LegiStorm

Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Has been represented by:

• Ballard Partners LLC (2017 - 2022)
• Cornerstone Government Affairs Inc. (2016 - 2017)
• Covington & Burling LLP (2016)
• Fierce Government Relations (2016 - 2022)
• Forbes Tate Partners LLC (2012 - 2019)
• Harbinger Strategies LLC (2022 - 2024)
• O'Rourke, John T. (2008 - 2015)
• O'Rourke & Nappi LLP (2015 - 2017)
• Pine Street Strategies (2017)
• Podesta Group Inc. (2009 - 2011)
• Roberts, Raheb & Gradler LLC (2009 - 2014)
• S-3 Group LLC (2023 - 2024)
• Subject Matter (2019)
• Williams Group (2022 - 2024)

Domestic lobbying:

Filed to lobby on its own behalf from 2002-2024

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of H&R Block Inc. and have also worked in a congressional office:

• George J. Agurkis III
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• Stacey Anne Alexander
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• Bradley Rolison Bailey
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• Michael T. Beresik
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• Chanda M. Betourney
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• Patrick R. Bousliman
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• Paul A. Brathwaite
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• Matthew Edward Bravo
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• Kevin Casey
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• Michael F. Chappell
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• Bailey K. Childers
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• Christine A. Clark
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• Martin Paul Delgado
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• Jerry Joseph Driscoll
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• Nzinga Hutchinson Dyson
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Caught Our Eye

• Banking lobbyist heads to office of Sen. Warner

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 27, 2021
  A longtime banking lobbyist with several passes through the revolving door has found a new job with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). read more

• H&R Block hires Democratic House scheduler

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 19, 2015
  Rep. Ron Kind's (D-Wis.) scheduler has taken his executive planning skills to a tax preparation giant for a government relations job. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Jan. 23, 2013
  Grab your W-2s! A former aide to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has registered as a lobbyist for one of America's largest tax preparation companies. read more

• Former financial services staffers find employment on K Street

  Posted by LegiStorm on Dec. 30, 2009
  Nearly half of the staffers who have left the powerful House Financial Services Committee in the last decade have registered as lobbyists, according to a report yesterday by the Huffington Post. The web site used LegiStorm to identify the 126 people who have left the committee since the end of 2000. Some 62 eventually became registered lobbyists. Often staffers leave their position writing financial laws to represent key players in the financial services industry. One former staffer called it "a logical progression" for people who understand the legislative process. Others described the moves as "cashing out," using experience on an influential committee as a stepping stone to a higher-paying job in the private sector. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include H&R Block Inc. as an employer:

• George J. Agurkis III

  (Dec. 2021-)

  Director, Federal Government Relations

• Wade P. Balkonis

  (Feb. 2017-July 2018)

  Government Relations Manager

• Michael T. Beresik

  (2003-2007)

  Assistant Vice President, Government Relations

• Bailey K. Childers

  (April 2019-Aug. 2020)

  Director, Government Relations

• Erin Donar

  (Jan. 2018-April 2021)

  Director, Government Relations, Public Affairs and Policy

• Brian Donohue

  (Oct. 2007-Dec. 2011)

  Managing Director, Government Relations

• Kathryn Fulton (Kate)

  (2009-Jan. 2011)

  Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Policy

• Thomas M. Gannon (Tom)

  (Dec. 2021-)

  Chief Government Relations Officer

• Cedric M. Grant

  (Nov. 2017-Feb. 2019)

  Director of Government Affairs

• Brian Christopher Hart

  (2011-2015)

  Director of Government Relations

• Andrew Jennison

  (May 2017-Oct. 2019)

  Vice President, Government Relations

• Robert Kerr

  (Jan. 2017-Sept. 2017)

  Executive Director, Public Policy

• Jennifer R. Martin

  (2004-2005)

  Government Affairs Representative

• Margaret McGinty (Meg)

  (Dec. 2013-June 2015)

  Government Relations Manager

• Theresa Pattara

  (Oct. 2012-Aug. 2016)

  Director, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy

• Kaya Virginia Singleton

  (Sept. 2019-)

  Director, Federal Government Relations

• Jeremy Lynn Stohs

  (2012-)

  Director, Government Relations

• Nora Taktajian

  (Nov. 2018-2019)

  Executive Assistant

• Daniel C. Turrentine (Dan)

  (May 2017-June 2021)

  Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer

• Marie van Luling

  (July 2014-Sept. 2017)

  Chief Government Relations Officer

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