David Abelson Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Co, Us

Abelson Partners is a Colorado-based government affairs, strategic planning, and organizational management firm specializing in local government representation, strategy development, non-profit management, and communications. My work includes:* Developing and implementing effective strategies* Designing and executing strategic plans to advance the organizational mission* Engaging and expanding strategic partnerships* Creating and implementing press and public involvement plans* Managing annual budgets and work plans* Facilitating meetingsClients (partial list since inception): Rocky Flats Stewardship Council, Western Resource Advocates, Los Alamos County, Regional Coalition of LANL Communities, Energy Communities Alliance, Avid4 Adventure, Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative.

I directed all facets of a local government organization engaged on the suite of environmental, public policy, fiscal and technical issues related to $7 billion remediation of the Department of Energy’s Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility. This position required managing all elements of the organization, including developing and implementing the strategic plans and annual budgets, managing staff and consultants, and raising operating funds.Successes included: * Securing favorable public policy decisions* Developing and implementing effective legislative strategies, including passage of “The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Act of 2000”* Working with Congress, state and federal regulators, and local governments to ensure national priorities address local interests and concernsI also developed and directed the press strategy, and served as the organizational spokesperson.

I managed the Congressman’s Rocky Flats and public lands recreation policy, working extensively with federal, state, and local governments and agencies, and non-profit organizations. My work included:* Advising the Congressman and senior staff on appropriations and legislative issues, drafting position papers, and working with legislative staff on strategy development and implementation. * Representing the Congressman at meetings, participating in panel discussions, and making public presentations on nuclear cleanup and public lands recreation issues.

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