Rob is a leading national strategist on running issue advocacy and coalition building campaigns at the state and local level throughout the country. Battle-tested in the complex Illinois/Chicago political ecosystem, Rob can navigate any issue, touched by public policy, through a state/local decision-making process.

Insightful and strategic, Rob has an extensive and sharply perceptive view of the Illinois ecosystem, understanding the politics and the players, the communities and the issues and how to align it all to help clients achieve their goals. Rob’s natural analytical skills are informed by years of problem solving in politics and government affairs.

Rob was the client lead for the American Beverage Association’s historic Can the Tax Campaign, that secured the repeal of the Cook County Beverage Tax on behalf of a broad retail-hospitality-beverage industry coalition. He provides strategic counsel to current high-profile clients including Sterling Bay Lincoln Yards, Northwestern Medicine, The Invert, Illinois Beverage Association and Build Our Way Out. Previous counsel included the Obama Foundation, Willis Towers Watson, Empower Illinois, Moody Bible Institute, Small Business Advocacy Council and Learn Charter School Network. He provided public engagement counsel for the Amazon We’re All In Campaign.

At Resolute, Rob crafts strategies that tackle complicated legislative processes, moving through political hurdles and other unforeseen obstacles to shape decisions that drive success for our clients – particularly in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, utilities and energy.

He manages a team of client service professionals and provides strategic counsel to clients across a spectrum of industries, leading issue advocacy and earned media campaigns and advising clients on the most effective ways to secure regulatory and other approvals at the local, state and federal levels. His sector expertise includes real estate and land use, healthcare, energy, telecommunications and transportation.

Rob led Resolute’s award-winning Moving Beyond Congestion campaign on behalf of the Regional Transportation Authority and has led efforts on behalf of McDonald’s, Uber, CTA, Google and American Beverage Association.

Prior to joining Resolute, Rob was director of government relations for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, and served as a communications and campaign aide to the Illinois House of Representatives – Democratic Caucus.

Rob serves on the board of One Aim Illinois, a leading gun violence-prevention and advocacy organization.

Rob serves on chair of the board for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence and has been quoted in the media, including The Guardian, on gun violence in Chicago.