Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo

Caught Our Eye

Ex-staffer-created lobbying firm takes flight

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 20, 2016

B+S Strategies, a lobbying firm created by two former House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staffers in June, has filed its first federal lobbying disclosure.

Chris Bertram and Beth Spivey had worked for the committee under Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) since 2013 — Bertram as staff director and Spivey as director of outreach and coalitions.

The firm recently disclosed that it's lobbying on behalf of Airlines for America, formerly known as Air Transport Association of America, on airline-policy issues.

This marks the first federal lobbying registration for Bertram, who's worked Senate and House committees for roughly 16 years. Spivey had lobbied before as former vice president for legislative affairs for Rapiscan Systems, an airport X-ray and metal detector manufacturer.