McGuireWoods Consulting’s government affairs and communications professionals have a unique depth of experience working in education policy—from early learning to higher education and workforce development—in both the public and private sector. Our consultants have served as governors, state secretaries of education, university executives, Congressional staffers, and K-12 public school teachers.
We offer a full suite of services, customizable based on our clients’ needs and goals. Our education clients include Fortune 500 companies, major metropolitan school districts, state education associations, national charter school networks, state universities, edtech startups, and state and national nonprofits, both large and small.
We assist clients in the below areas:
- Government relations and consulting
- Political environment and policy issue analysis
- External affairs and brand management
- Market intelligence and business strategy
- Business development and procurement
- Federal and state bill tracking and issue management
- Communications and public relations
Led by Laura Novey, former secretary of education in Virginia, our team includes two other state secretaries of education, Fran Bradford and Jim Dyke. In addition to Virginia, members of our team are based in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington, D.C. We attend national education and state legislative conferences where we are able to connect our clients with state officials, allowing our clients an opportunity to build relationships and brand awareness with governors, lieutenant governors, legislators, state superintendents and secretaries of education.
