Dave Wenhold - Secretary/Director

Dave grew up in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and received his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Keene State College, NH. Dave then served as an aide for U.S. Senator Warren Rudman. After working for Rudman, he worked on many political campaigns at the federal, state and local levels.

Dave took a position with the Direct Impact Company, a premier grassroots lobbying firm in Washington that specializes in strategic planning, analysis, implementation and troubleshooting for legislative campaigns. Dave was responsible for over 75 grassroots campaigns during his four year tenure with the company and ran campaigns for many industries including defense, healthcare, manufacturing and private companies. These efforts resulted in billions of dollars for Direct Impact's clients.

Dave then became the Director of Government Relations and Public Policy at the National Court Reporters Association where he has been successful in lobbying the Judicial Branch, the Executive Branch and convinced Congress to earmark tens of millions of dollars for the court reporting profession.

In addition to his work for his firm, Dave serves as the First Vice President of the American League of Lobbyists, an association representing the lobbying community. He is the founder of the ALL Capitol PurSuit Drive that holds an annual clothing drive on Capitol Hill for those American's trying to re-enter the workforce. In three years, he was able to collect over 23,000 suits in just three days from Members of Congress, the White House and the lobbying and association communities. In recognition of his work with the Capitol PurSuit Drive he recently received the Presidential Call to Service Award, which was given to him by the White House and is the highest level of citizen volunteerism in America. He and his associate are the only two lobbyists to ever receive this honor. Also, Dave has also recently served on the American Society of Association Executives Government Relations Council and was recently selected as one of ASAE's Future Leaders of America.