Mr. James Kuhn develops policy and business initiatives through government relations, lobbying, strategic planning and business development. He utilizes his strong bipartisan, working relationships with the Senate and the House of Representatives to affect key public policy which includes outreach to agencies throughout the federal government.
With 35-plus years of professional experience in leadership positions in both the public and private sectors, and close working relationships with Congress and Administration officials, Mr. Kuhn engages legislators and agency executives on behalf of corporations, national associations and organizations. He has helped with such legislation as the development and passage of The Telecommunications Act of 1996, (the first rewrite of telecommunications law since 1934).
Representing the Washington-based Asia Pacific Policy Center, Mr. Kuhn helped major U.S. corporations successfully engage with the Asia-Pacific region fostering business relationships between senior governmental and business representatives throughout Asia Pacific. Additionally, for a number of years Mr. Kuhn represented the Government of Iceland and the Icelandic Heart Association.
Currently, Mr. Kuhn is engaged with clients in the areas of public works infrastructure, project management and veterans’ issues (Vietnam Veterans of America). Additionally, Mr. Kuhn has worked with Offices of Governors and State Legislatures on legislation at the state level to change state statutes on procurement of major transportation projects along with capital (facilities) projects. For an eight-year period Mr. Kuhn represented the Design-Build industry through his close work with the Design-Build Institute of America.
Formerly, in his capacity as Assistant to The President in the Reagan White House (Second Term), Mr. Kuhn had the honor of being an integral part of President Reagan’s inner circle serving by his side in the Oval Office interfacing with the White House Chief of Staff, the National Security Advisor and other key White House senior staff to ensure the constant, effective flow of information to the President while providing precision and continuity on the President’s daily agenda. In this same capacity, Mr. Kuhn traveled with the President on all domestic and international trips while accompanying the President and Mrs. Reagan on 91 weekend trips to Camp David.
Mr. Kuhn is from the farmlands of northwestern Ohio and is the author of Ronald Reagan in Private: A Memoir of My Years in The White House which was published by Penguin Group USA/Sentinel in 2004.
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