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title: "Advocacy Council"
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published_at: "2026-04-24T14:52:09+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-11-03T16:45:56+00:00"
url: "https://www.asaecenter.org/community/volunteer-opportunities/advocacy-council/"
markdown_url: "https://www.asaecenter.org/community/volunteer-opportunities/advocacy-council.md"
excerpt: "Provides oversight to ASAE’s government relations and policy work."
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  - "Advocacy"
---

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Provides oversight to ASAE’s government relations and policy work. Advises ASAE in how to improve programs and services for Government Relations & Advocacy members. Identifies hot topic, perennial, and high-level issues to share/advise ASAE staff and Government Relations & Advocacy professionals. Engages ASAE members in the Government Relations & Advocacy Community through a variety of in-person and online communication vehicles.

- Jonathan Gilad, CAE Chair Vice President, Government Affairs National Emergency Number Association
- Simit Pandya Vice Chair DIRCGRA - Dir., Congressional & Grass Roots Advocacy American Nurses Association
- Carter Alleman, CAE Immediate Past Chair Director, Government Affairs & Science Policy American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Thomas Balzer, CAE Member President & CEO Ohio Trucking Association
- Jason Berkowitz Member Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer Insured Retirement Institute
- Emily Besser, CAE Member Director, Advocacy and Professional Practices American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- Daniel Bond, CAE Member President/CEO - ABC Metro Washington Associated Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington Chapter
- Tim Boyd Member Director, State Health Care & Audiology Affairs American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Gregory Brooks Member Executive Director/Co-President AMC Source
- Matthew Brown Member Congressional Lobbyist American College of Surgeons
- Lauren Earley Member Assoicate Director of Government & Public Affairs American Society of Interior Designers
- James Fisher, CAE Member Director, Government Affairs INDA Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
- Molly Ford Member Sr Manager - Policy and Government Relations Smithbucklin
- Lindsey Green, CAE Member Communications Director Texas Physical Therapy Association
- Ray Hefner, CAE Member Executive Director American Society of Concrete Contractors
- Wendy Kavanagh, CAE Member President | CEO National Protein & Food Distributors Association
- Tamara King, CAE Member Vice President Strategic Industry Engagement Mortgage Bankers Association
- Lance Kovacs Member Senior Director, Health Policy and Regulation Illinois Hospital Association - Naperville Office
- Garra Liming Member Director of Public Relations and Government Affairs The American Society for Nondestructive Testing
- Ethan Lott Member Advocacy Construction Management Association of America
- Colette Marquardt Member Chief Executive Officer American Camp Association, Illinois
- Phoebe Neseth, Esq. Member Vice President, Government Affairs, Public Affairs & Legal Community Associations Institute
- Andrew Newhart Member Senior Director of Government Relations U.S. Travel Association
- Brooklind Norman Member Program Coordinator American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges
- Tyler Smith, CAE Member Chief Policy Officer PA Education Association
- M. Scott Vinson, CAE, J.D. Member Principal
- Emily Weber Member Director of Communications & Marketing American Council of Academic Physical Therapy
- Amanda White, CAE Member Vice President Florida Apartment Association
- Patrick Wohl, CAE Member Associate (Attorney) Wiley Rein LLP
- William Yelenak Member President/CEO Providers' Council
- Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE Executive Staff Liaison Chief Public Policy and Governance Officer ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
- Kyle Hayes Primary Staff Liaison Senior Director Public Policy ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
- Rachel Lozinski Staff Liaison Senior Manager, Public Policy and PAC ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership