Jim Riley Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Recruited to advocate on environmental, tax, infrastructure, international trade, and labor issues among others including the industry’s response to PFAS• Promoted to oversee the staff of federal and state lobbyists as well as state chapter managers• Crafted and implemented the association’s award-winning COVID-19 advocacy efforts including obtaining critical essential industry designation from the Department of Homeland Security• Obtained a rare Hours of Service exemption from FMCSA that applies solely to members of NWRA resulting in a savings to them in excess of $100 million over two years• Worked with members of Congress to develop a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce urging them to make China’s ban on recyclables a priority in their trade negotiations • Drafted congressional testimony and agency petitions/comments• Represented NWRA in several coalitions• Founded and chaired the Organizations for Supply Chain Recycling (OSCR) Coalition • Developed, released, and updated a formal “Federal Legislative and Regulatory Agenda” covering three dozen separate issues in eight policy areas • Involved in all aspects of association operations including Board governance and management; federal, state, and local compliance; and oversight of outside lobbying and law firms• Served as Corporate Secretary for the Board of Trustees• Orchestrated the first-ever meeting of the industry’s Chief Legal Officers• Launched NWRA PAC and established its governance, compliance, fundraising and strategy• Implemented a new grassroots/grasstops program for industry members to make their voices heard with their elected officials • Created a “How to Host Your Lawmaker” manual for facility tours• Recognized by the American Society of Association Executives with their 2021 Summit Award for Advocacy

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Selected by Board of Trustees to serve as interim President & CEO and address systemic problems impacting members and staff • Realigned association's budget priorities for the following fiscal year, receiving unanimous Board approval for the proposed measures • Developed and guided execution of major national, regional, and state association events • Implemented regular outreach to association member leadership and staff to ensure that their ideas and concerns were being addressed to improve their overall experience with the association

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Alexandria, Va, Us

• Recruited to advance the association’s advocacy positions on transportation, environment, tax, small business, and civil justice reform• Developed oral and written congressional testimony for association members as well as assisting them in their preparations to testify before Congress• Represented the association in coalitions related to transportation, tax and labor • Organized and directed an award-winning grassroots/grasstops advocacy network for furthering industry policy and political goals • Developed all aspects of the association’s political action committee including the creation of its $1.5 million dollar budget, development and execution of a political strategy, and all Federal Election Commission matters• Responsible for all PAC fundraising, quadrupling the size of the PAC, raising more than $6 million during that time and growing it into the top 3% of all federally registered trade association PACs

• Established research agenda and authored issue analysis policy papers, op-eds in newspapers across the country• Authored chapter on the economic impact of the United States tort system for a book edited by the Hon. Edwin Meese III, former Attorney General of the United States.• Organized CSE’s Insurance Center as its center leader• Met with insurance industry executives to discuss policy including privacy issues raised by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, represented CSE at national conferences• Spoke on behalf of the organization in various media interviews with radio and newspaper outlets.

• Provided strategic legal and political advice and services, including 50 state research projects on campaign finance, election, and lobbyist registration requirements, to individuals, businesses, political organizations, campaigns and law firms in the Washington, DC and Albany, NY areas• Performed state and federal legislative tracking and analysis services

• Dealt with various FEC, FCC and other election law-related matters including ballot access for all primaries and caucuses in the United States and its territories in addition to general areas of law as they arose for what was essentially a $40 million per year corporation

• Handled legal and health care policy issues for Hon. Jack Kemp and Hon. William Bennett

• Performed legislative counsel duties including analysis of pending legislation

Juris Doctor, Law

Ba, English & Political Science (Double Major)