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Kelley Williams
Kelley Williams is a Partner at FTP. She handles a diverse portfolio of issues, but her specialty is within the financial services, insurance, and banking spheres. She also lobbies on transportation, telecom, fintech, and energy issues for the firm’s clients. In her 15 years as a senior government relations professional, she has successfully demonstrated an…
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Derrick White
Derrick White, a Partner at FTP, joined the firm in October 2015. Mr. White came to FTP from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), where he was a member of the Federal Government Relations team from 2012 to 2015. At BIO, Mr. White led the organization’s engagement with Republican Senators, their staffs, and Committee staffs. Mr.…
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Ryan Welch
Ryan Welch is a Partner at FTP and was with the firm’s predecessor, Cauthen, Forbes & Williams. He currently splits his time between the firm’s Washington, DC and Montgomery, Alabama offices. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Welch served on the staff of United States Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), current Vice Chairman of the Senate…
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Doug Usher
Doug Usher is a Partner at FTP. Doug has spent the last two decades building insights that have helped change the strategic trajectory of major corporations, industry associations, and political campaigns. Combining deep expertise in opinion research, data analysis, and analytics with years of experience navigating the intersection between business goals and the political, policy,…
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Barrett Thornhill
Barrett is a Partner at FTP and specializes in building public policy campaigns for life sciences corporations launching new products or service lines. Drawing on 20 years of experience in health policy and market access, he advocates on legislative issues before the U.S. Congress, regulatory matters the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and…
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Frank Steinberg
Frank Steinberg is a Partner of Government Relations at FTP. He handles a diverse portfolio of issues, including financial services, appropriations, education, telecom, tech, and defense. Frank has relationships with Members and staff across the House Republican Conference – ranging from the moderate Tuesday Group to the conservative Freedom Caucus, as well as with key…
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Edward Reno III
Edward C. Reno III is a Partner at FTP. Ed has spent his career working in government and for corporations to develop policy and strategies related to global and U.S. federal and state law/regulations. He worked for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech and gene therapy sectors as well as companies focused on diagnostics. This work…
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Erik Rapprich
Erik is a Partner on the Digital team in the Public Affairs Department. Prior to joining FTP, Erik was a Managing Partner at Engage responsible for overseeing the company’s strategy, finance, operations, and process development. Additionally, Erik was the Web Director at the Republican Governors Association after running his own firm, Ethos Digital, for six…
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Steven Palmer
Steven is a public affairs strategist whose work employs the following simple strategy: outworking the opponent results in big wins. With over two decades of international, multi-state, and federal government relations experience, Steven is adept at advocating for clients and their business initiatives while effectively navigating their public policy challenges and legislative concerns. Steven helps…
