Paul Miller, LCP
Partner

Currently, Paul has his own lobbying firm Miller/Wenhold Capitol Strategies, LLC.

In addition to his work for his firm, Paul was elected as the youngest President of the American League of Lobbyists, the national association representing the lobbying profession. He currently serves as First Vice President for the Washington Industrial Roundtable, where he is in charge of programming.

Paul also is the founder and chairman of the Hoops for Youth Foundation, which pits members of Congress vs. lobbyists each year in an effort to raise money for children's charities in the Washington, D.C. area. To date this event has raised over $400,000.

In addition to his work with the Hoops for Youth Foundation, Paul has spent the past eight years coaching youth basketball at St. Timothy’s in Chantilly.

Paul has vast experience in the lobbying profession and in January of 2006, he introduced the first lobbying certificate program for the profession. A program designed to help lobbyists keep pace with the profession and its standards.

Paul has led the fight to bring about changes to the electronic filing system in the House of Representatives. This new change makes it easier for lobbyists to comply and meet with obligations under federal law and allows the general public an opportunity to view lobbying reports online.

Paul was also instrumental in shaping the debate on lobbying reform in 2006 and 2007. As chief spokesman and lobbyist for the profession, Paul met with leaders from both parties on the issue of reform. He has appeared before both the House and Senate and has appeared on most television programs educating the public on the issue of lobbying and proposed changes to the Lobbying Disclosure Act. He has been a tireless champion in the fight to protect every citizen’s right to petition their government through lobbying activities.

As a leader in his profession, Paul has traveled abroad to talk with foreign leaders about their efforts to implement lobbying rules and regulations. He has met with leaders from Peru, Indonesia, Great Britain, Brazil, Viet Nam, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Scandinavia, Poland, and Japan.

Paul specializes in Government contracts, where he has helped his clients secure well over $300 million in federal contract opportunities. He also has extensive experience in health care, small business issues, association related matters and management, and the building industry.

Paul has appeared on NBC Nightly News, ABC News, C-Span, CNN, MSNBC, The News Hour with Jim Lehr, and Lou Dobbs discussing ethics and transparency issues.

Most recently Paul was appointed to a three-year term on his alma maters Deans Advisory Board at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater.

He is married to his wife Amy and they have two daughters Taylor 2 and Alexis just weeks old.

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Dave Wenhold, CAE, PLC
Partner

Dave took a position with the Direct Impact Company, a premier grassroots lobbying firm in Washington, which specializes in strategic planning, analysis, implementation and troubleshooting for legislative campaigns. Dave was responsible for over 75 grassroots campaigns during his four year tenure with the company and ran campaigns for many industries including defense, healthcare, manufacturing and private companies. These efforts resulted in billions of dollars for Direct Impact's clients.

Dave then became the Director of Government Relations and Public Policy at the National Court Reporters Association where he was successful in lobbying the Judicial Branch, the Executive Branch and persuaded Congress to earmark tens of millions of dollars for the court reporting profession.

After leaving NCRA, he then co-founded Miller/Wenhold Capitol Strategies. A full service government relations and grassroots advocacy firm. In addition to his work for his firm, Dave serves as President of the American League of Lobbyists, an association representing the lobbying community. He is the founder of the ALL Capitol PurSuit Drive that holds an annual clothing drive on Capitol Hill for those American's trying to re-enter the workforce. In 2004 though 2008 he was able to collect over 44,000 suits for fellow Americans from Members of Congress, the White House and the lobbying and association communities. He also is a columnist for The Hill newspaper and writes articles pertaining to the lobbying and Hill communities.

Also, Dave served on the American Society of Association Executives Future Leaders Council as well as being a long term veteran for the Government Relations Council. He also was recently selected as one of ASAE's Future Leaders of America. For Dave's volunteer service with the Capitol PurSuit Drive, the President of the United States awarded Dave the "Call to Service" award which is the country's highest award for citizen volunteerism. Dave and his associate, Laura Dennis, are the only lobbyists to ever receive this prestigious award. In 2008, Dave was selected with 3 other lobbyists and named as one of the most effective association lobbyists in Washington by Association Trends.

Dave has appeared on television shows discussing lobbying and is often utilized as the "go-to" resource by media outlets like: AP, CNN, Fox News, The National Journal, The Hill, Roll Call, USAToday, Washington Post, Washington Times and numerous other papers and magazines.

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