Mark Ames Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Virginia, US

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team, providing strategic oversight of a $17 million budget and 11-person cross-functional team. Results: Grew AIHA government relations team and increased total revenue by 17% from 2020.
• Led all federal and state legislative and regulatory lobbying. Testified before legislators and secured multiple AIHA members to testify before regulators, state legislators, and Congress. Results: Enacted landmark.
• Increased grassroots advocacy participation by over 850% between 2021 and 2024 by creating federal and state government relations teams and training more than 1,000 volunteers on government relations and public.
• Led the application for a federal grant. Results: Secured a $500,000pandemic-response CDC grant for AIHA, the first in the association’s history.
• Created and secured Board approval for a plan to increase AIHA’s membership from 7,000 to 20,000 by 2030. Results: Promoted to Chief Advocacy Officer.

Falls Church, Virginia, US

Peachtree Corners, GA, US

• Co-led Washington, DC office, supervising staff and providing strategic direction. Results: Grew government affairs staff and volunteer engagement, led to the accomplishment of public policy goals.
• Led several coalitions and organized more than 100 briefings on Capitol Hill. Results: Spearheaded a federal advocacy campaign where bipartisan Members of Congress championed efforts that produced a $10 million.
• Managed government relations for 100+ volunteer committees. Trained chapter leaders in the United States and abroad on advocacy best practices.
• Organized site tours for Members of Congress and fly-ins for senior ASHRAE leaders.
• Created and led an internship program with 13 interns and seven sponsoring organizations.

Peachtree Corners, GA, US

Reston, VA, US

• Worked with U.S. House and Senate staff and technical experts to draft, introduce, and promote legislation.
• Managed the Principal’s Legislative Action Center.
• Created and led NASSP’s Federal Grassroots Network and State Lobbyist Network.
• Organized the annual Principals’ National Leaders’ Conference and Principals’ Middle Level Task Force Hill Day, which featured policy briefings, training, and hundreds of Hill visits.
• Authored over 100 articles on various workforce development issues, published in the Principal’s Policy Blog and the NewsLeader magazine.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Researched, analyzed, and tracked pending federal legislation impacting small business procurement.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Political Science - Applied Politics

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities