ABOUT US
Our goal is your success.
The FOCUS consulting group consists of highly-skilled, experienced professionals with decades of government relations and association management experience. Every day, we help government affairs professionals meet their business and public policy objectives.
We understand what government affairs professionals need and are constantly innovating to ensure they succeed. That’s why we take a “client first” approach. We’re dedicated to our clients, to the work we do for them and to the tools and services we provide.
Our Team
Leif Johnson
President & Partner, FOCUS CEO & Managing Director, The Advocacy Group (TAG)
Shannon Wheeler
Director, The Advocacy Group
Robyn Hayes
Director of FOCUS
Scott Mackey
Partner
Jeremiah Johnson
Director of Information Technology
Tammy Cota
Director of Policy
Justin Chapman
Director of Business Development
Ann Brazier
Administration & Technology
Anastasia Douglas
Staff Director & Senior Policy Analyst
Austin Young
Senior Policy Analyst
Jennifer Estivill
Director of Research & Analysis
Alexis Sly
Senior Policy Analyst
Will Beacom
Senior Policy Analyst
Alexis Caswell
Association Services Manager and Policy Analyst
Kiera Casey
Policy Analyst
Jordan White
Consultant
Scott Baer
IT Manager I Web Designer
Bruce Cubit
Lead Developer
Lexie Murray
Policy Analyst
Elsa Nygard
Policy Analyst
Haley Degon
Policy Analyst
Tom O’Connor
Policy Analyst
Maggie Valadez
Policy Analyst
Our team is your team.
While most of our senior team has been with FOCUS for well over a decade, our analysts’ average tenure of 7 years leads the tracking industry. Since launching our tracking service in 2002, FOCUS has been responsible for developing the database features and tracking tools now considered standard and essential industry-wide. We know what features and tools you need and why having accurate data is important, because our database is not just software for others -- we rely on it to do our jobs every day.
Our team understands the state-by-state quirks in legislative processes and relishes the challenge of managing vast amounts data and identifying priority policy proposals for our clients each day. We also consider ourselves the luckiest team in the industry, enjoying the fast-paced work of 50-state advocacy while based all over the country.
