Vermont

KIMBALL SHERMAN & ELLIS
Kimbell, Sherman & Ellis
26 State Street, Ste. 14
Montpelier, Vermont 05602

802/229-4900 (phone)
802-229-5110 (fax)

RSS@KSE50.com

William Shouldice and Associates
PO Box 1531
26 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05601

802/223-1197 (phone)
802/223-1408 (fax)

bill@wsavt.com
shawn@wsavt.com
wsavt@wsavt.com

Firm Profile

SKS & Associates is a joint venture between William Shouldice & Associates and Kimbell (take out this &) Sherman & Ellis, two of Vermont's leading government relations firms. SKS & Associates offers comprehensive lobbying, legal and public relations services. The group has extensive experience in the Vermont legislative and regulatory process and has developed personal relationships with the key players and policy makers in Vermont government. SKS offers clients personal service and comprehensive strategies tailored for their specific need.

Firm Specialty

SKS & Associates specializes in legislative and executive branch lobbying in the areas of business, environment, health care, energy and telecommunications. The firm offers a wide range of services including developing grassroots strategies, media relations, speech training and writing and drafting legislation.

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WILLIAM C. SHOULDICE, III Principal of William Shouldice & Associates, has spent over 22 years in the government arena as a corporate and contract lobbyist in Vermont. After 15 years as a government liaison for the insurance industry, Bill formed his own firm in 1988. He serves as a business advocate for a diverse clientele that includes local and national organizations. Bill directs the planning and implementation of custom designed legislative strategies including issues research and monitoring constituency management, decision-maker briefings, and expert testimony.

STEPHEN W. KIMBLL, a top aide to former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin has lobbied in the Vermont State House for 20 years. He managed Kunin campaigns for lieutenant governor and governor and was her state planning director in the mid-1980's in charge of policy formulation. In 1987 he and Robert Sherman formed the government relations firm of Kimbell & Sherman.

ROBERT SHERMAN, a journalist in Vermont and Washington, D.C. for 12 years, served as Kunin's special assistant and press secretary from 1985 to 1987. In addition to acting as the governor's liaison to the Agency of Natural Resources and departments of Agriculture, Labor and Industry and Banking and Insurance, Sherman was a key lobbyist during three legislative sessions on a number of the governor's environment and utility priorities.

SHAWN S. BANFIELD of William Shouldice & Associates has been with the firm since its formation. In that time, she has developed and implemented some of the most effective grassroots campaigns ever used in Vermont. She is a skilled planner of government and business relations programs that are results oriented and responsive to clients' projected goals and budgets, and has built excellent working relationships with key legislators, administrative officials, and maintains essential contact with the House and Senate leadership, as well as Legislative Council and State House staff.