Bridging the Gap Between Clients & Key Decision Makers:

Your Full-Service Government Relations Partner.

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our mission

Employing our experience and connections at the state and federal level, North Star Strategies (NSS) evaluates carefully the entire situation so we can execute the most effective strategy for our clients. As a full service Government Relations firm, we work with policymakers, recruit and construct coalitions, as well as identify third-party allies, which ensures success for our clients and their agenda.

With a proven track record of success, NSS is always looking out for the long-term interest of our clients. We represent large corporate entities, trade associations, environmental not-for-profit groups, and emerging technological startups.

Most importantly, we understand the every situation needs a clear direction, which is what we work to provide for our clients.

issues we know

Agriculture & Agribusiness Development
Banking & Financial Services
Business & Economic Development
Public Private Partnerships
Energy & Environment
Agriculture & Agribusiness Development
Banking & Financial Services
Business & Economic Development
Public Private Partnerships
Energy & Environment

Financial Services

Government Reform & Regulation

Health Care

Technology & Telecommunications

Financial Services
Government Reform & Regulation
Health Care
Technology & Telecommunication

our services

Government Relations

North Star Strategies provides clients with experienced representation and at all levels of government throughout the U.S. as well as in Washington D.C. Our consultation can help ensure the client’s confidence in obtaining favorable outcomes with all government relations needs.

Our clients include businesses of all sizes, nonprofit organizations, and numerous trade and professional associations. We assist our clients by designing and implementing government relations strategies customized to each client’s individual needs and goals. They may be as straightforward as facilitating a meeting between constituents and their elected representatives or as complex as organizing and managing a coalition utilizing grassroots, media, and social networking to focus public attention on a policy issue.

Grass Roots Advocacy
Legislative and Executive Branch Lobbying
Legislative Monitoring
PAC Development
Regulatory Assistance

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Business Development can take shape along several different fronts. It can be pursuing strategic opportunities for our clients or cultivating partnerships that can eventually help identify new strategies in achieving each’s goal. North Star Strategies specializes in fostering those relationships that enables/creates the flow of value for the long-term thus taking each client to the next level.

Fundraising
Strategic Development
Project Management
Marketing

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Working closely with our clients, we connect them with key decision makers, develop media strategies, utilize our connection into social networks, and form strategic partnerships or coalition building. Regardless of the client or issue, the result is a dynamic campaign helping influence governmental officials or public policy decision makers through effective communications.

Community Relations
Corporate Communication and Reputation Management
Media Relations
Public Affairs and Issues Management

Government Relations

North Star Strategies provides clients with experienced representation and at all levels of government throughout the U.S. as well as in Washington D.C. Our consultation can help ensure the client’s confidence in obtaining favorable outcomes with all government relations needs.

Our clients include businesses of all sizes, nonprofit organizations, and numerous trade and professional associations. We assist our clients by designing and implementing government relations strategies customized to each client’s individual needs and goals. They may be as straightforward as facilitating a meeting between constituents and their elected representatives or as complex as organizing and managing a coalition utilizing grassroots, media, and social networking to focus public attention on a policy issue.

Grass Roots Advocacy
Legislative and Executive Branch Lobbying
Legislative Monitoring
PAC Development
Regulatory Assistance

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Business Development can take shape along several different fronts. It can be pursuing strategic opportunities for our clients or cultivating partnerships that can eventually help identify new strategies in achieving each’s goal. North Star Strategies specializes in fostering those relationships that enables/creates the flow of value for the long-term thus taking each client to the next level.

Fundraising
Strategic Development
Project Management
Marketing

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Working closely with our clients, we connect them with key decision makers, develop media strategies, utilize our connection into social networks, and form strategic partnerships or coalition building. Regardless of the client or issue, the result is a dynamic campaign helping influence governmental officials or public policy decision makers through effective communications.

Community Relations
Corporate Communication and Reputation Management
Media Relations
Public Affairs and Issues Management

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who we are

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Dave Moss

Business Partner

Dave Moss started North Star Strategies LLC in the summer of 2016. He previously served as the Vice President and Director of Governmental Affairs for the Kentucky Coal Association (KCA) for more than ten years.

During his tenure at KCA, he was instrumental in growing the highly successful Friends of Coal campaign in Kentucky, as well as other coal producing states, and to other countries, such as Columbia. He also served as the primary government liaison for Kentucky’s coal industry at the state and federal level.

Prior to his time at KCA, Moss served in the Governor’s Office during the Fletcher Administration working as a Special Assistant to both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

Moss earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Kentucky, and attended the Harvard Business School to complete the Senior Executive Management Program. He was also a member of the 2012 Leadership Kentucky class.

Aside from Moss’s tenure in Frankfort, he has extensive experience in public policy and the inner workings of government. He previously worked for the Council of State Governments at their Capitol Hill office in D.C. as well as in their national headquarters, which are located in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Rusty Ashcraft

Business Partner

Mr. Ashcraft is a Partner in North Star Strategies, LLC. North Star provides legislative, regulatory, and governmental affairs services for clients in Washington, DC and many states. In addition, we serve as representatives on business and trade associations, including, state coal associations, state chambers of commerce, and other groups, as requested.

Mr. Ashcraft served as Corporate Environmental Manager for Alliance Coal, LLC (formerly MAPCO Coal, Inc.) from 1993 till 2011 where he oversaw environmental compliance and permitting for Alliance Coal and their subsidiary companies. Specifically, provided technical expertise in the following programs: SMCRA, RCRA, TSCA, CWA, CAA and many other environmental laws and regulations. Mr. Ashcraft served as Manager, Government Affairs & Environmental Policy for Alliance Coal with specific responsibility for KY, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Federal Environmental Issues from 2011 till 2017.

Prior to 1993, Mr. Ashcraft served as Environmental Manager for the Louisville, KY district office of ATEC Associates, Inc., an international engineering and environmental consulting firm. Duties included managing projects and staff which required RCRA groundwater monitoring, hazardous waste spills, site assessments, supervised Environmental Impact Studies and remediation projects.

Mr. Ashcraft earned a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Kentucky and maintained Professional Geologist Registrations in Kentucky and Indiana.

He serves on the Board of Directors for many state and National Coal Associations. He was the former Chairman of the Kentucky Geologic Survey Advisory Board.

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Our mission is to help our clients clearly define their policy goals, map out their strategic options, and successfully navigate the legislative and administrative processes.

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