The Hill: Former Podesta lobbyists reap K Street boom Seven of Washington’s fastest-growing lobby shops were founded by lobbyists from the iconic firm, and together those new firms boast nearly $14 million in revenue for the year. […] Podesta Group’s longtime chief executive Kimberley Fritts launched her firm, Cogent Strategies, in November 2017, taking several clients […]
Wells Fargo hired Cogent Strategies to work on policy issues affecting banking institutions. David Oxner, former policy adviser to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Randall Gerard, former staff assistant on the Senate Commerce Committee, will work on the account. Read more here.
Wells Fargo has signed on Cogent Strategies for additional Washington coverage. It wants Cogent to handle a broad range of policy issues impacting the banking sector. Managing directors David Oxner, former head of government relations at the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Assn., and Randall Gerard, staffer on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, handle […]
Wells Fargo has added Cogent Strategies, the firm started by Kimberley Fritts, to its roster of Washington lobbying firms. Dave Oxner, who joined Cogent in March from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and Randall Gerard will lobby for the bank. Read more here.
By Dave Adams Say what you will about President Trump using tariffs to leverage a non-economic dispute but he got the Mexican government to agree to more forceful measures on its southern border and to consider a soft version of, “safe third country” – referring to refugee claimants seeking entry to Canada or the United […]
This op-ed was published by the Washington Diplomat and authored by Cogent Strategies’ Will Bohlen. Every morning of the current administration, Washington wakes up to numerous tweets dashed off by President Trump in the pre-dawn hours and then scrambles to make sense of it all. Is he setting in motion a new policy? Did he just […]
Cogent was thrilled to partner with the Meridian International Center to host a roundtable discussion with His Excellency Pjer Šimunović, Ambassador of Croatia to the United States, and Congressman David Joyce (R-OH-14). The group, ranging from embassy officials to strategists and other officials enjoyed discussing the current U.S. political environment and the state of U.S.-Croatian […]
As the United States and Mexico engage in ongoing negotiations around trade and migration, Cogent’s Senior Vice President, Shellie Purvis, joined the Meridian Group for a week-long study on US-Mexico relations. Meridian, in partnership with the U.S.-Mexico Foundation, took 20 American policy influencers to Mexico City for the U.S.–Mexico 360 Public Diplomacy initiative. This tour gave delegates […]
Fun Fact: 236 people have filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run as Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. Bonus Fact: Cogent spared you a couple hundred candidates in our latest Guide to the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates. In the May edition of the Guide, Cogent reviews first quarter fundraising numbers, provides an […]
By Mary Lieb When President Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012, one of the campaign’s hallmarks revolved around digital databases that helped streamline volunteers, donors and supporters. In doing so, the Obama campaign expanded its network across various social media platforms – mobilizing more supporters to register voters, spread the campaign’s message and aid fundraising […]