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Ron Christie
Professorial Lecturer - Strategic Advocacy (PMGT 265.15)
Vice President, Navigators LLC
Ron Christie is a vice president of Navigators, a full-service issues management firm with offices in Washington, D.C., Sacramento, California, and Tallahassee, FL which provides integrated public affairs campaigns that combine lobbying, issue advertising, strategic public relations and grassroots pressure to solve difficult public policy problems. He is also the author of the book Black in the White House published by Nelson Current in January 2006.
Mr. Christie, a veteran senior advisor of both the White House and the Congress, brings years of government relations experience. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Director of Global Government Affairs at Ruder Finn and Of Counsel at the DC law firm of Patton Boggs, LLP. From 2002 to 2004, he was Acting Director of USA Freedom Corps and special assistant to President George W. Bush. He began service at the White House in 2001 as deputy assistant to Vice President Cheney for domestic policy, advising the Vice President on policy initiatives in health care, budget, tax and other policy areas.
Prior to joining the Vice President's staff, he briefly served as counsel to U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA). He also served as senior advisor to former House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich (R-OH).
Active in international affairs, he was elected to the Council on Foreign Relations in 2001, a distinguished group devoted to promoting improved understanding of international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.
As a frequent commentator on current political events, he has appeared as a political/legal analyst on Hannity & Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor, Fox and Friends, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Tavis Smiley Show, and Fox News Sunday. Christie also serves as a Contributor and Panelist on National Public Radio’s ”News and Notes” program. He also serves as an outside communications and political strategist to Republican Members of the House of Representatives and the United States Senate where he advises on current policy and political matters
Christie has been further profiled or featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Roll Call and National Journal, to name a few recent publications. Additionally, Christie is a featured member of The Hill newspaper’s “Pundit’s Blog,” where he also writes a monthly column on current political events. He was also identified as one of best lobbyists in Washington, D.C. by The Hill newspaper in 2005.
He received his B.A. from Haverford College and his J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center.
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