Monument Strategies operates in many broad areas of the policy debate. Although not limited to the following subject matters, we have highlighted just a few examples of our successful work on behalf of our clients below. The examples indicate broad categories in which we operate – Appropriations, Financial Services, Information Technology, and Health Care policy.
FreeConferenceCall.com hired Monument Strategies to help establish a presence on Capitol Hill as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began to attack its business practices. As a result, Monument Strategies helped develop relationships with key decision makers on Capitol Hill and shaped the debates so that FreeConferenceCall.com became an integral part of the debate as Congress shapes telecommunications policy. FreeConferenceCall.com, based in Long Beach, CA, is the leading provider of free one-to-many collaborative communication solutions.
Astronics-DME Corporation has worked with Monument Strategies for a decade. Astronics-DME Corporation hired Monument Strategies to help it build a Capitol Hill presence as well as to ensure the annual appropriation for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) budget for runway lighting systems are adequate. Year after year, Monument Strategies has worked with the U.S. Congress to successfully ensure that lighting systems at our nation’s airports are sufficiently funded, which has resulted in greater public safety for millions of passengers every year. In addition, Monument Strategies has helped Astronics Test Systems gain Congressional support for its radio-based test systems for the Army and Marine Corps.
Monument Strategies has worked with McLaren Health Corporation for more than two decades on Capitol Hill in the health policy and appropriations arena. McLaren Health Corporation, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7 billion (budget FY24), fully integrated, nonprofit health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 15 hospitals in Michigan and Ohio, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering approximately 640,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren also operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Monument Strategies has worked with Pyxus International, a global agriculture firm, for more than a decade. Monument Strategies assists Pyxus in a wide-ranging manner, which includes global trade, sustainability efforts and workforce issues. In addition, Monument Strategies helps monitor and advise Pyxus on Congressional and administrative actions that affect domestic agriculture and tobacco production.