George Rogers is a strategic government affairs executive with 25 years’ experience. With deep policy expertise, outstanding government contacts, and expert procedural skills, George specializes in outmaneuvering the opposition. Before joining the Mortgage Bankers Association, George led the partnership of Republic Consulting LLC, and before that, he led a division of the global communications company @WPP. In his six years with WPP’s Wexler | Walker Public Policy, George moved up from Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, to President, and then to CEO. He served on the Global Public Policy Committee, and he worked on many national and international accounts. Prior to his corporate work, George spent nearly fourteen years in key leadership roles in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, including serving as a senior Policy Advisor and Counsel to the Speaker of the House and to the Minority Leader of the House. He also served as General Counsel of the Committee on Rules, as Oversight and Investigations Counsel for the Government Reform Committee and the Technology & Procurement Policy Subcommittee; and as Legislative Counsel to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. George has been instrumental in both crafting landmark legislation and stopping bills through his strategic thinking and mastery of congressional procedure. George was the architect for the creation of the permanent Homeland Security Committee. He has testified before Congress, most recently on the intersection of House rules, continuity legislation, and the U.S. Constitution. George is a 7th generation Hoosier, graduating from Marion High School, where he was Captain of the Swim Team. He is a graduate of Miami University and the Indiana University School of Law, where he published in the Indiana Law Journal. Prior to DC, George was a prosecutor and founded the first Sex Crimes & Domestic Violence unit in his hometown. He also previously practiced business, banking, & municipal law. George is a 6th degree blackbelt and has a passion for scuba diving.#banking #ip #ai #insurance #tech #immigration #tax*Likes on LI are not endorsements.