The Advocacy Association is proud to present the Top 20 in 2023, recognizing twenty advocacy practitioners who have excelled in the practice of their profession during the past year.
Nominated by peers, these advocacy professionals have proven that they lead the way in innovation, help advance the profession through thought leadership and mentoring and they are passionately involved in helping the advocacy community. Please help us in congratulating this year’s top advocacy professionals:
Greg Waples - Senior Manager of State Engagement & Outreach, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
Paige Mihalik - Director, Advocacy, Children's Hospital Association
Na'ilah Amaru - Campaign Director, #JustPay Campaign
Kate Tremont - Director of Community Advocacy, Razom for Ukraine
Elizabeth Blosser - Vice President, Government Affairs, American Land Title Association
Caroline Cone - Manager, State Government Affairs, American Land Title Association
Joseph Guzzo - Director, Federal Affairs, General Motors
Paulo Pontemayor - Senior Director of Government Relations, Catholic Health Association of the United States
Mark Fisher - Director of Advocacy Engagement, Muscular Dystrophy
Wes Fisher - Director of Government Affairs, INDA- Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
Jared Evans - Senior Policy Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Allison Cunningham - Senior Director, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Gas Association
Lauren Drew - Director, Congressional Affairs, National Kidney Foundation
Jeffrey Abramowitz – Chief Executive Officer, Petey Greene Program
Natalia Abrams - President and Founder, Student Debt Crisis Center
Josh Caplan - Director of Advocacy, AcademyHealth
Laura McAleer - Associate Vice President for Federal & Washington Relations, University of Notre Dame
Brian Davis - Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator, AVMA
Julia Pitcher - Director of State Government Relations, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease
Christine LoCascio - Chief of Policy, Strategy & Membership, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
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