WASHINGTON (June 25, 2024) – Cogent Strategies today announced that Gina Mahony, a veteran Democratic strategist with more than 25 years of experience, will join the firm as a Managing Director. Mahony, who has run her own successful consultancy, Domer Consulting, since 2016, will integrate her skills, clients and policy smarts into Cogent Strategies’ public affairs practice. During her tenure on Capitol […]
Cogent Strategies is pleased to welcome our new class of fellows for Spring 2024! These Cogent fellows bring an array of early career experiences and perspectives and are an integral part of the work we do with our clients. We’re excited to have them on board! Meet them below: Fellow Arielle Galinsky Arielle is a […]
Since the creation of the House Committee on Financial Services back in 2001, a leadership race has taken place every six years to determine which Republican gets to make their mark on the money issues. Term limits for chairs and ranking members have led each of the past three leaders to retire from the House […]
Each year, the Super Bowl draws more than 100 million viewers. Thanks to the Taylor Swift effect, those numbers are sure to climb even higher and are expected to top the 2023 record of 115 million viewers – the most-watched U.S. program in history. With viewership like that, it’s no wonder that companies shell out […]
As the holidays creep closer, we asked members of Team Cogent to share a few favorite moments of the holiday season, the traditions they cherish and of course, the treats they love to eat! From Zoolights to Santa Pub Crawls to latkes, these are the little things that make our season so special. Taylor, Shellie, […]
By Shellie Purvis, Managing Director With dreams of turkey, dressing, and hashbrown casserole soon to be consumed with my family in Memphis, I was reminded of the two-year anniversary of one of America’s juiciest funding feasts—the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Agencies have awarded about $400 billion in federal dollars with 40,000 […]
The current political landscape is far more partisan and rife with infighting than key agriculture leadership hoped for or could have even imagined.
The House, Senate, and the Biden administration have until midnight Saturday, September 30, to either find a way to pass 12 appropriations bills (so far, they have passed one), including funding levels and policy riders, or agree to a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to create a runway to fund the government in the new fiscal […]
Cogent Strategies is pleased to welcome our new class of fellows for Summer 2023! These Cogent fellows bring an array of early career experiences and perspectives and are an integral part of the work we do with our clients. We’re excited to have them on board! Meet them below: Fellow Caroline Gorter Caroline Gorter is […]