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Michael Kaiser

August 31, 2016 By

Director of Public Affairs of National Trade Association
  • United States of America
  • August 31, 2016

Experience

May  2014 - PRESENT

WineAmerica, Washington, DC - Director of Public Affairs

  • Primary association liaison with the US Congress and Federal Agencies.
  • Directed the work of professional lobbying firm to further the policy objectives of the association.
  • Worked under the direction of the Board of Directors, including standing and ad hoc committees.
  • Main point of contact for WineAmerica with state and regional winery associations under the State Associations Council.
  • Represented the association in various coalitions and with other alcohol commodity groups, including the Wine Institute, Family Winemakers of California,  Brewers Association and Distilled Spirits Council.
  • Represented the Association on various Boards, such as Free the Grapes and the National Grape and Wine Initiative.
  • Directed the yearly Board of Directors election.
  • Assisted in review of association’s yearly budget.
  • Main point of contact for association on all wine policy matters.
  • Recruited and retained winery and association members.
  • Continued duties of Director of Communications.

 

August 2010 - May 2014  

WineAmerica, Washington, DC - Director of Communications

  • Directed all external and internal communications for the association.  This includes newsletters, press releases, media interviews, social media and web communications.
  • Represented the association at various industry trade shows/meetings, including speaking engagements.
  • Planned and executed two major meetings/conferences for the association members.  This included a large scale wine event on Capitol Hill.
  • Oversaw the redesign of the association website.
  • Main point of contact for the association with the media, including specialized wine media and general media.
  • Associations’ expert on federal wine issues.  

July 2006  - August 2010  

WineAmerica, Washington, DC - Manager of Regulatory Affairs

  • Processed Certificate of Label Approval Applications (COLA) for wineries.
  • Main point of contact for the association with the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
  • Answered member inquiries regarding federal wine regulations.

October 2004 - October 2005

Marlowe and Company, Washington, DC- Legislative Aide

  • Tracked legislation for firm’s clients
  • Tracked news items pertaining to specific issues related to client/firm interests
  • Researched potential new clients for firm.

June  2001 - July  2003

Griffin, Johnson, Dover and Stewart,  Washington, DC - Research Associate

  • General legislative research for firm, including bill tracking
  • Tracked news items for firm
  • Researched potential new clients for moderate sized government affairs firm
  • Supervised interns

Education

September 1999  - May  2001

American University, Washington, DC - MA in Applied Politics

  • Assistant Director of the Public Affairs Institute at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.

September 1995  - May 1999

Rider University, Lawrencville, NJ - BA in American Studies/Political Science

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