Executive Vice President, State Government Affairs
Lincoln
rmallett@hbstrategies.us
As Executive Vice President, State Government Affairs, Rochelle manages the firm’s network of state lobbying offices in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin – one of the largest networks of state lobbyists in the country.
HB Strategies clients from across the nation benefit from Rochelle’s distinctive ability to coordinate and fine-tune legislative and public strategies that are targeted to achieve specific client needs. Rochelle’s success in guiding clients through the complexities of the legislative process, coupled with her effectiveness in engaging legislators, has earned her a national reputation for getting things done and a track record for clients that is hard to match.
Rochelle’s dynamic leadership delivers added value for clients through her ability to forge natural connections between elected officials, candidates, and clients. She secures significant outcomes through her careful approach and attention to detail and the trust she has developed among an extensive network of public policy and community leaders and ultimately establishing trusted relationships on behalf of clients.
Her work has provided clients with innovative strategies and assured success across a number of industries, including telecommunications companies, infrastructure interests, utilities, large manufacturers, health insurance providers, political subdivisions and small business associations.
Earlier in her career Rochelle served as a legislative aide to Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE). She worked on the legislative team that helped pass Sen. Fischer’s landmark transportation funding (LB84) and led Sen. Fischer’s legislative agenda to reduce and eliminate occupation taxes placed on telecommunications customers.
Rochelle earned a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a master’s of public affairs from the La Follette School of Public Affairs.