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Jon G. Retzlaff
Jon Retzlaff brings to our team more than 13 years of health research policy and lobbying expertise. Mr. Retzlaff leads the health and biomedical research practice of the firm. Intuitive and well-informed, he provides tactical direction and advocacy support to university and research-oriented clients with biomedical and health-related issues.
Mr. Retzlaff helps clients achieve critical funding goals by leveraging their political strategies with first hand knowledge of the legislative positions and inner workings of Capitol Hill. His experience spans appropriations bill preparation and hearing process, committee markups, conference committee dealings and floor action. Analyzing current and anticipated Congressional proceedings, and assessing the significance of completed Congressional transactions, he guides clients in crafting strategies that get results.
Mr. Retzlaff comes to Lewis-Burke from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), where he held the position of legislative director since 2004. Prior to that, he worked for the NIH, first as a program analyst within the Office of the Director's legislative office, then as a senior legislative advisor to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and finally as the Executive Officer of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). In between the NIH assignments, Mr. Retzlaff was detailed to both the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies on health research funding issues, as well as within the Office of the Secretary for Legislation at the Department of Health and Human Services. He entered the Federal Government as a Presidential Management Intern in 1993 and completed a rotation in the Office of Senator Herb Kohl during his training.
Mr. Retzlaff has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota, a master's degree in public administration from Indiana University and a master's degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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