Nicole Venable

Nicole Venable is a seasoned government affairs consultant with educational background and expertise in tax, trade, intellectual property, and global health issues. With almost two decades of experience in the House, Senate, Executive Branch and the private sector, Venable can provide strategic advice to clients with considerable understanding of the workings of Washington. As a former Chief of Staff to a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, a former Congressional Affairs specialist for the Clinton White House, and a former Democratic lobbyist for two of the premier business associations in Washington, Venable has substantial experience developing and advancing legislation. Venable work has had a particular focus on competitiveness issues in the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. She is known as one of Washington’s top international trade specialists, having been one of the lead Democratic negotiators on the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and played a role on every major trade bill and policy issue since the NAFTA in 1993. Venable has also worked on issues as diverse as drug re-importation, tax reform, U.S. foreign direct investment reform, energy, the Farm Bill, the India Nuclear Initiative, global tax treaties and economic stimulus packages. As one of the lead lobbyists at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Venable managed democratic outreach to House and Senate Leadership, Congressional Black Caucus Members, New Democrats and Blue Dogs, including political outreach and fundraising. Additionally, Venable has extensive contacts in the Obama Administration and a keen knowledge of the innerworkings of the administrative branch gained from her time working in the Executive Office of the President under President Clinton. A native of Hampton Roads, Virginia Venable graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Spelman College in 1991 and finished M.A. studies in International Economics and American Foreign Policy at the Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS) in 1993.