What do the American Society of Civil Engineers, Pfizer, Southwest Airlines, the American Kennel Club and The National Restaurant Association have in common? They have all turned to Amy Showalter for her expertise and motivation to elevate their government relations influence. Amy is a grassroots and PAC influence expert who founded The Showalter Group to help associations and corporations increase their grassroots and PAC effectiveness.
She has delivered over 300 workshops and keynotes to over 25,000 grassroots advocates, PAC contributors, boards of directors, government relations staff, and non-profit volunteer leaders about how to maximize not only their political and civic engagement, but their political and civic influence. In fact, over 85% of her long term consulting clients have experienced an increase in budget, staff, and senior management recognition after collaborating with Amy.
For nine years she directed the efforts of the highly acclaimed Nationwide Insurance Civic Action Program (CAP). During her tenure, over 2,000 public affairs professionals across the country ranked Nationwide’s program as one of the top two corporate grassroots programs in the country. (Ed Grefe and Martin Linsky, The New Corporate Activism)
She is the most widely published PAC and grassroots expert in the nation, with her insights appearing in over 500 publications. Amy’s blog “Politicking the Bottom Line” appeared for two years on Forbes.com, and she currently is a columnist for Bloomberg Government. Over 500 media outlets have featured her insights, including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Politico, CNN Money.com, Foxnews.com, CNBC.com, and Roll Call. She is the author of “The Underdog Edge: How Everyday People Change the Minds of the Powerful. . . and Live to Tell About It.” (Morgan-James) and “The Art and Science of the BFF: 105 Ways to Build Relationships on the Hill, at the State House, and in City Hall”, which has sold over 16,000 copies. Amy also is the Executive Editor of Creating and Managing an Association Government Relations Program, published by the American Society of Association Executives.
Amy has a BA in Political Science from Wright State University and an MSA from Central Michigan University.
She and her husband, Randy Boyer, co-exist with their dogs Eli and Finn in the greater Cincinnati area. Finn is a registered Pet Partners® therapy pet. Finn and Amy are regular visitors at the Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House, local library and elementary school reading programs, and the Kid’s Club Special Needs Ministry at Crossroads Community Church.