George Pendleton

George Pendleton is the founder of The Pendleton Group, a Washington D.C.-based firm providing strategy management and advisory services to public officials, civic leaders, business enterprises and public policy research organizations. Mr. Pendleton also serves as a senior consultant to Alcalde & Fay, a Government Relations and Marketing firm based in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Pendleton has an extensive background in public affairs, providing a broad understanding of the political process and how to make things work in political settings. He has also worked closely with leaders and organizations involved in anticipating and implementing political, economic, and institutional change – including innovations and initiatives to make sure the benefits of new economy growth and opportunity include the African American community.

A Washington D.C. native, Mr. Pendleton has twenty years’ experience observing and working with Congress, federal agencies, state and local governments and the private sector where his clients have included Will Interactive, Archura Inc., Intellectual Development Systems (IDS), Strategic Public Affairs, U.S. West Communications, SuccesSSource, Putting Children First, C.M.E. Insurance, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

From September 2004 to present, Mr. Pendleton has served as a senior consultant to the Government Relations firm of Alcalde & Fay. The firm represents numerous clients with an emphasis on counties, cities and universities.

Experience:

* September 2003 – June 2004 *
Counselor to the President, National Academy of Public Administration.

Mr. Pendleton served as a senior advisor to Dr. Phil Burgress, President of The National Academy of Public Administration in Washington, D.C., the pre-eminent organization chartered by Congress to improve the performance of government at the federal, state and local levels. In his role as Counselor to the President, he is responsible for developing and implementing external political and fundraising strategies to advance the goals of the organization.

* January 2001 – September 2003
Senior Advisor to the President, The Annapolis Institute.

Prior to joining the National Academy of Public Administration, Mr. Pendleton served as Senior Advisor to the President of The Annapolis Institute, a private, nonpartisan think-tank in Annapolis, MD, that helps leadership atall levels to anticipate the forces shaping the lives of people, communities, and institutions in the 21st century; and to advance principled leadership in the management of business enterprises, government agencies and non-profit organizations. His effective external public affairs role strategically positioned the Institute to advance its market-driven solutions to public policy problems.

* May 1999 – November 2000, Senior Consultant, Public Affairs, U.S. West Communications – Mr. Pendleton designed and conducted an effective grass-roots community and political outreach initiative to support and advance the business interests of U.S. West, the Western Baby Bell, and its Chairman & CEO, Sol Trujillo. In this role, specific objectives included developing and implementing a public relations strategy in support of broadband legislation in Congress; and assisting small business owners with strategies to get access to high-speed, broadband connections.

* January 1991-1999
Mr. Pendleton worked in a variety of Capitol Hill staff positions, including:

– National Republican Congressional Committee, African American Voter Development – Mr. Pendleton was responsible for generating increased African American voter support for targeted Republican candidates.
– Senate Republican Policy Committee – Mr. Pendleton managed the committee’s internship progam and Speaker’s Bureau.
– Special Assistant, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Mr. Pendleton served in the Bush Administrations Media Relations Office under Chairman Clarence Thomas.
– Congressional Staff Service – in the 1980s, Mr. Pendleton served in the Bush Administration’s Media Relations Office under Chairman Clarence Thomas.
– Congressional Staff Service – in the 1980s, Mr. Pendleton worked in the Congressional offices of Senator Pete Wilsin (R-Ca), Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and the staff of the Senate Republican Policy Committee chaired by the late Senator John Tower (R-TX).

Education

Mr. Pendleton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Maryland in 1983. He also studied Government and Communications at Howard University.