Founder & CEO
Key Advocacy
David Lusk, Founder of Key Advocacy, has over 20 years’ experience in policy and government affairs. He specializes in advocate training and developing grassroots and grasstops engagement programs. Since 2010, he has provided highly-customized training for Capitol Visit Days and conducting 365-engagement to over 10,000 association members, nonprofit volunteers and C-Suite executives. David has received national recognition for the advocate networks he built for the Society of Human Resource Management and the Alzheimer’s Association, and these programs now serve as the template followed by numerous organizations for their own advanced-advocacy initiatives.
Key Advocacy’s diverse client base consists of organizations large and small, including the American College of Cardiology, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Library Association, American Medical Association, Microsoft Corporation, National Association of Spine Specialists and Ohio Association of Nurse Executives.
David has written extensively on policy advocacy and engagement best practices, with his work topping government affairs best-seller lists. He is frequently tapped for his expertise to speak at industry events hosted by groups such as the Public Affairs Council and National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics. David also serves in leadership for the American Society of Association Executives as the Rising Chair of its Government Relations and Advocacy Professionals Advisory Council (GRAPAC). A graduate of Brown University, David earned degrees in both Public Policy and Business Economics.
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Sunday, June 26, 2022
1:00pm – 2:00pm