Voices in Advocacy Podcast

Destination Relevancy 365: Why Advocating for the Destination is Good for All in the Community. A look at the advocacy work of Destinations International and their Chief Advocacy officer, Jack Johnson.

As Chief Advocacy Officer, Jack Johnson manages the overall public policy operations at Destinations International including member advocacy education and training, development of destination tools and best practices, coalition work with peer organizations, industry research and related public affairs activities.  He also oversees the board governance, the Destination Management Accreditation Program (DMAP) and the DestinationNEXT (Assessments and Planning) Program. Johnson brings unrivaled experience developing innovative strategies, policy solutions and civic consensus for government, not-for-profits and small businesses.

Johnson has received numerous accolades including being named as one of Successful Meetings’ 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry in 2018 for his work on opposing travel boycotts and bans. Currently, his work around positioning destination organizations as a shared value in each of their communities and speaking with a new lexicon based on the emotion-driven by those values has made him one of the leading voices of the travel industry.

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In this episode we speak with Laura Brigandi to learn about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), their outreach to community volunteers by having them engage in grassroots advocacy and tell their personal stories. 

Laura Brigandi has fifteen years of experience in government affairs. Currently, she serves as the Senior Manager of Advocacy & Campaigns for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), where she trains volunteers to engage in grassroots advocacy and outreach in their communities. Before joining PanCAN, Laura held various government affairs roles at the College of American Pathologists, American Federation of Musicians, and Pennsylvania Department of Education. She began her career as a fundraiser for the Rendell for Governor Campaign. Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts in government from Franklin & Marshall College and a Master’s in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management. In 2017, she received her certificate in PAC and Grassroots Management from the Public Affairs Council.

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In this episode, Gail Adams, Vice President of Communications and External Affairs for the International Association of Geophysical Contractors explains advocacy as an art and discusses that one needs to know what is a persons real why.

Gail has more than 20 years of experience in the environment and natural resources public policy arena and working with states and local government. She has more than 30 years’ experience in public affairs, non-profit organizations, and governmental affairs.

She is the former Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (OIEA) for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Immediate Office of the Secretary. Her responsibilities were to establish and maintain relationships between the Department of the Interior and Governors, state and local elected officials and the more than 6000 stakeholders and organizations that represent interests related to DOI.

Prior to her appointment, Gail served as the Governmental Affairs Officer for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on loan from FEMA to the U.S. Coast Guard. Gail received the Coast Guard Distinguished Service Award, the highest public recognition given by the Commandant of the Coast Guard for her work on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

As the Oil Spill Governmental Affairs Officer, Gail oversaw Intergovernmental Affairs, Congressional Affairs, the Non-Governmental Organization Interaction Unit, VIP and International visits as well as some aspects of Community Relations for the entire Gulf Coast. She also served as the governmental affairs advisor to the three Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinators as a member of their Command Staff for the response.

She is the former Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of External Affairs for FEMA’s Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office headquartered in New Orleans.  As the IGA Director, Gail headed intergovernmental operations for Louisiana offices for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike. Gail also coordinated all foreign delegation meetings coming to Louisiana to learn lessons of response and recovery efforts.

Gail is a former television news anchor and radio personality. She is also a certified grants writer. Adams is a graduate of Louisiana State University.

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Dorian Wanzer, Advocacy Manager for International Paper explains her corporate advocacy role and how they optimize civic engagement with stimulating voter resources and education to employees.

Dorian is responsible for developing advocacy messaging strategy for federal and state public policy issues, coordinating grassroots communications, and collaborating with key stakeholders to optimize International Paper’s reputation. She also oversees IP's Government Relations social media accounts. Before joining International Paper, Dorian led grassroots advocacy and outreach for the American Institute of Architects, as well the National Association of Community Health Centers

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We kick off Season Three with the question of, "Can Special Interest and Public Interest Go Hand in Hand?"  In this episode we hear from Nate Smith the Vice President of Engagement for the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA).

Smith oversees the Association’s member engagement, recruitment, and retention strategy as well as manages ATSSA’s Washington, DC legislative office focusing on federal, state and grassroots advocacy, government relations-related communications, advocacy strategy, and serves as Treasurer of the association’s political action committee, ATSSA PAC.

Active with the American Society of Association Executives, Smith serves as chair of the ASAE Political Action Committee and past chair of the ASAE Public Policy Committee. Smith was also honored as a 2020 Leading Association Lobbyist by Association TRENDS.

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At Voices in Advocacy we work with organizations that want to inspire, educate, engage, and activate their supports to become even better influential advocates.

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We close out Season Two with the 2nd episode of our two part end of season two recap.

Most episodes we asked the guest a simple question, which was, “What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of advocacy?” Each and every response was so decidedly unique, that we chose to share their answers in two recap shows.  Enjoy.

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We begin a two episode recap of Season Two. Most episodes we asked the guest a simple question, which was, “What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of advocacy?” Each and every response was so decidedly unique, that we chose to share their answers in two recap shows.  Enjoy.

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This podcast is dedicated to the art of advocacy.

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How NIADA uses coalitions to defend and protect their advocacy interests and other tactics for their legislative success. Interview with Brett Scott, Vice President of Government Affairs for National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. 

With multiple years of hill and private sector experience, Brett comes to NIADA as the new Vice President of Government Affairs. He most recently served in the Department of Transportation's Office of Government Affairs under Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Prior to his work within DOT, Brett served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) which represents a majority of the cruise industry around the world.

Finally, before moving into the cruising industry, Brett represented the largest shipping company in the world, A.P Moller- Maersk covering all aspects of their conglomerate.

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This podcast is dedicated to the art of advocacy.

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Find out how the Highway Users Alliance promotes uncongested highways and enhanced freedom of mobility for all Americans in this interview with Laura Perrotta, CAE, CEO of the American Highway Users Alliance.

Laura Perrotta, CAE, is President and CEO of the American Highway Users Alliance a nonprofit 501 (c)(6) advocacy organization serving as the united voice of the transportation community promoting safe, uncongested highways and enhanced freedom of mobility. Prior to running the Highway Users, Laura was the Senior Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). Her experience also includes being the Director of Government Relations at the American Traffic Safety Services Association. She was named one of Association TRENDS Effective Association Lobbyists in 2011.

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This podcast is dedicated to the art of advocacy.

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Erica Klinger, Sr. Director of marketing for the Association for Accessible Medicines discusses how properly used marketing is a great tool for advocacy success.

Erica is the Senior Director of Marketing at the Association for Accessible Medicines, the advocacy arm of the generics and biosimilars industry, where she works to ensure greater patient access to generic and biosimilar treatment options. She uses emerging digital and social media marketing techniques to convene and educate a diverse group of stakeholders to achieve priority goals. Prior to joining AAM, Erica was the Director of Interactive Promotion and Strategy at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Thank you to our sponsor: Rap Index, tell them Roger sent you.

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This podcast is dedicated to the art of advocacy.

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At Voices in Advocacy we work with organizations that want to inspire, educate, engage, and activate their supports to become even better influential advocates.