Senior Vice Presidents

Howard Berman

Howard Berman joined mCapitol Management April 1, 2011 as a Senior Vice President and Co-Chair of the Energy and Environment Practice. Prior to joining mCapitol, he worked with a prominent Washington DC based government relations firm where he worked with corporate clients on primarily environmental and energy issues.

Howard is an attorney whose practice experience includes regulatory, legislative and compliance advocacy/consulting in the areas of air quality (including market-based programs), climate change, endangered species, energy, green building, green chemistry and hazardous waste, Superfund, toxics, wetlands and water quality. He has negotiated numerous rule-makings and compliance issues with federal, state and local environmental regulatory agencies.

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Jeffrey Breneman

Jeffrey Breneman serves as a Senior Vice President at mCapitol Management, bringing significant experience as a public policy consultant in Washington, D.C. and Michigan. Mr. Breneman has worked extensively on alternative energy technology, higher education funding and a wide array of local government and economic development projects.

Prior to becoming a multi-client government policy advisor, Mr. Breneman worked for Bosch, the world's largest automotive supplier. As the first Director of Government Relations for the German-based company's North American subsidiary, Mr. Breneman implemented a corporate strategy for federal, state and community relations for the automotive and non-automotive divisions in the United States.

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John D. Milne

John D. Milne brings over 30 years of experience in government affairs to mCapitol Management.

Prior to joining mCapitol Management, he was a Principal in a prestigious Washington, D.C.-based government relations firm. Additionally, Mr. Milne served as Director of Federal Government Affairs for 3M in Washington, D.C., where his responsibilities included a broad range of corporate issues including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, transportation, trade, and tax as well as representing 3M with Washington based national business associations.

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Wayne Nastri

Wayne Nastri joined mCapitol Management April 1, 2011 as a Senior Vice President and Co-Chair of the Energy and Environment Practice.

Prior to joining mCapitol, he worked with a prominent Washington DC based government relations firm where he worked with corporate clients and non-governmental organizations (NGO) on primarily environmental and energy issues. Wayne has worked in government sector as well having served for nearly eight years as the Region 9 Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2009. Before his appointment as Regional Administrator, he served on the Governing Board of California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District where he chaired the Technology Committee.

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Brad A. Queisser

Brad A. Queisser joins mCapitol Management as a Senior Vice President. With offices in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, the firm forges effective relationships at all levels of government and business throughout the United States and internationally. Mr. Queisser formerly served as Director, Government Relations for the prestigious Wall Street law firm of Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft in Washington, D.C. and New York City. While at Cadwalader, he was responsible for managing federal, state and local government advocacy for clients on issues including transportation, energy, engineering, construction, procurement and real estate.

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Larry Werner

Larry Werner joins mCapitol Management as a Senior Vice President. He brings extensive experience in both the public and private policy sectors.

Until 1999, Mr. Werner worked as the Legislative Director and Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, currently the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and helped manage three of Mr. Reid's four Senate campaigns. On Capitol Hill, Mr. Werner oversaw all legislative activity of the 16-member issues staff of the Senator's office, as well as the Senator's committee work, including the Defense Appropriations and the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittees. He also handled environmental matters while working with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Mr. Werner was also Senator Reid's representative to the Senate Democratic Leadership.

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