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Environmental Protection Agency(EPA): Holland&Knight has close working ties with Acting <br /> Administrator Andrew Wheeler and his chief of staff,Ryan Jackson,Assistant Administrator for the <br /> Office of Water David Ross,Assistant Administrator for Air Bill Wehrum,and Assistant <br /> Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Susan Bodine. <br /> Department of Transportation: Holland&Knight has worked extensively with Secretary Elaine <br /> Chao and her senior staff including: DOT Deputy Secretary Jeff Rosen,Deputy Assistant Secretary <br /> for Intergovernmental Affairs Anthony Bedell,Special Advisor to the Secretary for Infrastructure <br /> James Ray,Chief of Staff Geoff Burr,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation Policy <br /> Thomas"Finch"Fulton. We also have excellent working relationships with the career staff in the <br /> newly created Build America Bureau,which administers the BUILD (formerly known as TIGER), <br /> INFRA(formerly known as FASTLANE),and TIFIA programs. <br /> Department of Interior: Holland&Knight knows Deputy Secretary(currently Acting Secretary) <br /> David Bernhardt,Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman,and Director of the Office <br /> of Intergovernmental and External Affairs Todd Wynn. <br /> 10.Identify and create opportunities to highlight the Mayor's and other City leaders' <br /> priorities at the federal level through forums,speaking opportunities and innovative <br /> partnerships. <br /> As previously mentioned,Holland&Knight excels at creating opportunities to showcase the mayor <br /> and other City leaders'priorities at the federal level. Holland&Knight has positioned municipal <br /> clients to testify at congressional hearings and has helped create roundtables and other forums to <br /> highlight local government initiatives. <br /> For example,Holland&Knight recently helped City of Seattle leadership to secure an invitation to a <br /> private meeting about autonomous vehicles. The gathering included key members of the House <br /> Transportation and Infrastructure Committee such as Chairman Bill Shuster,Highways and Transit <br /> Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (who is expected to be the committee's ranking member next <br /> month) and other Republican members of the committee. Seattle was the only municipality invited <br /> to the meeting-showcasing city officials as leaders on this innovative issue. <br /> We have also positioned our clients to speak at congressional caucus forums. We recently worked <br /> with the Congressional Black Caucus to hold a roundtable on water infrastructure and workforce <br /> needs,and had Atlanta's watershed commissioner speak at the forum,which many congressional <br /> members and staff attended. <br /> With the upcoming reauthorization of the surface transportation bill,the congressional <br /> authorization committees are planning to hold hearings and roundtables the beginning of next year. <br /> The City of Everett uniquely encompasses all of the transportation modes-roads,bus, <br /> port/maritime,and rail-and could speak to all of the municipal transportation needs and priorities <br /> for the reauthorization of the FAST Act. We could work to secure opportunities for Everett to <br /> testify at one of the hearings or participate in roundtables. <br /> Holland 8c Knight Confidential Presentation for the City of Everett I 25 <br />