Rex Martin Email & Phone Number

Woodbridge, VA, US

• Lead Government Affairs for a District of Columbia-based lobbying firm managing federal and state legislative, regulatory, and coalition building initiatives specializing in agriculture, venture capital investment.
• Proactive Multi-State Coalition Building: Maximizing relationships toward common legislative and regulatory goals. Board Advisor to the Rural Jobs Coalition. Client/Industry relations and project management outreach.
• Political Strategic Planning and Government Affairs: Specializing in running political strategy in several states at once. Client representation at the state and federal legislative and agency level.
• Policy Development: Senior experience in analyzing complex scientific topics and determining direction toward positive outcomes.

Rosemont, IL, US

• Develop robust vision, strategy and execution plan for managing Farmer Relations and External Agriculture Engagement Lead liaison with Agribusiness, and National Agriculture Associations.
• Team Management: Instrumental in overseeing the performance of consultants, Public Relations Firms and Direct Reports. Capitalize on strong leadership ability to manage existing Farmers Relations team and streamline.
• Improved Plan Development: Analyzed and developed a new external agriculture engagement plan that included partnerships, leadership programs, and Board mentoring.
• Influential Outreach: Perform extensive outreach with state and regional dairy checkoff associations for key influential farmers, cooperatives and thought leaders.

Basel, Basel, CH

• Continuously focused on revitalizing operational processes through talent acquisition and development, multi-group management, and federal lobbying strategies. Supervised all federal legislative initiatives and.
• Recognition: Selected for the newly created position based on agricultural and industry leadership policy results.
• New Team Formulation: Scouted and recruited distinguished class professionals with expertise in lobbying, leadership, and relationship building to reverse the pattern of under-performance among key industry players.
• Exercised business acumen to pool resources and address pollinator issues at the federal level through the development of the agriculture and non-agriculture organization group.

Basel, Basel, CH

• Guided the Industry/Government Affairs teams in tandem with US and Canadian agricultural associations and groups to spearhead end-to-end excellence within the organization. Retained a strong presence within national.
• Creativity: Drafted the 1st Relations Team that proved its proficiency in preserving business functions while navigating through complex challenges to deliver results on a consistent basis.
• Composed a proposal that outlined common company association management practices, including spending patterns and infrastructure, to hire a new team.
• Talent Development: Demonstrated interpersonal acumen to educate employees on best practices regarding lobbying, teambuilding with farmers, and action plans critical in retaining business profits.
• Association Leadership: Controlled a $1.16M budget while confirming strong and consistent performance amongst industry associations, including Conversation Technology Information Center (CTIC).
• Fulfilled a leadership role to influence positive changes in bylaws, board rotation intervals, policy and legislative strategies, and leadership succession planning.

Basel, Basel, CH

• Managed and trained 10 lobbyists/consultants, 2 interns, and 1 indirect report. Collaborated with agricultural partners to capitalize on relationships to acquire benefits from industry and legislative/regulatory ties.
• Partnership Management: Created and strengthened bonds with groups holding interest across 21 states.
• Fostered public and private alliances, as well as held leadership roles to retain business flow.
• Solidified decision-making relations to resolve product and regulatory issues.
• Liaised with state legislatures and regulatory bodies to expand business interests and influence desirable legislation affecting product market positions.
• Regularly acquired stewardship funds and gained passage of preemptive laws at the state level.