Inaugural Edition: Stateside Chat

Feb. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- ARLINGTON, VA – Stateside Associates is pleased to announce Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff will join President and CEO Constance Campanella as the inaugural guest on Stateside Chat, a series of state government relations focused Twitter interviews.

This first Stateside Chat will be held on February 13, 2012 at 4pm eastern. The Twitter accounts they will be using are @CCampanella and @MarkShurtleff. Both participants will also be using the Twitter hashtag #StatesideChat.

The questions will cover a broad range of topics from public policy, to Utah politics to the Attorney General’s private life. Suggestions for Campanella to ask Attorney General Shurtleff have been solicited through Stateside’s Twitter account, @StatesideAssoc. A summary of the Stateside Chat will be posted on Stateside’s Blog page for public review and comment.

“The Attorney General is a hard-working public servant who understands how to use social media to connect directly with citizens, voters, colleagues and other legislative stakeholders,” said Constance Campanella. “I hope to share his tremendous insight with the public, especially those working in state and local government relations.”

Stateside Chat will be a series of conversations with governors, state legislative leaders and private sector state and local government affairs leaders at all levels. Through these conversations Stateside Associates hopes to shed light on the experience and knowledge-base that exists at the highest levels of the state government affairs industry.

Stateside Associates is the proven leader in state and local government relations. Since 1988, Stateside Associates has offered clients state and local Issue Management, Legislative Monitoring, Regulatory Forecasting, Groups Program Management and Lobbyist Management, all of which are grounded in first-hand knowledge and based on serving clients’ unique needs. The firm serves more than 100 active clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to small trade associations.

For additional information, please visit http://www.stateside.com.