Facts About PACs Podcast

We take a look at the unique challenges facing associations and their PACs at the beginning of a new election cycle and a new Congress.  Our guest today is NABPAC Board member Ashley Jackson – Senior Director of Government Affairs with NAPA -- the National Asphalt Pavement Association. 

On this episode or the #1 PAC podcast in America, we go in-depth with campaign finance law expert and NABPAC Legal Help hotline counselor, Carol Laham from Wiley. What every PAC manager needs to know about compliance, audits, advisory opinions, and the details of campaign finance reform legislation pending in the 117th Congress. 

For those keeping score at home… the inflation-adjusted contribution limits for the 2021-2022 election cycle were announced by the FEC this week. Get the details on this and all recent and upcoming NABPACtivites in this episode. 

A conversation about the state of employee-funded PACs with two deeply experienced and widely regarded experts: Dr. Steve Billet,  Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University, and David Schild, Adjunct Professor at GW’s Graduate School of Political Management.

The final episode of the year finds us right back where we started. Join us in our farewell to co-host Abegail Cave and a great conversation about the practical implications and future of the "No PAC Pledge."

It's all about the NABPACtivities on this episode of the # 1 PAC Podcast in America.  Our guest is Tim Foltyn from Walmart who has served as President of NABPAC throughout 2020. We discuss the takeaways from the NABPAC Post-Election Conference.

Our special guest, Jennifer Brooks from Northrop Grumman who served as the chairperson of the 2020 NABPAC Trailblazer Award Selection Committee.

Episode five of our special 5-part election series.  In this episode, we’re examining the topic of diversity and inclusion. What do those words really mean?  How can each one of us help our organizations achieve this goal?  And what benefits will success on this front provide?  Our special guest: Tracy J Edmonds.

Part four of our five-part election special with guest Will Ritter, Founder of the Poolhouse Agency in Richmond, VA. In this episode, we examine creativity unbridled and the trick to harnessing that power for the benefit of your campaigns.

We can't do the same things and expect different results. Today on part three of the Facts About PAC's five-part election special we explore the secrets to connecting meaningfully with women, and other communities, with our special guest Jacquie Plunkett - Founder of Double Black Digital and Swing Vote Strategies. 

Part Two of the Facts About PACs Election Special: Understanding the bottom line business implications of making the wrong decisions in your digital campaign effort. Special Guest: Eric Wilson / Political Technologist – Bullpen Technology Group.  

Special Election Series | Special Guest: Erik Rosedahl, Head of Alliances and Stakeholder Impact at Phone2Action.

This week Shannon Aimone, Senior Vice President, Head of Political Programs at Wells Fargo & Co, joins the podcast. 

Mary Kate Cunningham , Vice President of Public Policy at American Society of Association Executives joins the podcast.

Inside the failure of the CARES Act Skinny Bill with Paul Brathwaite, the Chief Strategist at Federal Street Strategies. Then a deep dive on finding the normal in recovery from a crisis with Kristine Kilbride, Principal at Kilbride Public Affairs.

Former NABPAC President Dan Ekstein - Partner, Sagac Public Affairs - joins the show this week.  Dan has two decades of corporate and government affairs experience in the private sector. He served as Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and director of JPMorgan Chase’s Political Action Committee. Through his corporate work, Dan designs and executes many national, civic, and political engagem...

The sprint to the finish in the 2020 election cycle and what PACs can accomplish in the next 80 days.

Kipp Maloney, the Executive Director of Political, Development, and Compliance Operations at the National Federation of Independent Business joins the #1 PAC Podcast in America to discuss the 2020 election cycle and NFIB's candidate support criteria.

Reflections on Rep John Lewis and candid discussion with Ellie Shaw of Amex on the state of employee-funded PACs and her dedication to mentoring young PAC professionals. 

NABPAC Executive Director, Micaela Isler, speaks one-on-one with the newly confirmed  Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, Trey Trainor, about oversight, compliance, and transparency in the employee-funded and association PAC space. 

A look inside the results of the newly released third iteration of NABPAC's COVID-19 PAC industry tracking poll. 

Welcome to episode 14 everybody.  It's July and you might think we’d take our foot off the gas here at Facts About PACs -- but that is not the case.  We are accelerating into the turn.  Bringing our best podcast game yet. Our special guest today is Mary-Ryan Douglass – Director of Political Programs for the American Pharmacists Association.   Mary-Ryan was just elected to the NABPAC Board of...

Abegail Cave is back on the show today. Plus, a readout on Sen. Cassidy's turn on the NABPAC virtual lawmaker policy series. Then, the Federal Election Commission is back to being paralyzed. All that plus a cautionary tale for everyone by way of our legal hotline team at Wiley Rein. #FactsAboutPACs

Our guest today is Julie Conway, Executive Director of Value In Electing Women Political Action Committee (VIEW PAC). VIEW PAC raises and distributes funds to female Republican incumbents and candidates for the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

Today’s episode is an uplifting and extremely instructive one.  Our guest:  NABPAC Board Member Jeanne Slade.  Jeanne is the Director of both Political and Grassroots Advocacy and the National Emergency Medicine PAC – at the American College of Emergency Physicians.