The advocacy ASsociation's top 20 in 2023 award winners

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 the cohort of 2023's top advocacy professionals:

Allison Cunningham - Senior Director, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American Gas Association

Brian Davis - Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator, AVMA

Caroline Cone - Manager, State Government Affairs, American Land Title Association

Christine LoCascio - Chief of Policy, Strategy & Membership, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States 

Elizabeth Blosser - Vice President, Government Affairs, American Land Title Association

Greg Waples - Senior Manager of State Engagement & Outreach, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)

Jared Evans - Senior Policy Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Jeffrey Abramowitz – Chief Executive Officer, Petey Greene Program

Joseph Guzzo - Director, Federal Affairs, General Motors

Josh Caplan - Director of Advocacy, AcademyHealth

Julia Pitcher - Director of State Government Relations, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease

Kate Tremont - Director of Community Advocacy, Razom for Ukraine

Laura McAleer - Associate Vice President for Federal & Washington Relations, University of Notre Dame

Lauren Drew - Director, Congressional Affairs, National Kidney Foundation

Mark Fisher - Director of Advocacy Engagement, Muscular Dystrophy

Na'ilah Amaru - Campaign Director, #JustPay Campaign

Natalia Abrams - President and Founder, Student Debt Crisis Center

Paige Mihalik - Director, Advocacy, Children's Hospital Association

Paulo Pontemayor - Senior Director of Government Relations, Catholic Health Association of the United States

Wes Fisher - Director of Government Affairs, INDA- Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry