BRANDON HOUSKEEPER

Brandon Houskeeper is the Principal of Houskeeper Public Affairs. With 10 years of registered lobbying experience, and more than 20 years in government relations, Mr. Houskeeper has represented a broad spectrum of business community interests and clients. Previous representation included Puget Sound Energy, where Brandon served as the manager of state government relations, for both Washington and Montana. Mr. Houskeeper also served as a government affairs director at the Association of Washington Businesses. His background on policy issues includes energy, environment, land use, climate change, regulatory reform, and other business issues. Mr. Houskeeper has also tracked small business policy issues for the association. Prior to joining AWB, Mr. Houskeeper was a policy analyst with Washington Policy Center, focusing on environmental, land use and energy regulation issues. While with WPC, Mr. Houskeeper also directed WashingtonVotes.org, WPC's free public service website for following legislation in Olympia. Mr. Houskeeper served with the Washington State Legislature and as the government affairs director for a professional home builders' association, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience with the legislative process at the state and local level. Houskeeper holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Washington.