Meaghan O’Brien Joins Stateside Associates as Director of State Issues

Meaghan O’Brien Joins Stateside Associates as Director of State Issues

Stateside Associates , the largest state and local government affairs firm, is excited to announce Meaghan O'Brien is joining the firm as Director of State Issues, a newly created role.

With nearly a decade of experience working successfully with Iowa’s Governor and legislators, state executive branch offices, and federal agencies, O'Brien joins the team to strengthen the firm's issue management and Groups engagement team.

O'Brien most recently served in the Office of Governor Kim Reynolds (R-IA) in Washington, D.C, as Director of State-Federal Relations. During her tenure with the Governor, she gained substantive public policy experience. Notably, she also served the Governor as Public Health Policy Advisor and the state’s Infrastructure Coordinator, where she led state agencies to implement and navigate $5 Billion of funding.

"Meaghan is a dynamic professional that will undoubtedly complement all that we are doing here at Stateside," said Johnathan Lozier , Senior Vice President & Principal. "She is a talented individual who brings a wealth of knowledge from her work with the Governor's office, including infrastructure funding, health care, the legislative process and authoring Bills - crucial experiences to supporting our clients in various industries."

As part of her role, in addition to issue management, O'Brien will help engage the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee (RLCC) on behalf of the firm.

"I’m excited to join the talented team at Stateside and look forward to applying my knowledge of state government to help our clients shape the public policy environment,” added O'Brien.

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