Craig Obey Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led and transformed APA's Division of Government Relations, with responsibility for federal and state advocacy and the APA Political Action Committee. • Marshaled talent across the organization's staff and membership as member of the executive leadership team, including development and leadership of coalitions that aided the enactment of multiple APA-led federal legislative initiatives. • Promoted and generated significant diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and anti-racism initiatives across the association, empowered and mentored staff, and fostered innovative, cross-cutting, and proactive advocacy efforts. • Restructured state-level engagement by marshaling the Division to create model legislation and provide proactive strategic counsel to APA's 72 District Branches and state associations, producing 44 new state laws. • Highly respected by APA's Board of Trustees, staff, and members across the governance structure.• Built nationally recognized Government Relations Division with an impressive track record of success.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided interim leadership for organization focused on reducing the rural-urban divide and helping rural voters assess the support for rural America by candidates and elected officials. Built support, brand awareness, political outreach strategy and financial backing for the organization.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led every aspect of organizational operations and chaired the executive leadership team. • Led strategic planning and organizational visioning exercises resulting in a reformulated organizational vision, defined organizational direction and clarified staff goals and roles. • Transformed organizational budgeting process and enhanced team ownership and execution of budgeting and planning decisions.• Reorganized 60 FTE nonprofit at the direction of the Board to facilitate the transition to new executive leadership and stabilize finances. • Provided central leadership in organizing, launching and leading the national “Protect Our Care” coalition that mobilized stakeholders nationwide in the successful fight to prevent repeal of the Affordable Care Act.• Cultivated and built donor relationships and charitable solicitation strategies, including a new online platform that increased individual giving to diversify funding sources.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Led federal advocacy efforts and strategy for 160 FTE advocacy organization devoted to the conservation and protection of national parks, public lands and the environment.• Built strategic alliances, coalitions and campaigns with environmental, business, and philanthropic partners to influence legislation, regulation and policy.• Worked with Congress and stakeholders at the local, state and national levels to enact legislation authorizing, expanding and protecting dozens of national parks and to defeat legislation that threatened parks, wildlife, and cultural/historical resources. • Produced an estimated $2 billion in added appropriations for the national parks through a series of legislative achievements and designed the strategy and campaign that resulted in passing major legislation to invest additional billions in reducing the NPS maintenance backlog.• Raised millions in charitable donations through individual and team efforts from corporations, foundations and individuals, including as part of a $130 million capital campaign.• Led national coalition and communications campaign that successfully restored $150 million in appropriations from “sequester” budget cuts to the national parks.• Developed, incorporated and established the National Parks Action Fund, the 501(c)(4) affiliate of NPCA, working with the Board of Trustees to define organizational scope and mission, and raising start-up funds.• Key advisor to the National Parks Second Century Commission and leader of partner negotiations to formulate agenda, sessions and speakers for America’s Summit on National Parks, which engaged the parks community with actions recommended by the Commission.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Key member of practice group specializing in ally development and coalition management for multiple clients of this top rated Washington, DC public affairs firm. • Helped clients communicate their priorities to government, media, and public audiences, including development of messaging, outreach and marketing materials and strategies. • Represented clients before complex government buraucracies, as necessary, to accomplish client objectives.

Leesburg, Va

• Key member of corporate leadership responsible for all operational, legal and communications matters for technology start-up engaged in high-end Internet service for Fortune 1000 companies.• Managed operations, marketing, legal, contracting, finances, website and human resources functions.• Oversaw dissolution of company and merger into another consultancy.

Washington, Dc

• Directed and managed office with divisions responsible for legislative, intra-governmental and international matters.• Advised OSHA head and other DOL officials on legislative matters.• Negotiated, drafted and analyzed legislation, formulated legislative strategy, drafted testimony and led preparation for all OSHA-related congressional hearings.• Coordinated and defended OSHA policy and jurisdictional matters with other Federal agencies.• Served as Acting Deputy Regional Administrator in the Pacific Northwest, acting as alter-ego for Regional Administrator.• Planned inspection activity for Alaska fisheries in coordination with State agencies.• Engaged and negotiated with shipyard management, union representatives and Navy officials regarding complex shipboard safety issues in OSHA's maritime jurisdiction

Alexandria, Va

Health care, workforce, immigration, community service, civil rights, poverty, federal budget and appropriations, miscellaneous other areas of responsibility. Professional Staff Designee, Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs

Responsible for portfolio including Social Security, pensions and age discrimination.

Environmental Studies, History

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Activities and Societies: International Environmental Law Review