O’Neill and Associates, New England\u2019s leading full-service government relations and public affairs firm, announced the addition of Ben Goldstein-Smith as senior director in the federal relations practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled to have Ben join our team in Washington,\u201d said CEO Thomas P. O\u2019Neill III. \u201cHis wealth of experience in government and politics both in DC and Maryland make him a valuable addition to the firm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prior to joining O\u2019Neill and Associates, Ben served as national political director to former House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and ran his leadership political action committee, AMERIPAC. Throughout his decade with Leader Hoyer, Ben was instrumental in supporting and electing many Members of the current House Democratic Caucus. In the years leading up to this, Ben was Maryland political director and campaign manager for Rep. Hoyer and later deputy executive director for AMERIPAC. There he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the office while managing its multi-million-dollar budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs our federal team continues to grow, Ben\u2019s extensive government background is a wonderful complement to our client service offerings\u201d said Shelly M. O\u2019Neill, Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that Ben\u2019s years of experience with the former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representative will prove highly valuable to both our federal team and clients alike\u201d said Vice Chairman John Cahill. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before working with Leader Hoyer, Ben served as campaign manager for Maryland State Senate Majority Leader Nancy King and later as her legislative aide. An active participant in Maryland politics, he additionally played a key advisory role in Governor Wes Moore\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n
Ben earned his Bachelor of Arts in government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park where he was also enrolled in the College Park Scholars Public Leadership Program. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
O’Neill and Associates, New England\u2019s leading full-service government relations and public affairs firm, announced the addition of Ben Goldstein-Smith as senior director in the federal relations practice. \u201cWe are thrilled to have Ben join our team in Washington,\u201d said CEO Thomas P. O\u2019Neill III. \u201cHis wealth of experience in government and politics both in DC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7663,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions\/7663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oneillandassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}