GENERAL SESSION: Lobbying Details, Dos and Don’ts (Closed to Media)
During this general session State Leaders will receive final schedules and meeting materials for Hill meetings on Wednesday, March 20. MBA Staff will walk you through best practices for meeting with your elected officials and senior staff.
Speakers
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Luke Gilner is a Senior Account Manager at Soapbox Consulting. Since joining Soapbox in the Spring of 2021, Gilner has organized and managed numerous Advocacy Days and Fly-Ins for a wide variety of groups. He brings an in-depth understanding of Capitol Hill norms and practices that helps ensure advocates are comfortable and confident before their Advocacy Day. Soapbox is in routine communication with all offices on Capitol Hill and is committedly non-partisan.
Jamey Lynch, AMP, is the Associate Vice President of Political Affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Joining MBA in 2017 as an Assistant Political Director, she was promoted to the post of Associate Director in 2019. Over the past several election cycles, she has worked cross-functionally to strengthen the association’s advocacy programs, including MBA’s grassroots affiliate, the Mortgage Action Alliance (MAA). Her direct efforts helped elevate MBA’s federal Political Action Committee (MORPAC) to be among the top ten ranking industry trade association PACs in the country. Prior to MBA, Lynch worked at a D.C.-based public affairs agency where she led integrated campaigns to execute winning advocacy programs for clients at the local, state, and federal levels, including projects for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). She also managed a corporate PAC for one of Forbes’ “America’s Largest Private Companies,” Day and Zimmermann. She is an active member of the National Association of Business Political Affairs Committees (NABPAC) and the Public Affairs Council (PAC). A former Capitol Hill intern, Lynch holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Florida State University.
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