Full Name
Andrew Goldberg
Job Title
Principal
Company
Agora Consulting, LLC
Attendee Bio
Combining a passion for forward-thinking public policy with a commitment to giving everyone a voice in the civic process, Andrew Goldberg has spent more than three decades building and leading winning advocacy programs.
After studying architecture, Andrew got his start in politics running local and state campaigns in New York. In Washington, Andrew served as a top legislative aide to key members of Congress, helping two freshman members establish their policy agendas and enact far-reaching legislation.
After a stint in the UK, where he created a parliamentary lobbying program for a British healthcare association, Andrew was named the first-ever full-time executive director of Democrats Abroad, the party's overseas arm. Andrew then moved to the American Institute of Architects. There, he rose from manager of federal regulatory relations to become senior director of federal relations and ultimately managing director of government relations and advocacy, transforming its advocacy program to raise the profile of its members in Washington and push several landmark bills to enactment.
In 2018, Andrew formed Agora, a government relations consulting firm that specializes in helping associations in the infrastructure and environment sectors grow their influence in Washington. Andrew is also the co-founder, with former U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan, of BuildingAction, a broad-based coalition advocating for sustainable building policies.
Andrew has served on the Board of Directors of the National Home Performance Council, the Executive Committee of the High Performance Buildings Coalition, the Advisory Board of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, and the Advisory Board of the U.S. House Livable Communities Task Force. Andrew has served as a media spokesperson for several organizations and has been quoted in Politico, Roll Call, the Hill, the Washington Post, and others.
After studying architecture, Andrew got his start in politics running local and state campaigns in New York. In Washington, Andrew served as a top legislative aide to key members of Congress, helping two freshman members establish their policy agendas and enact far-reaching legislation.
After a stint in the UK, where he created a parliamentary lobbying program for a British healthcare association, Andrew was named the first-ever full-time executive director of Democrats Abroad, the party's overseas arm. Andrew then moved to the American Institute of Architects. There, he rose from manager of federal regulatory relations to become senior director of federal relations and ultimately managing director of government relations and advocacy, transforming its advocacy program to raise the profile of its members in Washington and push several landmark bills to enactment.
In 2018, Andrew formed Agora, a government relations consulting firm that specializes in helping associations in the infrastructure and environment sectors grow their influence in Washington. Andrew is also the co-founder, with former U.S. Representative Russ Carnahan, of BuildingAction, a broad-based coalition advocating for sustainable building policies.
Andrew has served on the Board of Directors of the National Home Performance Council, the Executive Committee of the High Performance Buildings Coalition, the Advisory Board of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, and the Advisory Board of the U.S. House Livable Communities Task Force. Andrew has served as a media spokesperson for several organizations and has been quoted in Politico, Roll Call, the Hill, the Washington Post, and others.
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