Owner / Operator at Red Line Strategies
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Consultant at Red Line Strategies
- Owner / Operator at Red Line Hockey
- Past
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- Grassroots and Advocacy Manager at American Nursery & Landscape Association
- States Ratification Committee Dairy Lobbyist, Land Use Study Contributor at Bob Gray, LLC
- Marketing & Public Relations Director at Springfield Junior Blues Hockey of NAHL
- Staff Assistant, Scheduler, Systems Administrator at U.S. Rep. Tim Holden (PA-17)
- Education
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- Villanova University
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Robert James DeGemmis’s Summary
I am presently the owner-operator of both Red Line Strategies and Red Line Hockey.
Be sure to see services of both RLS and RLH below. Feel free to contact me with questions at 703-244-1916.
I look forward to working with you or your organization!
-Bob DeGemmis
Robert James DeGemmis’s Specialties:
RED LINE STRATEGIES
Lobbying, Lobbying support, Coalition building, Message Development, Lobbying Compliance
RED LINE HOCKEY
Small group and individual goaltender instruction, training and analysis
Robert James DeGemmis’s Experience
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Consultant
Red Line Strategies
(Government Relations industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
LOBBYING
-Interest representation in the U.S. Capitol or state legislatures
-Issue information dissemination to congressional or legislature staff
LOBBYING SUPPORT
-Management of meeting requests while you handle issues and lobbying
-Short notice advocacy fly-in set-up
-Legislative conference management
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
-Bill and rule language research
-Online rule comment submissions
-Incumbent and challenger candidate research
GRASSROOTS ACTIVATION
-Capital Advantage or other legislative software management
-Legislative alerts to your group or membership
-Advocacy letter content development
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE BUILDING
-Fundraising events organization
-Solicitations via snail or email
-PAC data maintenance
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE (FEDERAL OR STATE)
-Required online lobbying disclosure
POLITICAL FUNDRAISING DISCLOSURE (FEDERAL OR STATE)
-Required online federal political fundraising/expenditure reports -
Owner / Operator
Red Line Hockey
(Sports industry)
November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)
INDIVIDUAL GOALTENDER TRAINING
-Ongoing private goaltending sessions in greater Washington, DC
TEAM & CLUB GOALTENDING COACH
-Supplemental goaltending coaching at team practices
GROUP GOALTENDING SESSIONS AND CLINICS
-Regular small group goaltending sessions in conjunction with “partner teams”
VIDEO AND GAME ANALYSIS
-Written feedback from video footage or live games -
Grassroots and Advocacy Manager
American Nursery & Landscape Association
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2002 — October 2008 (6 years 2 months)
• Managed federal legislative advocacy coalition of 47 state green industry associations
• Maintained federal portions of ANLA and coalition legislative websites
• Trained green industry state association staff to utilize legislative websites for state issues
• Handled FEC and Lobbying Disclosure Compliance
• Organized timely Washington fly-in logistics
• Coordinated bi-annual Congressional ANLA conference
• Managed Agriculture Industries Coalition issue advocacy fund
• Initiated regular ANLA-PAC fundraising efforts
• Tracked bills relating to general business community including immigration, health care, energy and tax policy as well as legislation relating to agriculture such as crop insurance, disaster assistance, quarantines, and USDA Nursery and Floriculture Research Initiative
• Contributed to newsletters for ANLA members and state executives -
States Ratification Committee Dairy Lobbyist, Land Use Study Contributor
Bob Gray, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Government Relations industry)
March 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 7 months)
• Represented coalition before Members of Congress and staff
• Updated industry coalition of dairy co-ops, state departments of agriculture and state farm bureaus of legislative activity
• Prepared expert witnesses for committee hearings
• Tracked legislative developments relating to bill of interest
• Contributed to weekly dairy policy newsletter D-Mail
• Wrote portions of 2001-2002 land use research piece for Empire Township, MN -
Marketing & Public Relations Director
Springfield Junior Blues Hockey of NAHL
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sports industry)
May 2000 — March 2001 (11 months)
• Coordinated 2000-2001 season corporate sponsorship/advertising campaign
• Arranged all travel accommodations
• Acted as Sports Information Officer providing local media with breaking scores, news and features
• Broadcasted all away contests via web-cast -
Staff Assistant, Scheduler, Systems Administrator
U.S. Rep. Tim Holden (PA-17)
(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Government Administration industry)
October 1999 — May 2000 (8 months)
• Managed Congressman’s daily schedule
• Supervised office intern program
• Coordinated U.S. Military Academy nominations
• Managed DC and District Computers
• Featured as “Staffer in the Spotlight” in The Hill, Jan. 26, 2000
Robert James DeGemmis’s Education
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Villanova University
BA , Communications, Political Science , 1995 — 1999
• American Collegiate Hockey Association All-American Honorable Mention 1998-1999
• Hockey letter winner in former ECAC Div. III South 1996-1999
• Big East Academic All-Star Team (soccer) 1995-1996- Activities and Societies:
- Soccer '95-'95, Hockey '96-'99, Delta Tau Delta '97-'99
Additional Information
Robert James DeGemmis’s Websites:
Robert James DeGemmis’s Interests:
Endurance Sports, Golf, New England & Washington, DC Sports, Politics, Movies, Food, Reading, Music
Robert James DeGemmis’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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