2699 White Road, Suite 251 Irvine, California 92614 Phone: (949) 399-9050 FAX: (949) 476-8215 436 14th Street, Suite 723 Oakland, California 94612 Phone: (510) 835-9050 FAX: (510) 835-9030 1121 L Street, Suite 607 Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916) 447-4086 FAX: (916) 444-2063 611 Pennsylvania Ave. SE #331 Washington, DC 20003 Phone: (202) 744-2926	Christopher Townsend - President Christopher established Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. in September 1998 and serves as President. Previously, he served as Senior Director of Government & Community Affairs for Taco Bell Corp., which is the nation's leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain. He supervised all legislative and regulatory matters that affected Taco Bell at the federal, state, and local levels of government. While at Taco Bell Corp., Christopher also managed corporate relations and several philanthropic initiatives, including the Taco Bell Foundation and the Taco Bell Discovery Science Center. In September 1995, he arranged for President Bill Clinton to join NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal in Santa Ana, CA, to launch TEENSupreme, an innovative $15 Million national partnership between the Taco Bell Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Then in March 1998, Christopher also arranged for Vice President Al Gore to join bipartisan Orange County elected officials to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Taco Bell Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California , which Townsend Public Affairs has secured over $27 Million in local, state and federal funding. Prior to joining Taco Bell Corp., Christopher served for ten years as Vice President of Public Affairs for Stein-Brief Group, Inc., a real estate company based in Orange County. In this role, he managed land-use planning and entitlement activities, and government, community, and media relations. Christopher was instrumental in securing the entitlements for the Monarch Beach development in Dana Point, a 550-acre master-planned destination resort/residential community. Christopher serves on the Board of Directors of the Democratic Foundation of Orange County and the Orange County Public Affairs Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Claremont McKenna College in 1982 and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University in 1991. Sean Fitzgerald - Director, Southern California Office Sean joined Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. in 2002 and previously served as the Director of Communications for L.A. City Councilwoman Janice Hahn. In this role, he handled all media relations and communications for Hahn, which included crises during the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, as well as, the formation of proactive media strategy on issue of importance to Hahn's agenda. Prior to that, Sean worked with three different Chambers of Commerce in executive management, government relations and economic development roles. Included in this experience is the launch of Destination Irvine, an economic development marketing program created by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce. He also served for three years as the Executive Director of the San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and as Vice President of Government Affairs for the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Sean earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Ecology from the University of California-Irvine, and is a graduate of Leadership Long Beach. He is also a founding board member of both the Long Beach Enterprise Center and the Long Beach Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. Jennifer Thompson - Director Jennifer joined Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. in 2005 and provides presence in the State Capitol and previously served as a Senior District Aide to U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and was a liaison between the district and the Member by maintaining awareness and involvement in district affairs and issues. She also coordinated the Congresswoman's grant outreach program, which allowed her to work with federal, state, and private grant giving organizations for the 9th Congressional District. On a state level, Jennifer worked as a Senior Field Representative for former California Assembly member Ellen Corbett, where she coordinated outreach efforts in the 18th Assembly District. Prior to this, she also worked in the Department of Finance under former Governor Gray Davis, analyzing and reviewing budgetary fiscal affairs of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Program and the Department of Mental Health. On the local level, she worked for the Berkeley Department of Mental Health, where she led a community based collaborative partnership aimed at the development of a detoxification center in Alameda County . She also created program standards for a Homeless Locker Program for the City of Berkeley and currently serves as an advisor to the Oakland City Council on Head Start programs as a member of the Oakland Head Start Advisory Panel. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work and a certificate in Women's Studies from Colorado State University and a Master's degree in Social Welfare Management, Planning, and Policy from the University of California-Berkeley. Heather Dion - Director Heather joined Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. in early 2006 and helps to manages the majority of the company's municipal clients, in addition to the firm's water and wastewater clients. She manages the federal appropriations process for the firm's Southern California clients, and works on a number of individual projects statewide. Previously, Heather served as the Senior Project Manager for MuniFinancial, where she worked with a variety of clients focusing on local government finance and Prop 218 issues. She also oversaw all marketing, business development, and client relations in Northern California. Prior to that, Heather served as the Legislative Specialist for the Orange County Water District, where she oversaw the district's state and federal legislation program. In this role, she provided management for local government relations, state legislation, and policy development, as well as, coordinating all federal affairs for the district. She also served in the Orange County Division office for the League of California Cities as the Regional Issues Analyst, where she performed dual roles for both the Orange County Division and the Council of Governments. This allowed her to actively participate in regional issues and projects, such as focusing on the jobs-housing imbalance, which received state-wide recognition and praise from public and private entities. Heather received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Nevada-Reno and a Master of Public Administration from California State Long Beach. Casey Elliott - Senior Legislative Advocate Casey joined Townsend Public Affairs, Inc. in 2006 to build on our strong Sacramento presence, adding extensive legislative experience to compliment our unparalleled public sector funding advocacy expertise. Most recently, Casey served as a Legislative Assistant to Assembly member Tom Umberg, who represented the 69th Assembly District, located in central Orange County. He served as the consultant to the Assembly member on issues that came before the Assembly Education committee and staffed legislation on K-12 education funding, community college property, workers' compensation, and physical education. Prior to that, Casey served as the Legislative Coordinator for the Secretary of State for both Bruce McPherson and Kevin Shelley. In this position, Casey helped craft the legislative priorities for the Secretary of State, and advised the Secretary on legislation affecting the agency including the areas of elections, political reform, and corporate fillings. Casey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California-Davis. Niccolo De Luca - Senior Associate Niccolo joined TPA’s Northern California office in early 2008 and brings to the team over ten years of significant municipal government experience.  Previously, Niccolo served as the Deputy City Administrator in the City of Oakland.  In this role he was third in charge for overall day-to-day operations of the 7th most populous city in California, working closely with the Mayor, City Council, Police, Fire, Public Works, and Parks and Recreation Departments.  Prior to this position, Niccolo was the Assistant Director of the Public Works Agency and took a lead role in drafting, presenting, and getting approval of the $93 million agency budget.  Niccolo is an Oakland native and received a BA in American History from the University of Oregon, Eugene, and completed a one year program at the Universita per Stranieri in Siena, Italy. Liisa Lawson Stark - Senior Associate Liisa joined TPA’s State Capitol office in May 2008 and brings with her extensive experience in transportation policy.  Prior to joining TPA, Liisa was a legislative representative for the League of California Cities responsible for the League’s transportation, public works, public contracting and public safety legislative programs and policy process.  Liisa worked very closely on the implementation of Proposition 1B, developing the implementation guidelines for the Local Streets and Road Program to help expedite expenditure of these monies by cities and counties, and was recognized for securing $1 billion for cities from the bond.  Liisa graduated from California State University, Chico with a BA in Public Relations and a minor in Spanish. Catherine Townsend - Federal Liaison Catherine oversees the federal appropriations process and manages member relations for TPA clients.  Catherine brings over 20 years of non-profit management expertise to TPA, including the areas of fundraising, program design, cause-related marketing, branding and special events.  Previously, she served as the Associate Director of Share Our Strength, one of the nation’s leading organizations working to end childhood hunger.  Catherine is an active member of the Capitol Hill community, helping lead a recent public-private initiative to renovate eight public school libraries and the commissioner and coach of the Sports on the Hill girls basketball program.  She received her BS in Psychology from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. Dana DeBeaumont - Director of Federal Affairs Dana joins our United States Capitol Office with more than twenty years of media, public relations and government affairs experience to advocacy efforts, including political involvement in Illinois Democratic politics. She is our in-house expert on Federal funding opportunities and finding creative solutions to client resource needs. Dana has successfully worked with vitually every Congressional committee and has secured more than $85 million in appropriations for various projects. Dana is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Political Science, and also received a Master's Degree in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois.