AeA Continues Expansion of State Government Affairs Program; Roxanne Gould to Lead Efforts

Washington, DC (March 4, 2008) – In a statement made this morning to member companies, Christopher Hansen, AeA’s President and CEO, announced staff changes that will enable further expansion of AeA’s State Government Affairs Program across the country. Effective immediately, Roxanne Gould will be promoted to Senior Vice President of State Government Affairs. In this capacity, she will oversee and manage policy activity in all 50 states. Mr. Hansen will also be naming six Regional Directors of Policy who will report to Roxanne Gould and will focus on California and the Midwest, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southern regions of the country.

“Our members asked us to create a more structured and integrated system of representation throughout the states to assure consistency and effectiveness. We listened to them,” said Christopher Hansen. “Roxanne has more than 20 years of lobbying experience in State Capitols throughout the country, which makes her the ideal candidate to lead AeA’s State Policy team. Her reputation as the go-to expert on issues related to technology in California will quickly spread throughout the country.”

Lead by Roxanne Gould, AeA will focus heavily on issues surrounding environmental policy, RFID and emerging technologies, education and workforce development, procurement, tax and fiscal issues, ecommerce, and general business and state-specific legislation.

“I am truly honored and excited to be a part of AeA’s expansion of its State Government Affairs Program,” said Roxanne Gould. “This is a very exciting time for AeA and our member companies at large.”

“In addition to providing our members with a greater presence across the country, I will be assigning staff to focus on specific policy areas that have been established as top priorities to the high-tech industry,” Hansen continued. “AeA already has a successful State Government Affairs program, and this restructuring will simply build upon what already is a respected, multi-state lobbying operation.”

For more information about AeA’s State Government Affairs program, please visit www.aeanet.org/sga.

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