Larry D. Meyers

President, has over 35 years of experience since coming to Washington with then Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX), former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. After four years with the senator, serving as legislative director, he received an appointment in the Carter Administration being named Director for Congressional Affairs - U.S. Department of Agriculture, responsible for both USDA and White House lobbying activities. He began independent consulting in 1981, and in 1989 was named by Beacham's Guide to Key Lobbyists as one of the top 125 lobbyists out of the several thousand in Washington. For the last 15 years, he has served as guest lecturer at the National Defense University on the topic of "Lobbyists and Lobbying in the U.S. Capitol." Larry also serves on the Board of Directors of Washington First Bank in Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Texas State Aquarium.

Richard (Rick) L. Meyers

Partner, joined the firm in 1987 and has over 20 years of legislative and regulatory experience. He has worked extensively on issues affecting cities and universities with the U.S. Congress, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Justice Department, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Energy, Department of Education, Federal Aviation Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency. He has also worked with the officials at the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center on product promotion. His activities on behalf of clients include university research grants, appropriations, education issues, transportation reauthorization, infrastructure funding for cities, base closure issues, telecommunication issues, HUD grants, and product promotion. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University. 

Francis (Fran) James Boyd, Jr.

Sr. Vice President, joined the firm in 1990 after serving as Director of Congressional and Public Affairs for the Farm Credit Administration, an independent federal financial regulatory agency. Prior to that appointment, he was the Deputy Director of Congressional Affairs for six years during the Reagan Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He brings to the firm over 20 years of Washington experience having worked extensively with Congress and at the highest levels of the executive branch of government. He holds both a graduate and undergraduate degrees from Arizona State University, and has completed the Senior Managers in Government Program from the Kennedy School for Government at Harvard University.

Thomas Graham

Thomas Graham is the founder of Crosswind Communications.  Crosswind Communications directs communications strategies that strengthen relationships, build brand awareness and create shareholder and stakeholder value for diverse clients in sectors including energy, financial services, higher education, technology, public advocacy and non-profit organizations.

Gene Morrison

Gene V. Morrison, , is a Senior Associate with Meyers & Associates.  Gene is a former Special Assistant to the Secretary for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington where he served as the senior political appointee over the Manufactured Housing Standards Division, the Technical Suitability of Products/ Minimum Property Standards Office and the FHA Title I Mortgage Insurance Program. He also served as a liaison to the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing programs, represented the Secretary on the FEMA Catastrophic Disaster Response Group, and worked with the Department of Defense on Military Housing issues. He is a former Director of Special Projects for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs where he supervised the Manufactured Housing Division. He served the Texas Building and Procurement Commission on special project assignments that included department reorganization/restructure, construction project supervision, and leasing. Gene was appointed State Lease Officer and directed the commercial property leasing program for the State. For the past 30 years he has been involved in the financial and housing industries as well as government service. He divides his time between Washington and Texas where he resides with his family. He is a graduate of West Texas A&M University.

Jennifer G. Shepard

Associate. Prior to relocating to the greater Washington, D.C. area, Jennifer served as the program manager and executive for the leading business advocacy organization in Houston, Texas. Jennifer was responsible for managing the multiple aspects of the organization's air quality program designed to bring the region into attainment with the federal ozone standard as required by the federal Clean Air Act. She worked extensively with local, state and federal elected officials as well as state and federal regulatory agencies. Jennifer was also instrumental in the creation and ongoing management of a statewide public/private sector coalition to advance the development of a major national infrastructure project. She was heavily involved in the development of federal legislation to facilitate the project's development. As a result of addressing both environmental and transportation issues affecting the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country, she has developed a keen understanding of the relationship between environmental policies and transportation programs. Jennifer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary and a Consulting Associate degree from Main Event Management, Inc.

Dustin Bryant

Associate. Mr. Bryant joined the firm in 2007.  His responsibilities include work on both agriculture and university issues. Dustin serves as liaison to the Agriculture Program of the Texas A&M University System. He has a Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Development and earned a Certificate in International Agricultural Trade from Texas A&M University. Mr. Bryant worked with programs with emphasis on Food for Peace, Food for Progress and 416(b) with a focus on Tunisa. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Bryant served as Field Representative for U.S. Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15). In addition to his service with the Congressman, Mr. Bryant has had experience in Europe and Northern Africa.

Israel Rocha Jr.

Advisor. Mr. Rocha joined the firm in 2009.  and also serves as the Government Affairs Officer for Doctors Hospital at Renaissance; a Partner with Phillips Properties; a member of the State Executive Committee for the Texas Democratic Party; and on multiple Boards of Directors for private, municipal and non-profit organizations. He has worked extensively on issues facing corporations, non-profits, and municipalities in the areas of healthcare, rural housing, financial services, homeland security, construction issues, public relations, trade, taxes, commerce, appropriations, and natural and environmental resources. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Rocha was the Director of Business Development for Phillips Properties, a commercial real estate development and retail gas and oil company. He has also served as Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director to Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) and Executive Director of the Congressional Rural Housing Caucus. His prior work experience also includes serving as the Interim Executive Director for the South Texas Redirecting Taskforce and work with the The Mayor’s Office for Medicaid/Medicare Managed Care, City of New York. Mr. Rocha is a South Texas native and a graduate of Columbia University.

Patrick J. Mitchell

Of Counsel, Mr. Mitchell joined the firm in 2007.  Pat is a graduate of the University of Arizona and subsequently received a Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University.  In his legal career, he served as a special assistant attorney general for the state of Arizona, general counsel to an international railway union and as a partner in the Washington law firm of Sher & Blackwell.  Pat also served the City of Phoenix as a member of the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB).  Upon graduation from law school, Pat joined the staff of Sen. Dennis DeConcini handling constituent and policy issues in 13 of Arizona’s 15 counties.  He later became a principal in the communications consulting firm First Tuesday where he was the political services director before relocating to Washington where he served as a senior adviser to the presidential campaigns of Senators Gary Hart and Paul Simon.  He also served as a political adviser to Congressman Mo Udall of Arizona and chief-of-staff to Representative Louise Slaughter of New York. Pat left Capitol Hill to join the Dutko Group, a Washington lobbying and public relations firm where he was a partner and general counsel.  Pat’s practice has focused on appropriations, water and land management and higher education issues before Congress and on initiative and referenda campaigns.  He has also served as an adviser to then Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on federal legislative strategy and as the chair of Innovation Arizona, a foundation promoting Governor Napolitano’s Innovation America initiative with the National Governors’ Association

Madelyn Ikeda

Administrative assistant.  Madelyn R. Ikeda joined Meyers & Associates in May 2010. Prior to relocating to Washington, DC, she worked for Air Force Research Laboratories on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Madelyn graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor's in Political Science, emphasis in Pre-Law, and a Bachelor's in Psychology. While attending UNM, she assisted in psychological studies with Carrie Tingley Hospital's Pediatric Behavioral Medicine Clinic, the MIND Institute of New Mexico, and the State University of New York-Plattsburg Department of Psychology. In May 2009, she was awarded the UNM School of Medicine's Signature Program in Child Health Research apprenticeship, where she was granted the opportunity to conduct her own research on psychological trauma and how it relates to English fluency in refugee children and adolescents from Africa.

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