In the final segment of the “Political Engagement Boot Camp” offered by Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group and Sagac Public Affairs, Sagac partner and chief business development officer, Dan Ekstein, joined Rich Gold, Tom Davis, Jim Davis and Thomas Reynolds, Holland & Knight partners, and Aimee Lubin, director of media and political affairs at Holland & Knight, for a fireside chat on leveraging PAC dollars. The discussion focused on the future of campaign finance, the importance of lobbyists in educating members of Congress on key issues and an outlook on the upcoming elections. It also included an insiders’ perspective from three former members of Congress on why PAC dollars matter.

Sagac partnered with the Government Affairs Industry Network (GAIN) to host a webinar centered around creating a path for fundraising success as we close out the year and prepare for 2021. Sagac’s managing partner, Trey Richardson, talked about the psychology of finance and why people behave as they do, how to cultivate your prospect list and successfully target your audience, and ways to find the right marketing channels to make the most of your fundraising efforts. A special thank you to Stephen Chang (American International Group, Inc.) and the rest of the GAIN team for their partnership.

In part two of the “Political Engagement Boot Camp” offered by Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group and Sagac Public Affairs, Sagac partner and chief business development officer, Dan Ekstein, joined Mica Evans Hider, Director of AmeriChem PAC at American Chemistry Council and Meaghan Killion Joyce, Senior Manager, Political & Advocacy Strategy at International Paper for a discussion on the importance of having a strong grassroots program, the need for leadership buy-in for the PAC and PAC trends to consider, including independent expenditures and partisan communications.

Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group and Sagac Public Affairs are pleased to offer a four-part “Political Engagement Boot Camp.” In part one, Sagac partner and chief business development officer, Dan Ekstein, joined Chris DeLacy, Rich Gold and Aimee Lubin of Holland & Knight for a discussion on the purpose and value of political engagement, why a PAC is a critical engagement tool, how to adapt your fundraising during a pandemic and why now (during a pandemic) it makes sense to start or enhance your political program.

Sagac partner and chief business development officer, Dan Ekstein, joined the National Association of Business Political Action Committees team for episode 20 of NABPAC’s #factsaboutpacs podcast series, focusing on fundamental skills of a PAC manager and where he sees the PAC community going from here.

Sagac’s managing partner, Trey Richardson, joined the National Association of Business Political Action Committees team for an episode of NABPAC’s #factsaboutpacs podcast series, focusing on strategic approaches to building an effective political engagement program.

Sagac partnered with the Government Affairs Industry Network (GAIN) to host a webinar that centered around how to move forward with your PAC and advocacy programs when something (we’re looking at you, COVID-19) throws a wrench in your carefully laid plans. A special thank you to Stephen Chang (American International Group, Inc.) from the GAIN team and our expert panelists, Katie Bohny (National Association of Convenience Stores), Sarah Heckman (American College of Emergency Physicians), Sally McAllister (Exelon), Kelly Philson (DaVita Inc.) and Claudia Salinas (DaVita Inc.).