Georgette Kerr Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Performs both client service and client development functions as Plurus Strategies’ in-house expert on national security issues, including defense, foreign policy, cybersecurity, and immigration, and aims to bolster.
• Directs ands and oversees the development and execution of strategies to achieve the national security and other policy objectives of Plurus Strategies clients, including the drafting of legislation, bill report.
• Leverages existing and new relationships with U.S. Government and foreign Embassy officials to provide intel relevant to Plurus Strategies clients to inform, shape, and recalibrate advocacy strategies
• Represents Plurus Strategies at political fundraisers, Congressional briefings, and think tank events with the objective of deepening and expanding the firm’s network of U.S. Government contacts, independent academics.
• Develops materials introducing new business prospects to Plurus Strategies’ unique business model, promoting lines of client service available in multiple industry sectors, and highlighting a track record of success.
• Publishes thought leadership materials, including alerts and blog posts on timely legislative and regulatory activity to educate current clients and create opportunities for growing new business development

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Designated as team lead for new business development on issues pertaining to defense, foreign policy, cybersecurity, immigration, and veterans affairs, and served as the main point of contact for collaborating with law.
• Educated both traditional and non-traditional defense clients and prospective clients on potential opportunities and risks in the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) process, including on issues related to.
• Executed and promoted new client services focused on assisting U.S. companies in conducting business abroad, as well as foreign companies doing business in the U.S., through engagement with U.S. and foreign embassies.
• Provided colleagues with senior support and mentoring on client service, including strategy development, understanding of legislative history, policy analysis, drafting of legislative and report language, regulatory.
• Represented ML Strategies and ML Strategies clients in meetings with senior U.S. Government officials, including Congressional and Executive Branch staff, as well as external national security organizations

Washington D.C. Metro Area

· Served as in-house expert on national security, defense, and foreign policy issues, including those under the jurisdiction of the Department of State, USAID, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate and House Armed Services.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Scheduled and attended meetings with clients on Capitol Hill and at Federal Agencies
• Provided additional client service support to senior principals for defense, foreign policy, energy, transportation, and health care clients
• Scheduled office-wide coverage of all relevant Congressional hearings and other briefings of relevance to existing and/or prospective clients
• Conducted interviews, participated in hiring decisions, and managed ML Strategies’ Internship Program

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Monitored and summarized relevant House and Senate Committee hearings and field hearings for clients
• Met with all senior principals to update weekly deliverables for client lobbying and consulting strategies
• Conducted research on relevant Cabinet and Hill staff
• Created database of lobbying disclosure forms for education clients
• Collected campaign donations at a private fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

Greater New York City Area

• Managed day-to-day operations of the Hillary for America Immigration Policy Working Group, consisting of more than 70 immigration activists, legal practitioners, and policy experts from across the U.S.
• Facilitated the drafting of work product templates, context setting memos, decisional matrixes, and policy recommendations for senior campaign staff, with the goal of informing Secretary Clinton’s push for.
• Supported political directors in ten key battleground states by overseeing the development of memos to help localize the campaign’s messaging on immigration policy and to assist in identifying local campaign surrogates.
• Assisted the policy team based at campaign headquarters, in addition to the Immigration Policy Working Group’s Coordinator and Senior Partners, in vetting new members of the Working Group and directed the logging of.
• Activated Immigration Policy Working Group members’ real-time messaging on social media, including Twitter, during presidential debates to help amplify Secretary Clinton’s policy proposals and to fact check Donald Trump
• Coordinated dialogue with other Hillary for American Policy Working Groups on cross-cutting policy issues, including counterterrorism, border security and disaster preparedness, and political asylum and refugee issues

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Monitored all campaign contributions and in-kind contributions for the HRC political action committee and assisted in preparing Federal Election Commission reports
• Prepared campaign manuals for the 2008 election cycle and tracked races of all endorsed candidates
• Edited the political scorecard for all members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
• Volunteered at the National Dinner, Coming Out Day on Capitol Hill, and Election Night Out

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Drafted grant support letters and issue response letters for New York State constituents
• Logged and responded to all scheduling requests and invitations received for the Senator and staff
• Filed co-sponsorships for bills and amendments

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications, Law, Economics, & Government; Women, Political Power, & Public Policy; Leadership

Activities and Societies: School of Public Affairs Leadership Program, American University Honors Program, American University Student.

Undergraduate Study Abroad, China And The Global Economy, Chinese Women'S Studies, Chinese Media And Society, Chinese Language

Honors Colloquia In The Cairo Cosmopolitan