Michael Wallace

About Michael Wallace

My strong conviction is that we can have good public policy that doesn’t fuck anyone…

Experience

1. Legislative Director, Housing, Community, and Economic Development

   National League Of Cities

   Jan 2005 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Represent municipal governments as a whole before Congress, the White House, and federal agencies with regard to legislative and regulatory actions.Develop effective messaging and advocacy strategies that resonate up and down the intergovernmental continuum.Provide federally elected officials and federal employees with information and advice on \"what cities do\" and how federal programs perform on the ground.Provide local elected officials and municipal employees across the nation with information and advice on the impact of impending federal actions on their communities.Create opportunities and prepare mayors and other local officials to testify before Congress and regulatory agencies.Serve as an expert on cities to national and local media.Supervise lobbyists advocating for city priorities across the board.ACHIEVEMENTSDelivered a legislative win for cities and achieved NLC strategic plan objectives by lobbying to enactment a five-year surface transportation bill that put more money and authority in the hands of local governments. Created new advocacy initiatives for city leaders that position NLC as the best-connected organization to cities and towns across the nation, including the State Municipal League Directors and Presidents fly-in and the Infrastructure Week Leadership fly-in.Created the coalition strategy and initially authored the annual housing and transportation interest group letter to the Congressional Budget and Appropriations Committees urging increased investment in the Transportation-HUD 302b allocation. Led two major winning campaigns involving coalitions of city leaders and other stakeholders to save the Community Development Block Grant program from elimination under President George W. Bush.

Education

• Marian University Indianapolis

  B.A., Philosophy, Theology

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Policy
• Public Relations
• Government
• Legislative
• Community Development
• Economic Development
• Public Speaking
• Writing
• Government Relations
• Public Policy
• Policy Analysis
• Politics
• Sustainability
• Press Releases
• Legislative Relations
• International Relations
• Fundraising
• Nonprofits