Joel Kopperud Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Advocate policies to Members of Congress on issues impacting commercial insurance brokers, focusing on issues related to corporate liability, employee benefits, tax, terrorism insurance, cyber security, broker.
• Legislative accomplishments include: excluding global premium payments from reporting requirements in the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act; clarifying that commercial insurance brokerage firms qualify for tax relief.
• Maintain close relationships with Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Financial Services Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Senate Banking Committee, HELP Committee, HSGAC, and.
• Direct the Democratic giving strategies for $5 million PAC and strategic political sponsorships.
• Annually raise over $300,000 for Congressional leadership.
• Lead industry political efforts with House and Senate Democratic Leadership offices.

-Directed political, legislative and regulatory advocacy efforts on international trade and export control issues, advising clients on international sanction developments and corporate compliance procedures.-Wrote technical policy briefs and conducted in-depth research for non-U.S. companies that provided political and legislative intelligence pertinent to.

-Managed public affairs activities for financial services clients with a special focus on issues impacting the payment card and securities industries.-Worked with local and national media outlets while coordinating strategies with third party stakeholders.-Wrote talking points, press releases, radio scripts and worked directly with journalists on behalf of.

-Represented the financial services industry to Members of Congress and Congressional staff on international trade, student loans, farm credit, government purchase cards, aviation, and jobs training policies.-Managed ad-hoc working groups, identifying consensus on policy initiatives and organizing industry lobbying campaigns.-Directed political events.