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About Us The McConnell Group is a family owned business with a strong track record as effective consultants and advocates on behalf of our clients. We maintain excellent relationships with members of the executive and legislative branches of state and local governments, and with business leaders and representatives of various interest groups.
Gregory R. McConnell
Greg McConnell is our principal consultant and advocate. Greg is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and a consultant and advocate who has represented business interests before state and local governments for over twenty-five years. Greg is the President and CEO of the Jobs and Housing Coalition and serves as JHC’s legislative and public policy advocate. JHC members are 50 of the top executives of Oakland’s major corporations from a variety of industries including utilities, communications, health, finance, manufacturing, asset management, residential and commercial development, and others. Greg serves as Executive Director of the Oakland Jobs PAC which is Oakland’s leading independent expenditure political campaign committee, and the Oakland Safe Streets Committee which is committed to increasing public safety in Oakland. In 2007, Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente appointed Greg to Oakland’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Housing Affordability as a representative of Oakland’s homebuilding industry. In 1995, Greg led the charge to pass the landmark Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act which changed restrictive rent control in California and advanced the property rights of landlords and residential developers. Greg was the chief executor of residential rent control programs in Washington, DC and Berkeley, California from 1981 to 1987. After becoming disenchanted with the adverse effects of government regulation on rental housing, he left the public sector and opened The McConnell Group to consult with property owners on rent control, the entitlement process, condominium conversions, and other land use issues. Today, Greg devotes the majority of his time to legislative advocacy for JHC and individual clients while continuing to consult with residential property owners on a limited basis. Greg’s views and activities have been reported in many of the nation’s major news outlets and he is a frequent guest on radio and television talk shows.Kimberley McConnell Kimberley is the Executive Assistant and a Consultant with The McConnell Group. She is a graduate of California State University, Northridge and has a background in fundraising for Cal State Northridge. She assists trade associations in marketing and promoting membership and fundraising for their programs. JR McConnell JR is a Consultant who works with landlords and property managers on rent control, condo conversions, entitlements and other land use issues in Oakland. He holds a business degree from California State University, East Bay.The McConnell Group Network In addition to in-house staff, The McConnell Group has assembled an outstanding team of attorneys, political and media consultants, and pollsters. The McConnell Group has successfully represented a variety of business leaders in their dealings with Bay Area governments. Please contact us if you need assistance in obtaining your business goals. |
