M. Clark Barrineau Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Virginia Area

Direct MSV’s advocacy efforts, serving as chief lobbyist and executive director of the MSV political action committee. I plan and execute MSV’s grassroots initiatives, shoring up support for physicians’ legislative goals and educating MSV members on how to be effective advocates.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Public Relations•Counseled major Fortune 500, non-profit and trade association clients in executing integrated communications campaigns and navigating crisis situations.•Created and pitched content regarding campaign developments and executive statements to local, state and national media—resulting in significant, high-profile interviews and earned media placements.Government Affairs•Wrote legislative and regulatory testimony for health care and government contracting clients to present before state legislatures, federal agencies and the U.S. Congress.•Led robust legislative analysis on a variety of issues and presented public policy recommendations to clients.Marketing•Designed and managed unified marketing programs for a number of clients, including all aspects of digital, social and mobile media strategy development and execution.•Launched and analyzed a national digital video marketing campaign that continually exceeded industry standard click-through and completion rates—improving the client’s reputation with targeted stakeholders.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led advocacy campaigns and media relations for society of over 145,000-members. Managed legislative initiatives for society government affairs office. Promoted association projects and reports in new and traditional media. Led public relations strategy of the 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, resulting in over 1,500 media mentions nationwide during launch week. Created and directed social media plan for society government affairs efforts at the national and state levels. Trained society members in public relations and legislative affairs tactics to enhance grassroots outreach.

Managed the day to day operations and projects of the premiere school transportation advocacy organization in the country, including communications, media outreach, grassroots mobilization, and general non-profit administration. Created and executed the organization’s first budget. Supported a Board of twenty members, consistently communicating with them as the sole employee of the organization. Created and expanded development program to increase revenue and industry involvement in advocacy efforts.

Conducted qualitative and quantitative research for clients, analyzed legislation, news, issues, trends and political vulnerabilities; produced detailed reports of findings for political candidates, 501(c)(3) organizations, national associations, private companies, and agencies. Managed team responsible for producing daily press reports for multiple clients from national and regional news sources; utilized research findings to develop issue-specific rapid-response communications. Researched and fact-checked progressive print and television advertisements for general and targeted distribution.

Mpa, Specialization In Public Policy

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