# Monument Advocacy

> Monument Advocacy is a Washington, DC-headquartered bipartisan government relations and public affairs firm that combines federal lobbying, regulatory strategy, coalition building, strategic and crisis communications, and digital campaigning. Founded by former Homeland Security official and Senate counsel C. Stewart Verdery Jr. in 2006, it grew from a one-person home office into a national firm serving corporations, associations, nonprofits, and emerging companies, with offices in Washington and Seattle and an expanding platform backed by Everlane Equity Partners.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** C. Stewart Verdery Jr. (Founder and Partner)
- **Products:** Government Relations, Public Affairs, Strategic and Crisis Communications, Digital Services
- **Notable:** Grew from a one-person firm in 2006 to nearly 60 professionals by 2025, according to founder Stewart Verdery., Helped advance travel-policy changes including Visa Waiver Program expansion and authorization of an international trusted-traveler program., Led work for the Reform Government Surveillance coalition beginning in 2014.

## Products & services

- **Government Relations** — Federal lobbying, legislative and regulatory strategy, White House engagement, appropriations, federal procurement, political positioning and policymaker mapping across ten stated policy areas.
- **Public Affairs** — Issue campaigns, coalition management, ally and stakeholder mobilization, message development, opinion research and target-market engagement.
- **Strategic and Crisis Communications** — Reputation defense, executive and corporate communications, media relations, litigation communications and earned and paid campaigns.
- **Digital Services** — Social strategy, audience targeting, content, video, websites, newsletters and digital support for public-policy campaigns.

## Achievements

- Grew from a one-person firm in 2006 to nearly 60 professionals by 2025, according to founder Stewart Verdery.
- Helped advance travel-policy changes including Visa Waiver Program expansion and authorization of an international trusted-traveler program.
- Led work for the Reform Government Surveillance coalition beginning in 2014.
- Built and launched the American Sports Betting Coalition before the 2018 Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for state-regulated sports betting.
- Supported the successful 2018 No Tax on Jobs campaign in Seattle.
- Bloomberg Government listed $14.6 million in 2024 federal lobbying revenue and later named Monument among its 2025 top lobbying firms.
- The Hill recognized Monument professionals as top lobbyists for a thirteenth consecutive year in 2025, according to the firm.
- Joined forces with Horizon Government Affairs in 2025 and expanded into Texas in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Government Business Review named Monument its 2026 Public Policy and Affairs Services of the Year recipient, according to Monument.
- **2026-07** — The firm announced a Texas expansion through the hiring of Anne MacDonald Grace and highlighted work with Seattle and Kansas City around 2026 World Cup preparations.
- **2026-06** — Sean Kelly joined as vice president in the public affairs practice, adding transportation, technology, energy and aviation experience.
- **2026-03** — David Meschke joined as chief financial officer to support profitability, acquisitions and platform growth.
- **2026-02** — Roslyn Docktor and Anderson Heiman joined the health and technology practices, strengthening work where AI, health care and public policy overlap.

## Links

- Website: https://monumentadvocacy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monumentadvocacy
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Monument
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/MonumentPolicy

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Last updated: 2026-09-23