Mark J. Robertson
President

Mark Robertson is the president of Williams Mullen Strategies. He previously spent eleven years as a principal of another major lobbying firm and as founder and president of the predecessor firm that became Williams Mullen Strategies in 2002. Before entering the private sector in 1990, he had a long and distinguished career on Capitol Hill. A native of Nevada, he spent more than seventeen years in the Senate and House of Representatives as a senior staff member to various senators and congressmen, including Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-NV), Sen. John Warner (R-VA) and Rep. Stan Parris (R-VA).

During his tenure on Capitol Hill, Mr. Robertson developed significant expertise in the areas of Senate and House political and parliamentary procedure, as well as in the substance of legislative and regulatory issues affecting international trade, energy policy, national defense and intelligence, telecommunications, financial services, and international relations. In addition, he has worked as a consultant to five Presidential campaigns, six gubernatorial campaigns, seven senatorial campaigns, and scores of congressional campaigns.

From 1990-1993, Mr. Robertson was a principal member of the team lobbying the Administration and Congress for passage of the NAFTA on behalf of the Mexican Government. Since that time, he has continued to work closely on leading issues on the bilateral agenda with various Ministries in Mexico and their counterparts in the U.S.

In the past, Mr. Robertson served as a strategic counsel to the presidents and/or ministers of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, Serbia, Romania, El Salvador and others. Mr. Robertson has also successfully worked with the Colombian government on specific programs to improve efforts to counteract drug trafficking, terrorism and kidnapping within the nation.

As the representative for several private companies in the Balkans, he has helped establish partnering agreements with U.S. multinational corporations, including those specializing in energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, and television broadcasting/distribution. He continues to be extensively involved in certain energy projects that directly impact global energy security policy.

Currently, Mr. Robertson is representing Romanian interests in the public and private sectors in support of foreign capital investment within the country and region. Mr. Robertson is U.S. president for the European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management (EURISC), a non-governmental foundation focused on promoting dialogue, education, training and research on major issues of national and international security.

Mr. Robertson continues to provide strategic counsel and other services to multinational corporations, domestic and foreign industry associations/chambers, and foreign national and state governments on all manner of issues related to markets access, political positioning, crisis management/avoidance, and issue management.

Sandra D. Bowen
Vice President

Sandra D. Bowen is a vice president with Williams Mullen Strategies. Ms. Bowen has over 25 years of experience leading and directing governmental, business, civic and advocacy organizations, operations and projects. Building on this expertise in Virginia state legislative and regulatory affairs, she provides clients with lobbying, legislative and other government affairs consulting services regarding a broad array of interests and issues.

Prior to joining WMS, Ms. Bowen served for four years as secretary of administration in the cabinet of Governor Mark Warner and was responsible for policy development and the direction of state agencies, boards, commissions and affiliated projects. In 2005, during her tenure, the Commonwealth of Virginia was designated the "Best Managed State," by Governing magazine. Ms. Bowen also served as secretary of the Commonwealth during the administration of Governor Gerald Baliles. In between the two cabinet positions, she served as senior vice president of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, concentrating on its legislative and regulatory matters.  Ms. Bowen is also the recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Virginia Government Innovation Award, given by VCU's Wilder School.

Ms. Bowen is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, as well as the University of Richmond, where she received a M.A. in political science.

Thomas P. Cassidy
Vice President

Tom Cassidy represents clients before Congress, various government agencies, and the Washington, D.C. City Council on a wide range of matters, including government contracting, homeland security, defense, and financial services. In addition, Mr. Cassidy recently worked with the pharmaceutical industry on the issue of re-importation and access to healthcare.

Throughout his career, Mr. Cassidy has worn the dual hats of lawyer and lobbyist. He has extensive legal, federal/state legislative, and regulatory experience representing clients in the areas of franchise law, insurance and financial institutions, universities, emerging technology companies, etc.

Prior to joining WMS, Mr. Cassidy was a partner at Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, and prior to that served as an associate at several of prominent Washington law firms. In addition to working on the Hill in a number of positions, Mr. Cassidy also worked at the Federal Judicial Center, in the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, and was an attorney in the office of enforcement of the Federal Office of Thrift Supervision in the wake of the FSLIC bailout.

Mr. Cassidy is a graduate of Howard University Law School, and received his bachelor of arts degree from Villanova University.

Reginald Nash Jones
Chairman

Reggie Jones is chair of the Governmental Affairs Section at Williams Mullen and chairman of the firm's subsidiary, Williams Mullen Strategies. He has more than 30 years of experience representing clients before the Virginia General Assembly and other agencies of state government. This experience, combined with his business practice, enables him to serve clients in a variety of areas, such as financial institutions, health care, telecommunications, professions, procurement, and real estate law.

Tovah LaDier
Vice President

Tovah LaDier has had a strong and unique career as a corporate lawyer, lobbyist in Washington, DC, and a non-profit director dealing with political, economic, and cultural issues involving Asia. She has over two decades of experience working with business, government, the academic and policy communities, and the media.

As vice president of WMS, Ms. LaDier represents high-technology companies involved in homeland security and export controls. On behalf of a high-technology association, she develops industry policy and public education strategies, working closely with Congress and the administration on all issues relating to the deployment of biometrics in homeland security programs. She also is the industry representative in national and international standards organizations on privacy and social issues, as well as its media spokesperson. Ms. LaDier also represents clients involved in key U.S.-China policy issues.

Before joining WMS, Ms. LaDier was managing director of French & Company, a strategic consulting firm. From 2001 to 2004, Ms. LaDier managed Global Policy Exchange, a policy institute dedicated to analyzing the fundamental role of culture in framing and influencing the policy choices of the U.S., its allies, and its adversaries, particularly in the area of foreign affairs.

Prior to her recent work in Washington, D.C., Ms. LaDier was the executive director of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs (MCPA), a policy institute dealing with U.S.-Asia issues, bringing it from a start-up to preeminence. During her tenure, she developed a wide range of public policy programs, policy research and publications, conferences, the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program for U.S. federal government employees, and education and travel programs on Japan and China for members of Congress.

Ms. LaDier represented the MCPA before the Congress and administration, Asian government officials, business representatives, scholars, the media, diplomats and cultural leaders and addressed numerous conferences in the U.S. and Asia. For her efforts, she was nominated for the 1999 Japan Foundation Prize.

Ms. LaDier began her career in Washington, D.C. as an attorney and was a partner in the law firm of Preston Gates where she represented corporate clients, including a Fortune 500 energy company, timber industry, Pacific Northwest power industry, investment companies, and municipal clients.

Ms. LaDier is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and received her juris doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law where she studied in the Asia law program. She is a member of the National Committee on U.S. China Relations, United States Indonesia Society, and the Asia Society.