Jack Fields represented the 8th Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1980 to 1997. Jack served on the Committee on Energy and Commerce from 1982 to 1997. In 1995, when Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, Jack became the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. At that time, the Subcommittee had jurisdiction over interstate and international telecommunications, the Federal Communications Commission, and the telephone, cellular, cable, and broadcast industries. The Subcommittee also had jurisdiction over the Securities and Exchange Commission, the mutual fund industry and the activities of investment bankers, stockbrokers, investment advisors, and stock exchanges.

As Subcommittee Chairman, Jack led the effort in the House to enact the first comprehensive reform of the Communications Act of 1934. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, designed to promote competition in all telecommunications-related industries and create an environment in which new telecommunications technologies could flourish, was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in February 1996.

Jack also spearheaded passage of the National Securities Markets Improvements Act of 1996, which protects investors while also promoting greater efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets. He played a critical leadership role in enactment of the Securities Litigation Reform Act, which reformed the Federal civil justice system relating to private securities litigation.

Jack was deeply involved in national maritime, fisheries, energy, and environmental policy while serving as the Ranking Minority Member on the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He served on the Committee from 1981 until 1995. He was actively involved in legislation related to oil spill liability legislation, passed after the grounding of the EXXON VALDEZ in Alaska; safety of the cruise ship industry; endangered species and wetlands; fisheries and wildlife refuges; promotion of American ports and merchant marine; shipbuilding; and the Coast Guard.

Jack has built and maintained a wide network of personal friendships and professional relationships among government officials of both parties.

Jack earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 1974, and his J.D. degree from Baylor Law School in 1977. For nine years, Jack served as a trustee of Baylor University. Jack now sits on the Board of Directors of AIM Mutual Funds, the eighth largest mutual fund company in the United States, and Administaff (NYSE: ASF), a premier professional employer organization with clients nationwide. In addition, Jack sits on the Board of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational resources to people in need around the world through the use of technology.


Cynthia M. Wilkinson •• President
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	Capitol Hill experience: close to 30 years
	Received a B.A. in Government from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas

	Attained a J.D. with honors from Potomac School of Law
	Admitted to the Bar of District of Columbia, the State of Georgia and has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States

Co-author of “Slick Work: An Analysis of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990” which appeared in the National Journal of Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law.

Cynthia began working on Capitol Hill in 1970 and retired in 1997. She was selected to serve as a Lyndon Baines Johnson intern by her hometown Congressman, Jack Brooks, who represented the 9^th Congressional District of Texas until the early 1990s.

Cynthia worked for Congressman Mario Biaggi of New York from 1971-1988, most of that time as Majority Council on the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. In 1993 she was appointed as Chief Minority Counsel of the Committee. During her tenure, she gained expertise on matters relating to fisheries, the Coast Guard, cruise ship trade and safety, the Panama Canal, shipbuilding, shipping, endangered species, environmental policy and wetlands. Cynthia was the Committee’s Majority Council during consideration of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and coordinated deliberations among the committees of jurisdiction in the House and Senate.

In 1995, she was appointed to serve as a Majority Council on the House Committee on Commerce’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. While there, she worked on legislation related to reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and finance issues. Her position as Majority and Minority Chief Council afforded her the opportunity to provide legal analysis and advice to Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle on a variety of legislation from the environment to telecommunications.

Internationally, Cynthia served as a delegate or observer to several United Nations conferences including:

London

	1992 – U.S. Delegate, 32nd Session, Marine Environment Protection Committee, International Maritime Organization.
	1991 – U.S. Delegate 59th Session, Maritime Safety Committee, International Maritime Organization.

1990 – U.S. Delegate, Conference on International Co–Operation on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response, International Maritime Organization.

1980 – U.S. Observer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Jocelyn R. Hong ••Principal, Vice President for Corporate Development
jocelyn.hong@verizon.net

Jocelyn R. Hong has worked in Washington since 1986 and has extensive legislative experience. She was instrumental in the passage of a landmark Federal law to clean up radioactive materials, which passed in a record three days.

She has also been successful in numerous projects, including:

activating a Congressional Oversight Committee to initiate a controversial General Accounting Office inquiry resulting in a strong report;

	obtaining several policy initiatives in appropriations bills;
	obtaining both an authorization and an appropriation for a flood control project in the same calendar year;
	obtaining a large Federal grant for public housing;
	striking a balance on new environmental standards for a refined products pipeline while creating broad congressional support for the environmental study.

Ms. Hong was part of President Clinton’s 1992 presidential transition team. She has been involved in numerous Presidential and Congressional campaigns. As an advisor to the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Institute, she worked very closely with Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta. Her congressional experience includes working as a legislative aide to both U.S. Senator John Glenn and Congressman Dennis E. Eckart. For Congressman Eckart, she worked on passage of the 1992 Energy Policy Act and on the staff of the Small Business Subcommittee on Privatization and the Impact of Deregulation, which he chaired.

Born and raised in Honolulu, she has cultivated her organizational and management abilities as a leader in several national charitable organizations representing Asian American and women's interests. She was spokesperson for a coalition of Korean merchants victimized by violent crime in the nation'’s capital, she is a founding board member of the Asian American Action Fund which is dedicated to supporting Asian Americans for elected office. She has also served as a board member of the Washington Coalition on Comfort Women Issues as well as a founding board member of the Korean American Coalition, Washington, D.C. Chapter. Ms. Hong joins the Twenty-First Century Group with over a decade of lobbying experience.

Lisa Rulli•• Director of Government Affairs
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Lisa D. Rulli is the Director of Government Affairs for the Twenty-First Century Group. She brings to the firm over 10 years of legislative experience, both on Capitol Hill and at the state level. She developed valuable congressional affairs experience working on the House Committee on Resources and the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. In addition, Lisa developed a practical understanding of the issue areas before those committees, including endangered species, fisheries, wetlands, and the maritime industry.

Lisa has experience working with state legislatures as well. She dealt with all levels of state government while working on issues related to healthcare, employer practices, alcohol and tobacco, and transportation. Additionally, Lisa developed expertise in regard to a number of state Medicaid programs.