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Julius Hobson, Jr.
Adjunct Associate Professor - Lobbying (PMGT 230)
Senior Policy Advisor, Powell Goldstein, LLP
Julius W. Hobson, Jr. (B.A., Howard University, M.A., George Washington University) is Senior Policy Advisor, Powell Goldstein, LLP, where he concentrates on assisting clients with legislative advocacy and health care policy issues.
With more than 35 years experience working with the U.S. Congress, he has served as Director, Division of Congressional Affairs, American Medical Association (AMA) where he managed the AMA’s interaction with the Congress. Mr. Hobson previously served on the staff of Senator Charles Robb [D-VA], where he was responsible for financial and economic issues. He previously served in the Executive Office of the District of Columbia Mayor where he was responsible for coordinating the city’s relations with the Congress and the Federal Executive Branch. Mr. Hobson served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a subcommittee Staff Director and as Chief of Staff to a Member of the House. He also handled Congressional Affairs for Howard University. Mr. Hobson served a four-year term as an elected member of the D.C. Board of Education, during which he served a term as Vice President. Mr. Hobson’s family is profiled in The Washington Century: Three Families and the Shaping of the Nation’s Capital, by Burt Solomon (2004) and he is one of several lobbyists profiled in Lobbying in Washington, London, and Brussels: The Persuasive Communication of Political Issues, by Conor McGrath (2005). He has taught courses on lobbying at GSPM since 1994.
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