Husch Blackwell Strategies Managing Principal Matt Hickam was named a 2024 Chamber Champion by the Kansas Chamber at the organization’s annual awards dinner as it celebrates its centennial anniversary.
The Chamber Champions are chosen for their extraordinary support and engagement as a member of the Kansas Chamber and their work to enhance the organization’s position as the state’s leading voice of the Kansas business community. The annual dinner is the largest gathering of leaders in the Kansas business community with nearly one thousand people attending this year’s event.
Matt leads the Husch Blackwell Strategies Kansas office in Topeka. His nearly twenty-year tenure in Midwest politics and policy has included work on issues ranging from national household brand names to nonprofit causes at the state and local level. That work has also earned him national recognition as a Top 500 Influencer in the U.S. and one of the top 10 influencers in Kansas.
ABOUT HBS
Husch Blackwell Strategies was established in 2018 with the merger of three government affairs practices of Husch Blackwell LLP, Statehouse Strategies LLC, and Cloakroom Advisors LLC, to form a multi-jurisdiction state and federal legislative government affairs firm. HBS Chief Executive Officer Andy Blunt and HBS Chief Operating Officer Gregg Hartley are co-founders of the firm. HBS moves the needle of public opinion and guides decisions of public officials through its integrated services of state and federal lobbying, executive-level strategic counsel, and public affairs. With one of the largest networks of state lobbyists in the country, the firm has capital offices in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Wisconsin, and a prominent federal practice in Washington, DC. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt chairs the firm’s Leadership Strategies Advisory Services group in Washington – a specialized executive team that provides a comprehensive whole-of-government advisory service that is tailored to the needs of a specific organization.
