GERALD S. J. CASSIDY
Founder and Executive Chairman
of Cassidy & Associates
Mr. Cassidy has gained widespread recognition for creating Washington’s top integrated government relations and public affairs firm. In fact, National Journal has consistently ranked Cassidy & Associates as one of the top three on its list of premier Washington lobbying firms for the past five years.
In January 1998, Washingtonian magazine listed him first among “lobbyists who get the job done.” The magazine, referring to him as a “master builder,” wrote Gerry Cassidy “has scaled the mountain and built his company into Washington’s… most powerful private lobbying firm.”
Forbes magazine also recognized Cassidy in its March 2000 issue when it listed him No. 52 in its national list of “The Power 100.” The New York Times, in a 1999 article, said that Cassidy & Associates had become “a model for other Washington firms that combine prominent Democrats and Republicans under one roof.” Today, Cassidy & Associates maintains its integrated global public affairs philosophy with its premier sister companies, Powell Tate (a public relations, crisis communications firm) and Rhoads (a commerce-oriented government relations firm).
Prior to the establishment of Cassidy & Associates in 1975, Mr. Cassidy served as a Trial Attorney in the South Florida Migrant Legal Services Program, as Executive Director and General Counsel of the Democratic National Committee’s Party Reform Commission, and as General Counsel of the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. He has been a featured speaker on legislative issues, government and politics at numerous governmental, university, industry and trade association conferences.
Mr. Cassidy previously served on the Board of Directors, Seragen, Inc. (1987-1998); Board of Trustees, Tougaloo College (1987-1997); Board of Directors, Children’s Inn at NIH (1987-1998); Board of Overseers, School of Nutrition at Tufts University (1990-2000); Board of Trustees, Washington Theological Union (1995-1999); Board of Trustees, Fontbonne College (1996-1999); Steering Committee of the Capital Campaign for Villanova University (1993-1997); Board of Trustees, Villanova University (1997-2007); Chairman, Villanova University Capital Campaign Committee (2002-2008); National Board of The American Ireland Fund, (1998-2008); U.S. Military Cancer Institute (2002-2003); Board of Directors, Boston University, (2003-2004); Board of Directors, Shakespeare Theatre, (2003-2006); Board of Visitors, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies (2005-2007); and Board of Directors, Teachers Institute (2005-2008).
Mr. Cassidy is a graduate of Villanova University (B.S. 1963) and the Cornell University Law School (J.D. 1967). In 1995 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Social Science from Villanova University. In 2005 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Fontbonne University. He is a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Economic Club of Washington.
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