Gregory R. McConnell
Consultant and Legislative Advocate

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.

Greg serves as Executive Director of the Oakland Jobs PAC which is Oakland's leading political action 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. 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 and Policy Research Associate. He works with residential real estate investors on rent control, condo conversions, entitlements and other land use issues in the Bay Area. 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.