from all political parties. He is active in business, transportation and healthcare advocacy circles. Having spent more than 20 years in business development and sales management prior to JWA, Sean is experienced in understanding client issues and is focused on delivering results through effective communication with clients and policy makers.

Sean lives in the central Willamette Valley with his wife, Jami, two nice dogs, a few unproductive chickens, and one aloof cat in the central Willamette Valley, where he enjoys many of the recreational opportunities Oregon offers, including road and mountain biking and fly fishing.