A founding partner of his bipartisan firm, Mehlman is widely regarded as an expert in running issue campaigns, managing C-suite associations and developing strategies that achieve impactful policy outcomes. He concurrently serves as Executive Director of the Technology CEO Council and Co-Chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance.
Mehlman previously held the post of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy, having been nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed to the office by the United States Senate in 2001.
Before Commerce, Mehlman worked as the lead Republican lobbyist for high tech heavyweight Cisco Systems, representing the Silicon Valley company before Congressional committees, federal agencies and the executive branch.
Mehlman held the position of policy director and general counsel to the House Republican Conference under Representative J.C. Watts (R-OK) and before that served as General Counsel to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), where he advised Republican Members and their staffs on matters of election law, ethics and political broadcast regulations. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Law School, he lives with his family in Bethesda, Maryland.
