Our Team

Paul W. Hallman, President & Managing Principal

Paul W. Hallman co-founded MultiState Associates in 1984 and serves as its President and Managing Partner. He is involved in all of MultiState's service offerings, with a concentration on the strategic positioning of political assets. An active member of the Virginia State Bar, Paul also manages the Company's legal affairs and provides antitrust counsel and advice to MultiState's association management clients.

Prior to forming MultiState, Paul spent 11 years as Vice President and General Counsel of the Can Manufacturers Institute, where he was deeply involved in the industry's 50-state government relations program. Previously, he was deputy director of compliance for the Food and Drug Administration's Bureau of Product Safety and later was assistant general counsel for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The son of a career foreign service officer, Paul holds degrees from the International School of Bangkok, the College of William & Mary, and Tulane University School of Law.

Email: phallman@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Marcie M. McNelis, Chairman & Principal

Prior to joining MultiState, Marcie was executive director of the State Government Affairs Council (SGAC), the preeminent organization of corporations and trade associations involved in state government relations, and its Foundation where she helped develop continuing education programs for experienced state government relations professionals. SGAC and SGERF were clients of a national association management company where Marcie was a partner for 17 years, and also was executive vice president of an international culinary association and staff vice president of a national association of state financial institution regulators.

Marcie is a past chair of the American Society of Association Executives' (ASAE) Government Relations Section Council and has served on the ASAE Board of Directors and Public Policy Committee. She also served for five years as a founding member of the Board of the Center for Ethics in Government under the National Conference of State Legislatures' Foundation.

Marcie earned the designation of Certified Association Executive ASAE in 1982. She is a graduate of Villanova University and received a Master's degree from Georgetown University.

Email: mmcnelis@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Edward K. Griesmer, Principal

Ed Griesmer joined MultiState as a vice president in 1999, bringing with him a wealth of experience and knowledge in the state legislative and regulatory tracking marketplace. Ed has developed tracking solutions for clients' state affairs programs for the past 12 years, and his expertise makes MultiState the industry leader. Prior to joining MultiState, Ed spent four years in senior marketing positions with two state legislative and regulatory tracking companies.

At MultiState, Ed is a partner and co-directs MultiState's state and local tracking services as well as managing the company's technology research and development. In addition, he serves on the board of the Public Affairs Council and is an active member of the State Government Affairs Council. Ed is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Email: egriesmer@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Roxanne I. Frank, Principal

Roxanne Frank, senior vice president of research, joined MultiState in 1990 with the inception of its state and local tracking and research department. She co-directs that department, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company's corps of analysts and providing issue guidance to clients for their tracking needs. She is also responsible for directing the many research projects MultiState undertakes for clients.

Roxanne brings years of state and federal experience to her work as a government affairs professional, including working for the US House Ways and Means Subcomittee on Oversight, and as both a legislative assistant to Wisconsin State Senator Jim Moody and US Congressman Moody. Roxanne earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland - College Park.

Email: rfrank@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Jeffery A. Hartgen, Principal

Jeff Hartgen joined MultiState as a vice president in 2005, after almost five years with the global consulting company, Accenture, where he served first as a business development director for Accenture's Michigan government practice and then as its national state & local government relations manager. In that capacity, Jeff managed lobbyists in 27 states and localities and represented Accenture before national trade associations.

Prior to Accenture, Jeff served in a variety of capacities in Michigan state government, including deputy chief of staff to the lieutenant governor, legislative liaison to the Department of Management and Budget, district and external affairs director for the senate majority leader, and policy advisor to the senate majority leader. He also served as a staff assistant to the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee in Washington, DC. He earned his undergraduate degree with a double major in political science and history from the University of Michigan and a Master of arts in history from the George Washington University. Jeff currently serves as the president of the Washington Area State Relations Group.

Email: jhartgen@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Andy Trincia, Principal

Andy Trincia joined MultiState as a Vice President in 2007, bringing to the firm 15 years of government relations, public affairs and corporate communications experience. He most recently was general manager of the Burson-Marsteller affiliate offices in Bucharest, Romania, and Sofia, Bulgaria. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Romania.

Prior to his international assignment, Andy was communications manager at The Boeing Company in California, and was both director of government relations and director of media relations at Fidelity Investments. Earlier in his career, he held senior posts at Wachovia Corporation and the International Franchise Association, and worked as a newspaper reporter.

At MultiState, he is responsible for a wide variety of services to clients, as well as business development efforts on the West Coast and nationally.

Andy holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master's degree in business administration from the Executive MBA program at Northeastern University in Boston.

Email: atrincia@multistate.com

Office:

Sacramento, CA

Phone:

916.786.2460

Joe Crosby, Principal

Joe joined MultiState in 2011 after 11 years with the Council On State Taxation (COST), an association representing 600 of the nation's largest companies on state and local business tax issues. Joe served COST as chief operating officer & senior director, policy. In addition to his operational responsibilities, Joe managed all aspects of COST's advocacy program and regularly testified before state legislatures and other state and national policy-making bodies. He is a nationally recognized expert on state and local business tax policy.

Prior to his work with COST, Joe was national director of state legislative services for Ernst & Young LLP, where he provided legislative monitoring, advocacy management and coalition development services. Earlier in his career, Joe spent four years as a senior executive with a state legislative tracking firm. Joe is past president of the State Government Affairs Council, the premier national association for multistate government affairs executives, and served on the board of directors of the Washington Area State Relations Group, another association of government relations professionals. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and completed graduate course work in economic policy at American University in Washington.

Email: jcrosby@multistate.com

Office:

Washington, DC

Phone:

703.684.1110

Steven Markowitz, Co-Founder & Senior Advisor

Steve Markowitz, for twelve years before co-founding MultiState, directed federal, state and local government relations for the Continental Group, Inc., a Fortune 100 company.

During his 30-year career in government relations, Steve also served as legislative assistant to Congressman Bob Eckhardt (D-Texas), as a director of the Public Affairs Council, and as a member of the Business Roundtable's Washington Steering Committee and the public affairs committees of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.

At MultiState, Steve has concentrated his efforts on creating and implementing government relations strategies for corporations and associations to deal with state and local public policy issues. He also has managed MultiState's program to help companies market products and services to state and local governments. Steve has a BA in economics from Harpur College (State University of New York at Binghamton) and an M. Phil. in economics from George Washington University.

Email: smark@multistate.com

Office:

New York City, NY

Phone:

516.466.0266

Daniel Sprague, Senior Advisor

Before joining MultiState in 2009, Dan served as the executive director and CEO of The Council of State Governments (CSG) for 19 years. As senior advisor, he works with MultiState clients in a strategic consulting capacity, including maximizing relationships with the nation's top public policy groups and developing advocacy programs.

During his tenure at CSG, an organization serving all three branches of state government, Dan worked closely with governors, constitutional officers, state legislators and key agency administrators. He also championed the expansion of the private-sector Associates Program.

Prior to becoming CEO of CSG in 1989, Dan served for 10 years as director of CSG's western regional office and previously was assistant to the secretary and deputy regional director at the former U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. After completing his Master in Public Administration at the University of California at Berkeley, he pursued a Ph.D. in Public Administration at the University of Southern California. He currently serves as Chairperson of the Board of Visitors for the Martin School of Public Policy & Administration at the University of Kentucky. Dan also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia, South America.

Office:

Lexington, KY

Phone:

703.684.1110

Our Staff

Amanda Embrey, Compliance Adminstrator

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Amanda Gilbert, Senior Software Engineer

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Amber Thyson, Research Analyst

Office: Harrisonburg, VA
Phone: 703.684.1110

Bill Kramer, Research Analyst

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Carrie Castro, Senior Director of Administration & Compliance Services

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Carrie Castro, MultiState's Senior Director of Administration and Compliance Services, manages the firm's Project Administration and Lobbying Registration and Reporting Service. Carrie joined MultiState's compliance unit in 2000. She is a specialist in the complex field of lobbying registration and reporting, managing that responsibility for all lobbying clients. In an ever-changing compliance environment, this is a critical area for our clients when it comes to federal, state and local legislative, executive and procurement-related filings. Carrie also serves on the Publications Committee for the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL). She can be reached at ccastro@multistate.com.

Christine Garber, Research Analyst

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Christopher J. Tosto, Client Services Manager

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David Shonerd, Senior Analyst and Manager of Quality Control

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Email: dshonerd@multistate.com

Holly Beville, Director of Marketing

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Holly Beville joined MultiState in 2011 as director of marketing. Most recently, Beville served as marketing manager for PW Communications, a Washington, D.C.-area firm, where she focused on expanding new-media marketing techniques, new business development and managing client relations.

Prior to her assignment at PW Communications, Beville graduated from Florida State University's MBA program with a concentration in marketing. Her graduate work included studying international business operations and corporate social responsibility in Santiago, Chile. She also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University.

Beville also served as director of marketing at the Florida Retail Federation, where she gained valuable insight into the local government legislative and tracking process.

Email: hbeville@multistate.com

Jason Phillips, Research Analyst

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Jay Wimberly, Manager of Local Alert Services

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

John Marsh, Director of Technology

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Kim Nelson, Project Administrator

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Kristen Downing, Project Administrator

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Kristine Kessler, Research Analyst

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Lauren Doroghazi, Research Analyst

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Leila Dean, Administrative Assistant

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Maria Morgan, Compliance Assistant

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Marietta Alegrado, Executive Assistant

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Mary Susan Braun, Vice President of Administrative Services

Office: Washington, DC
Phone: 703.684.1110

Mary Susan Braun, MultiState's Vice President of Administrative Services, directs the firm's Association Management Department. Susan joined MultiState in 1991. She and her team provide human resources and headquarters facility management, and financial management and bookkeeping services to MultiState's trade association clients. Before joining MultiState, Susan was the sole proprietor of Braun Bookkeeping Services, of which MultiState Associates was a client. Prior to opening her own firm, Susan spent a decade in financial management for various businesses, including five years as controller for Ward-Hale Design Associates. Susan is a graduate of East Carolina University. Email: msbraun@multistate.com

Matthew McBride, Research Analyst