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Rick Murphy
Rick Murphy is a Partner at FTP. A stalwart in both public policy and politics at the Federal level for two decades, Rick Murphy knows the ins and outs of Capitol Hill. Rick started his political career in 1992 working for then-New Hampshire Governor Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) successful campaign for the United States Senate. On the
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Peter O’Keefe
Peter O’Keefe has spent his career helping both the public and private sectors navigate the space between capital markets and government at the highest levels. As a former member of the Clinton Administration White House Staff, Mr. O’Keefe has applied that knowledge and experience to assist companies in developing strategies that either solve complex problems
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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
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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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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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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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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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Ryan Welch
Ryan Welch is a Partner at FTP and was with the firm’s predecessor, Cauthen, Forbes & Williams. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Welch served on the staff of retired United States Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), former chairman of the Senate Appropriations, Banking, Intelligence, and Rules Committees. From January 2002 to September 2007, Mr. Welch
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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.
