Maverick Ryan join S360’s Public Affairs practice with a background in community stakeholder outreach and tribal relations following his service in the Office of Governor Inslee.

Seattle, WA – Maverick Ryan joins Strategies 360 as the Manager of Public Affairs in the firm’s Seattle-based headquarters. With a background in public engagement, Maverick will help S360 clients conduct meaningful and productive outreach with community stakeholders and local elected officials. He also serves as a Tribal Council Member for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe where he is focused on open government and accountability measures, as well as revamping the Cowlitz Housing Authority.

“We are thrilled to have Maverick on our team,” said Ron Dotzauer, Founder and CEO of Strategies 360. “He is deeply involved in many of the Northwest’s most pressing issues and understands how to connect our client’s priorities to the communities they need to engage.”

As Deputy Director of Constituent Services in Governor’s office, Maverick coordinated responses to business questions regarding Safe Start/Healthy Washington guidelines at the peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic. He also coordinated with agencies and policy experts to galvanize the public’s understanding of the Governor’s priorities and collaborated with the Governor’s Washington D.C. office to extend the Governor’s reach and maximize engagement.

“Across the west, community engagement has been a cornerstone of how we create and deliver meaningful solutions to the challenges of the day,” said Kurt Beckett, COO of Strategies 360 and Senior Vice President of S360’s Public Affairs practice. “Maverick brings the energy, passion, and know-how to effectively build bridges, especially in rural and tribal communities, to support our client’s goals through inclusive engagement.”

Born and raised on the Kitsap Peninsula, Maverick stays committed to the region through board leadership, including serving as a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribal Council and the Board of the Port Orchard Historic Theater Foundation. In his role on the Cowlitz Indian Tribal Council, Maverick negotiates and communicates with federal, state and local governments, as well as consults those government bodies involved in the welfare of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. For the Port Orchard Historic Theater Foundation, Maverick is a part of a group of community stakeholders working to restore a historic community cinema that has been closed for several years.

Maverick got his start in public engagement work with Rural Investment to Protect the Environment, a non-profit working with farmers to develop climate change policies that also protect rural economies. He has also previously served on the Olympic Natural Resource Center’s Advisory Board, where he advised leadership on ways to unite researchers, students, professionals and the general public around forest and ocean management strategies.

You can reach Maverick Ryan here.

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In November 2019, elections were held across the country and S360 delivered major wins in several state races. From historically significant funding for fire districts to overwhelming public support for schools, our efforts secured over $2.3 billion in funding for vital public services like education, fire-fighting infrastructure, and parks and green spaces.

“Every election cycle, we are honored to work on behalf of local communities to help articulate the value of public investments,” said Ron Dotzauer, Founder and CEO of Strategies 360. “With outstanding teams across the West, S360 delivers the very best to our partners every time because high quality education, parks, safety, and infrastructure are all part of what makes our communities livable and healthy.” 

S360 teams won 89% of all the campaigns we were involved in during the November 2019 cycle. Here are highlights from Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, and Washington:

Arizona

Colorado 

Colorado helped win $130 million in bond and levy investments for the Eaton School District, $1.5 million of which does not sunset and will serve as permanent funding for teachers. We also secured $18 million annually for Poudre Schools, again with no sunset. Frederick Firestone Fire District won $2 million in funds with S360’s help.

The Colorado team not only worked on school and fire district campaigns, they were also instrumental in re-electing Lakewood Mayor, Adam Paul. We also ran a voter education campaign in Aurora to inform people about candidate’s positions on migrant detention centers. Aurora’s City Council moved from majority Republican control to majority Democratic control.

New Mexico

S360’s New Mexico team delivered a big win for Albuquerque Public Schools. Voters passed a bond and levy committing a whopping $302 million in investments for their students.

Oregon

In a low-voter-turnout election, the S360 team delivered a 71% yes vote across three counties for a $475 million regional parks and natural spaces bond. S360 supported Portland Public Schools’ Levy renewal efforts, which resulted in a 77% yes vote for $100 million annually for another 5 years. S360 also consulted on mailers for West Linn-Wilsonville School District’s bond and levy which garnered $208.6 million for the district.

Washington

The Education team in Washington worked tirelessly to win campaigns for Renton Public Schools and Pioneer School District, bringing in a $250 million bond and a $3.2 million levy for those districts respectively. The Renton Public Schools Bond passed with 70% approval. Again, parks saw popular support with East County Parks and Recreation receiving 59% voter approval for their bond, barely missing the 60% threshold needed to approve the funds.

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Earlier this month, elections were held across the country and S360 delivered major wins in several state races. From historically significant funding for fire districts to overwhelming public support for schools, our efforts secured over $2.3 billion in funding for vital public services like education, fire-fighting infrastructure, and parks and green spaces.

“Every election cycle, we are honored to work on behalf of local communities to help articulate the value of public investments,” said Ron Dotzauer, Founder and CEO of Strategies 360. “With outstanding teams across the West, S360 delivers the very best to our partners every time because high quality education, parks, safety, and infrastructure are all part of what makes our communities livable and healthy.” 

S360 teams won 89% of all the campaigns we were involved in during the November 2019 cycle. Here are highlights from Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, and Washington:

Arizona

Colorado 

Colorado helped win $130 million in bond and levy investments for the Eaton School District, $1.5 million of which does not sunset and will serve as permanent funding for teachers. We also secured $18 million annually for Poudre Schools, again with no sunset. Frederick Firestone Fire District won $2 million in funds with S360’s help.

The Colorado team not only worked on school and fire district campaigns, they were also instrumental in re-electing Lakewood Mayor, Adam Paul. We also ran a voter education campaign in Aurora to inform people about candidate’s positions on migrant detention centers. Aurora’s City Council moved from majority Republican control to majority Democratic control.

New Mexico

S360’s New Mexico team delivered a big win for Albuquerque Public Schools. Voters passed a bond and levy committing a whopping $302 million in investments for their students.

Oregon

In a low-voter-turnout election, the S360 team delivered a 71% yes vote across three counties for a $475 million regional parks and natural spaces bond. S360 supported Portland Public Schools’ Levy renewal efforts, which resulted in a 77% yes vote for $100 million annually for another 5 years. S360 also consulted on mailers for West Linn-Wilsonville School District’s bond and levy which garnered $208.6 million for the district.

Washington

The Education team in Washington worked tirelessly to win campaigns for Renton Public Schools and Pioneer School District, bringing in a $250 million bond and a $3.2 million levy for those districts respectively. The Renton Public Schools Bond passed with 70% approval. Again, parks saw popular support with East County Parks and Recreation receiving 59% voter approval for their bond, barely missing the 60% threshold needed to approve the funds.

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POLL COMES BEFORE COUNCIL VOTE, SHOWS “STUNNING NUMBERS” THROUGHOUT SEATTLE

With the City of Seattle embroiled in a debate over the City Council’s proposed employee head tax plan, Strategies 360 teamed up with KIRO 7 News to find out how Seattle voters are responding.

The exclusive poll came as the first piece of publicly released opinion research into the issue that has dominated the city’s news cycle and produced what S360 Co-founder and CEO, Ron Dotzauer called some “stunning numbers.”

The survey found the proposal to charge Seattle businesses that earn more than $20 million a year with an employee head tax entirely underwater, with 54% of Seattle voters opposed to the plan, compared to 38% in support:

“This is a vote that Seattle doesn’t want,” Dotzauer told KIRO 7 News when analyzing the poll results. “The biggest surprise of this poll is the intensity of the opposition – usually you get a little more balance. Clearly, there are some very strong feelings about the head tax in Seattle.”

When asked at what dollar amount voters might support a head tax, the poll showed strong opposition across the board:

Compounding the clear public sentiment opposing a head tax in any form was a strong distrust of Seattle government to manage the money raised by a potential head tax wisely:

The live telephone poll of 400 registered voters in Seattle was released by KIRO 7 on Monday morning, ahead of the Seattle City Council’s full vote on the proposed $500-per-worker head tax on some Seattle businesses.

View the full survey results here, and read the full coverage and analysis by KIRO 7 here.

Statement on Methodology:

In partnership with KIRO 7 News, Strategies 360 conducted a survey among 400 registered voters in the city of Seattle. The survey was conducted by live professional interviewers between May 11^th and 13^th, 2018. A combination of landline and mobile phones were called to ensure greater coverage of the population sampled.

The margin of error for a survey of 400 interviews is ±4.9% at the 95% confidence interval. The margin of error is higher for subsamples. Other sources of error not accounted for by the stated statistical margin of error include, but are not limited to, question wording, question order, coverage bias, and response bias.

The sample for this survey was drawn randomly from a list of registered voters and stratified by Seattle City Council District. Quotas were assigned to reflect the actual contribution of these areas to the total electorate. The sample reflects the demographic composition of the Seattle electorate per data from the U.S. Census Bureau, King County Elections, and several distinct voter files.

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SACRAMENTO – Strategies 360 (S360), recognized as the top, leading-edge public affairs firm in the western United States, announced today the opening of its Sacramento office to join its offices in 12 western states, and the addition of a veteran strategist to lead its existing Los Angeles office.

Leading the Sacramento office is well-known legislative and public affairs consultant Justin Fanslau, joined by long-time communications consultant Greg Hayes and experienced legislative advocate Alicia Priego. S360 also announced that one of Southern California’s top public affairs advisors, Larry Chung, has joined the team to lead its Los Angeles office. S360 is the first public affairs and lobbying firm to offer a complete in-house digital and communications practice and will be combining that with its new team members’ experience to offer a first-of-its-kind public affairs resource for clients seeking to impact California policy and regulation.
Fanslau has carved a niche in the technology sector assisting many startups navigate the legislative and regulatory environment in Sacramento. He is the principal outside advocate for TechNet, which is the bipartisan network of technology CEOs that promotes growth in the innovation economy. Fanslau’s political experience includes work both inside and outside of the Capitol. He served as Legislative Director for Senate President pro Tempore-elect Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) and as Campaign Manager for Assemblymember Adam Gray (D-Merced). His background also involves experience with housing and the environment, and consulting with California’s building and construction trades unions.

Joining Fanslau is Greg Hayes, who has a diverse business, public and governmental affairs background. Hayes has been lobbying in recent years for a variety of private sector clients in the entertainment, financial services, natural resources, and technology

sectors. Prior to that, he served as Communications Director for Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles). Hayes also was an entrepreneur in the green technology and financial service spaces, helping to commercialize the nation’s first high-solid organic waste-to-energy system. Early in his career Hayes worked in the California Senate and most notably as Press Secretary to Senator Art Torres (D-Los Angeles) both in the Capitol and in Torres run for California Insurance Commissioner.

Rounding out the new Sacramento team is lobbyist Alicia Priego. Priego joins Strategies 360 with 15 years of state government affairs experience with expertise in energy and transportation policy. She most recently worked for Sempra Energy and previously served as Legislative Director for Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose). Priego also serves on the board of California Women in Energy.

Chung, who will be leading S360’s Los Angeles and Southern California offices, specializes in public affairs and government relations. Prior to joining the team, Chung spent several years consulting in technology, entertainment, and telecommunications to Fortune 10 companies. He also served as a senior aide to California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez providing strategic counsel and coordinating all communications between internal and external stakeholders for the administration. He currently serves as an appointee of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on the California State Bar Lawyer Assistance Oversight Committee and as an officer and board member for the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles.

S360’s expansion in California builds on the firm’s existing footprint in the Golden State, bringing highly-skilled government affairs capabilities to S360’s well-established public opinion research and marketing services in California. The four new hires will be joining the existing S360 team in California, including Senior Vice President of Research, Drew Lieberman, who leads the firm’s top-flight public opinion research practice out of San Diego, CA.

With offices in 12 Western states and Washington, D.C., Strategies 360 is the leading public affairs, communications, research, and marketing firm in the west. With experts drawn from the worlds of government, politics, the news media, quantitative and qualitative research, advertising, marketing and creative design, S360 crafts and executes the strategies that help clients succeed.

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