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NAVIGATORS CAPABILITIES

Navigators Global is a full-service issues management, government relations and strategic communications firm located in Washington, D.C.

Founding Principals Phil Anderson, Mike Murphy, Jim Pitts, Chris Cox, and Cesar Conda formed Navigators Global to provide exclusive services to clients whose needs demand solutions beyond the reach of other

firms. By creating an elite team of federal lobbyists, political strategists and communications experts, Navigators Global proudly offers a broad range of services, unrivaled performance and proven results.

We have advised Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, political candidates and some of the nation’s most prominent elected officials.

About

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Our philosophy is simple — create a team with deep experience, where principals do the work and clients

receive the best practices in the industry.

Navigators Global provides clients with invaluable insight on how policy decisions are made at the highest levels of government. Our firm’s issues management practice is headed by Principal and Policy Advisor Cesar Conda, who has been at the forefront of developing and advancing public policy ideas for presidential campaigns, the White House, Congress, and think tanks for the past 25 years. We provide clients with high-impact issue management strategies and tools that can shape policy decision-making in Congress, the executive branch and in the states.

Navigators Global maintains strong relationships with key opinion leaders, policy analysts, commentators, grassroots organizations, and advocacy groups in Washington D.C. and throughout the U.S. By utilizing these valuable relationships and leveraging our extensive legislative and lobbying experience, Navigators Global can elevate our clients’ policy agendas, and condition the environment in ways that build political support for them.

Issues Management

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Navigators Global offers a wide range of issues management capabilities for clients, including:

Policy Development and Analysis

Issue Framing and Positioning

Thought Leader Development

Campaign-Style Opposition Research

Activation of Third-Party Validators

Navigators Global’s government relations practice provides corporate and trade association clients with high-impact lobbying services that are aimed at solving difficult legislative and regulatory challenges. Our veteran Republican lobbyists have served at the highest levels in the White House, Congress, and executive branch. We know how public policy decisions are made and provide our clients with expert advice on how to influence them.

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Government Relations

Navigators Global specializes in several industry sectors, including:

Defense and Space

Energy

Financial Services

Health Care

Insurance

Tax Policy

Technology

Telecommunications

Tribal Affairs

Navigators Global’s government relations services include:

Legislative Strategy

Legislative and Regulatory Monitoring

Issue Advocacy

Member Education

Coalition Building

Political Donation Strategies

Corporate Positioning

Coalition and Trade Association Management

Navigators Compass, the strategic communications arm of Navigators Global, is led by President Rob Stutzman and Managing Principal Phil Anderson. The principals behind Navigators Compass are revered for developing innovative messaging and communications plans that bolster corporate and industry reputations and win tough policy fights.

Our team has designed and implemented a multitude of notable public relations and political campaigns by focusing on identifiable target audiences, internal and external influences, and key message analysis and development. Our ability to drive long-term integrated messaging campaigns that arm clients with a powerful platform for effective communications gives Navigators Compass the expert status that our clients have come to value.

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Strategic Communications

Navigators Compass’ strategic communications services include:

Ballot Initiatives

Branding

Coalition Management

Crisis Communications

Digital Advocacy & Campaigns

International Elections

Issue Advertising

Land Use

Lobbying Support

Media Relations

Media Training

Message Development

Microtargeting

Public Opinion Research

Website & Collateral Design

Phil Anderson President and Founding Principal

Mr. Anderson has 20 years of experience advising corporations, industries and elected officials on public policy issues. He has held a series of positions on Capitol Hill, with the National Republican Party and the George H.W. Bush Administration. He also served as senior strategist for the 2010 reelection of Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. Named one of Washington’s top lobbyists he has been a frequent media source. He also formed the Financial Services Coordinating Council (FSCC), served as its executive director, and led the FSCC to important financial services legislative victories.

Cesar Conda Policy Advisor and Founding Principal

Mr. Conda has over 18 years of Capitol Hill experience. He has served as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Assistant to the Vice President for Domestic Policy in the Bush-Cheney White House where he was instrumental in devising the Bush tax cuts, a senior aide to three U.S. Senators, and was Republican Staff Director of the Senate Small Business Committee. He was formerly a tax lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has deep roots in the conservative think tank community.

Christopher Cox Founding Principal

Mr. Cox brings more than a decade of legislative and political experience in senior positions in the White House and the U.S. House of Representatives. Most recently he was a Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs for President George W. Bush and developed legislative strategy on taxation, international trade, defense, war on terror, intelligence, foreign policy, and veterans’ affairs. Previously, he served as Chief of Staff for Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC), and as Legislative Director for then-Rep. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).

Mike Murphy Founding Principal

Mr. Murphy is one of the Republican Party’s most successful political media consultants. He has handled strategy and advertising for more than 26 successful senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns, and advised leaders in more than five countries. He also served as senior strategist for U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign and as senior strategist for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s historic recall election in California. In addition to campaign work, he advises several Fortune 500 corporations and leading interest groups. He is a frequent pundit in the media.

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Team

Susan Nelson Principal

Ms. Nelson has substantial expertise working on business and public policy issues for corporate clients. She brings extensive campaign experience as former National Finance Director for John McCain’s Presidential Campaign and currently serves on the Republican Governors Association’s National Finance Committee. Previously, Ms. Nelson was a principal at GrayLoeffler, LLC and has held senior positions at notable public affairs firms, including The Federalist Group and Berman Enterprises. She has served as Political Action Committee consultant to numerous U.S. Senators and co-owned Eudy Nelson & Associates, a highly successful political fundraising firm.

Jim Pitts Founding Principal

Mr. Pitts brings more than 25 years of government relations experience. Having served in two former administrations, including as Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Political Affairs to George H.W. Bush, he is also a veteran of five presidential campaigns and served as Chief of Staff to Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). He sits on the Publisher’s Advisory Board of the Hill Newspaper and helped launch The Weekly Standard as publisher. Annually named one of the top Washington lobbyists he has been a frequent media source on political events.

Rob Stuzman President of Navigators Compass

Mr. Stutzman, President of Navigators Compass, has been perched on the front row of politics and is one of California’s most quoted political operatives. He served as an advisor to the Governor’s campaign as the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also served as Communications Director for Attorney General Dan Lungren and worked in the Office of the Minority Leader in the California State Senate. He has managed statewide campaigns and pioneered the use of internet communications for volunteer and campaign management efforts.

John Tahsuda Principal

Mr. Tahsuda, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, leads our tribal affairs practice and provides advocacy and counsel on a range of tribal affairs policy issues at the state and federal level. Immediately prior to joining Navigators, he was Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. He formerly served as General Counsel and Legislative Director of the National Indian Gaming Association, General Counsel for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, and as an Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School.

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