GR execs who never worked on Capitol Hill recount how they got started Related contentLearning to lobby: Some educational optionsAssociation fly-ins spring 2013 Brian Pallasch is a top-level association lobbyist with a striking anomaly in his resume: He never did a turn on Capitol Hill. He leads the government relations department at the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a former president of the American League of Lobbyists. Which begs the question: How can you succeed in a GR career, particularly as a shoe-leather legislative lobbyist, without that presumed prerequisite of being a congressional staffer? Pallasch "I think the odds are against it,"… Read More