Gretchen Jacobs
President, CEO
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Gretchen Jacobs has been named one of the Arizona’s most effective lobbyists by her peers. She has been named one of the "Legislative Leaders of the Year" by the Arizona Capitol Times. If what your business needs is political success without grandstanding, then Arizona Governmental Affairs is for you.
By working together with legislators and with the executive branch without publicizing these relationships, Gretchen creates a level of confidence that translates into results, not hype.
Gretchen has a long record of success for her clients. As she puts it, "I never give up. There is always another avenue to achieve results if the first avenue stalls."
Gretchen has helped clients from the high tech world to the insurance industry, substance abuse treatment providers to autism treatment. How does she handle such complex, diverse needs? By crafting thoughtful strategies, getting directly to the point and acting tirelessly to move your interests forward.
In a business that's often a bloodsport, Gretchen has built deep, long-term professional relationships across the political map. Let others leave bodies in their path; Gretchen prefers to leave a trail of success.
From clients whose interests relate to healthcare to education to technology, Gretchen's approach combines aggressive smarts and dogged coalition building to get results. What's equally important is that Gretchen pursues your goals in a way that flies in the face of Ivins' rules: she's comfortable not getting the spotlight and not making much noise, so long as she gets done what your business needs done. If what your business needs is political success without grandstanding, then Arizona Governmental Affairs is for you.
From work relating to the state budget to locking up votes for the passage of highly technical bills, it's been a busy couple of decades as a lobbyist for Gretchen Jacobs – and her clients wouldn't have it any other way. She has helped clients from a variety of industries which has given her a broad understanding of interests and activities at the Capitol.
Gretchen Jacobs's hard work and dedication to her clients gets noticed.
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