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Amy Carnevale

Amy Carnevale is a government affairs advisor with the firm. She also serves as an elected member of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Her practice focuses on advancing client objectives in the fields of health care policy, labor and workforce  issues, federal funding, higher education and economic development. Amy has also worked extensively on natural resources and energy policy issues. In these efforts, Amy provides both legislative and regulatory advice. She leads policy campaigns that include lobbying, coalition building, and third-party advocacy.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy spent ten years working on Capitol Hill, where she was chief of staff to a House Appropriations Committee member from the Inland Northwest. She was the Congressman's top advisor for all political and policy matters. Amy also has prior experience at a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, and worked in the George H.W. Bush Administration at both the White House and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Amy serves as party chair in Massachusetts and was an elected delegate to the 2024, 2020, 2016, and 2012 Republican National Conventions. She has served on the Rules, Platform and Credentials Committee at the national level. Amy was selected in 2024 to chair the RNC Platform Subcommittee on the Economy. She also served as a Platform Committee Whip for the Trump-Vance Team. 

Amy was appointed in 2017 by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker to serve on the Governor's Commission on Intellectual Disability where she served through 2024.

  • Member, Governor's Commission on Intellectual Disability (2017–2024)
  • American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL)
  • Board of Directors, New England Council
  • House Chiefs of Staff Association (organization of former U.S. House chiefs of staff)
  • Republicans Associated for Mutual Support (organization of current and former Republican chiefs of staff, agency heads and staff directors)
  • 302(b)s (organization of former Professional Appropriations Committee staff)
  • “’SWOT for Lobbying’ - Lobbying in the Age of Social Media”, Professional Women in Advocacy and Women in Government Relations, October 9, 2018, Washington, D.C.
  • "Presidential Debate Forum,” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, October 18, 2016, Boston, MA.
  • "Presidential Debate on Health Care Issues,” Columbia University Medical Center, September 26, 2016, New York, NY.
  • "Getting to Know You: How to Network with Your Federal Officials," International Economic Development Council 2006 Economic Development Summit, March 20, 2006, Washington, D.C.
  • "Networking with Your Federal Officials," International Economic Development Council 2005 Economic Development Summit, March 14, 2005, Washington, D.C.
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