# Strategic Public Affairs

> Strategic Public Affairs is a Houston-based, founder-led consultancy that combines government relations, lobbying, community relations, stakeholder outreach, communications and political and social risk analysis. Founded by Andrew Biar in 2000, the firm serves large companies, trade associations and project developers, with particular depth in energy, infrastructure, maritime, healthcare and other regulated sectors where a permit, a policy shift or an angry constituency can change the economics of a project.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Biar (Founder and President)
- **Products:** Government Relations, Lobbying, Community Relations, Stakeholder Outreach, Communications and Public Relations
- **Notable:** Operated continuously since 2000., Built a public portfolio of more than 20 named organizations across energy, infrastructure, aerospace, healthcare, finance, automotive and government., Created the Houston Business Forum in 2009 as a bipartisan, non-fundraising policy speaker series.

## Products & services

- **Government Relations** — Builds and strengthens relationships with executive, legislative and regulatory decision-makers at federal, state and local levels, including coalition organization and management.
- **Lobbying** — Develops client-specific advocacy strategies and represents business needs before executive, legislative and regulatory bodies.
- **Community Relations** — Designs community-engagement, investment and employee-involvement plans tied to local needs and corporate objectives.
- **Stakeholder Outreach** — Identifies stakeholders, maps potential opposition, surfaces concerns and develops engagement strategies across a project or asset lifecycle.
- **Communications and Public Relations** — Provides media relations, message development, issues management, bilingual communications and crisis planning and response.
- **Political and Social Risk Analysis** — Assesses non-commercial risks during due diligence, development, investment, acquisition and ongoing operations, then proposes mitigation strategies.
- **Houston Business Forum** — Runs non-fundraising educational forums that connect business leaders with elected officials and policy staff from both major parties.

## Achievements

- Operated continuously since 2000.
- Built a public portfolio of more than 20 named organizations across energy, infrastructure, aerospace, healthcare, finance, automotive and government.
- Created the Houston Business Forum in 2009 as a bipartisan, non-fundraising policy speaker series.
- Joined the Public Affairs & Advocacy Alliance as a founding network member in 2022.
- Strategic partner Jose Medrano was ranked 14th in Capitol Inside's Rising Stars lobbyist ranking.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The Houston Business Forum hosted U.S. Representative Adrian Smith for a discussion of trade, energy and policy issues affecting Houston businesses.
- **2026-05** — The forum listed events with Harris County Commissioners Adrian Garcia and Tom Ramsey and U.S. Representative Christian Menefee.
- **2026-02** — The Houston Business Forum hosted U.S. Representative Randy Weber at La Griglia.
- **2026-07** — The firm said it would participate in Port Houston's Anchored in Action community-investment initiative.

## Links

- Website: https://strategicpublicaffairs.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strategic-public-affairs-inc.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strategic-Public-Affairs-Inc/153981832924

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Last updated: 2026-09-22