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 Shepherd Strategies is a premier government consulting firm built for organizations that operate at the intersection of business, policy, and public impact. We partner with forward-thinking companies, trade associations, and leaders to shape outcomes, influence decision-makers, and protect their license to operate in an increasingly complex regulatory and political environment.

Founded on the principle that relationships matter—but strategy wins Shepherd Strategies delivers a modern, results-driven approach to advocacy. 

Our team brings deep experience from government, campaigns, corporate leadership, and media, allowing us to anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and execute with precision. Economic development is our most prominent area of success.

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Jessica Beeson Tocco Named to The Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs

Jessica Beeson Tocco, President of Shepherd Strategies, is recognized among The Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs for her leadership and innovative approach to government affairs.

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Shepherd Strategies Named Top Public Affairs Firm 2026 by Gov Business Review

Press August 2026 Shepherd Strategies Named Top Public Affairs Firm 2026 by Gov Business Review Shepherd Strategies has been recognized as a Top Public Affairs Firm 2026 by Gov Business Review, with President Jessica Beeson Tocco featured in a firm profile in the magazine’s August 2026 issue. The feature looks at how the government affairs […]

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Regulation Power and Protecting the Future (Medical Millionaire Podcast)

Jessica Beeson Tocco on Medical Millionaire April 22, 2026 Regulation, Power, And Protecting The Future Of Aesthetics (Medical Millionaire Podcast) Jessica Beeson Tocco, President of Shepherd Strategies, was recently featured on Medical Millionaire — a leading podcast for medspa owners and medical aesthetics entrepreneurs hosted by Cameron Hemphill. In the episode, Jessica and Cameron explore […]

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When Providers Organize, Policy Listens (Medical Spa Mastermind)

When Providers Organize, Policy Listens (Medical Spa Mastermind)​ April 20, 2026  When Providers Organize, Policy Listens (Medical Spa Mastermind) Jessica Beeson Tocco, President of Shepherd Strategies, was recently featured on Medical Spa Mastermind — a leading podcast for aesthetic medicine professionals hosted by Kathy Christensen. In the episode, Jessica joins Michelle Doran, APRN, Co-President of […]

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Healthcare Policy, Innovation & Leadership (Medicine 101 Podcast)

Healthcare Policy, Innovation & Leadership (Medicine 101 Podcast) April 12, 2026 Healthcare Policy, Innovation & Leadership (Medicine 101 Podcast) Jessica Beeson Tocco, President of Shepherd Strategies, was recently featured on the Medicine 101 Podcast — a platform dedicated to making healthcare, science, and policy more accessible to students, professionals, and curious minds alike. In the […]

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Shepherd Strategies Joins AMPMA in Successful Opposition to House Bill 5087

Watch highlights of hearing for H. 5087 with Shepherd Strategies President Jessica Beeson Tocco

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Reducing TCO: The Business Case for Long-Term Electrification Investment (EVCS Panel)

President Jessica Beeson Tocco was honored to speak amongst a EV industry experts at EV Charging Summit 2026.

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Rethinking the Business of Lobbying (The Friday Reporter)

Rethinking The Business of Lobbying   March 06, 2026  Washington’s old lobbying playbook is broken. Shepherd Strategies has built a better one. President of Shepherd Strategies, Jessica Beeson Tocco, shares her insights about how to “be kind, tell the truth, and do your best” in today’s shifting lobbying environment. After leading one of the nation’s largest […]

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Prognosticating The Midterms as Polls Come to a Close (Greater Boston)

Prognosticating The Midterms as Polls Come to a Close November 06, 2018 Taped prior to polls closing on Tuesday: In a rarity for midterm elections, crowds have been voting in droves today. In Massachusetts, despite relatively few tight races, people traffic has been steady as well, with many voters saying they’re out to make a statement about the direction of […]

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Success Stories

When Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visited our client at Greentown Labs, the conversation didn't stop at the lab door. Shepherd Strategies turned one visit into a growing pipeline of city connections and a foundation for national expansion.

Building City-Level Momentum for a Massachusetts Innovator

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Building City-Level Momentum for a Massachusetts Innovator

Shepherd Strategies helped a Massachusetts municipal utility navigate overlapping state and federal regulatory frameworks to secure a critical Water Management Act permit.

Clearing the Path to Clean Water

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Clearing the Path to Clean Water

Our team has actively managed and participated in over $3.5 billion in transactions across five strategic mergers & acquisitions, ranging from startups to Fortune 50 businesses.

When Policy Catches Up to Technology

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When Policy Catches Up to Technology

Our team has actively managed and participated in over $3.5 billion in transactions across five strategic mergers & acquisitions, ranging from startups to Fortune 50 businesses.

Strategic Growth Through Acquisition – Experience Matters

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Strategic Growth Through Acquisition – Experience Matters

Shepherd Strategies helped MEVPAC secure a unanimous letter of support from the Trimble County Fiscal Court for its mobile EV power node to unlock state and federal grant funding.

Repositioning to Unlock Funding

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Repositioning to Unlock Funding

Introducing AI-powered whale detection technology has protected 700,000+ nautical miles of ocean to federal policy.

Protecting What Lives Below

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Protecting What Lives Below

Tourism and small business are the economic backbone of states like New Hampshire. Shepherd Strategies is proud to support that work at the state level and beyond.

Support at a Local Level

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Support at a Local Level

When the nation's oldest and largest UFO research network needed to be taken seriously in Washington, our team helped reframe the conversation, literally.

From Stigma to Legislation

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From Stigma to Legislation

In 48 hours, Shepherd Strategies secured high-level agency meetings, a National Economic Council engagement, and a White House event for clients in DC.

Delivering Under Pressure

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Delivering Under Pressure

When Interstate Business Solutions needed federal and state regulatory alignment to activate a public-private partnership in Indiana, Shepherd Strategies helped connect the dots—facilitating coordination across FHWA requirements, state transportation officials, and local stakeholders to bring a compelling project to life. The result benefits the local community, the state, and federal infrastructure goals simultaneously. Building on […]

Connecting the Dots in Indiana

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Connecting the Dots in Indiana

After a devastating fire destroyed Block Island’s iconic Harborside Inn in August 2023, Shepherd Strategies partnered with The Haynes Group to help rebuild, not just the structure, but the stakeholder alignment needed to make it possible. Through strategic relationship-building and focused coordination across town, state, and private interests, our team helped move this complex project […]

Restoring a Block Island Icon

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Restoring a Block Island Icon

Shepherd Strategies strives to align our clients with government interests by providing real-world industry feedback to decision-makers. When the U.S. Department of Energy requested industry comment on its plans to power data centers nationwide, we led our clients in providing industry-led data, shaping decision-makers, and initiating new federal bid opportunities.

Answering the Call

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Answering the Call

After supporting multiple small- to medium-sized enterprises creating and manufacturing U.S. power supply products, we proudly led the launch of three new U.S. factories, while securing millions of dollars of state, federal, and local funding for the entities that recently became Forgent Power- now one of the largest publicly traded manufacturing, engineering, and service companies […]

Launching U.S. Innovation

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Launching U.S. Innovation

Blink Charging celebrated the grand opening of its new global headquarters and 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bowie, Maryland. This expansion boosts production capacity to 30,000+ EV chargers annually, strengthening Blink’s leadership in the growing EV infrastructure market. Backed by community support and a commitment to innovation, Blink is driving the future of clean transportation. See […]

Celebrating Strategic Expansion

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Celebrating Strategic Expansion

Our team worked with CleanLight Inc. to apply for a Department of Energy Title 17 Loan to establish a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to produce CleanLight’s solar-powered lighting towers and SOLBOX residential solar generators. Once opened the facility will enable CleanLight to meet the growing demand for energy solutions in the U.S. market while creating jobs, […]

Funding for Manufacturing Expansion

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Funding for Manufacturing Expansion

In partnership with our team, Cleaner Highways secured and executed a public-private partnership to clean over 1,200 miles of Indiana interstates, empowering individuals facing employment challenges. Thanks to Cleaner Highways and their ingenuity, homeless, formerly incarcerated, and recovering individuals found employment and improved their lives and communities. Today, the company employs over 350 Hoosiers who […]

Positive Impact via the Interstates

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Positive Impact via the Interstates

Through strategic negotiations led by our team, States Manufacturing secured $2.8 million in state incentives from Minnesota. These funds are instrumental in supporting the client’s $24 million investment, which includes leasing 500,000 square feet at The Cubes, a cutting-edge facility in Dayton, Minnesota. Our team worked with this client to prepare for their grand opening […]

Laying the Groundwork for Expansion in MN

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Laying the Groundwork for Expansion in MN

America’s first and only nano-photonic quantum entropy-based computing company, QCi, leveraged our partnership to open a state-of-the-art thin film lithium niobate exfoliation facility in Arizona. This facility created dozens of jobs locally while securing incentives from all levels of government. This facility remains one of its kind in the USA, competing globally on a daily […]

Setting A Benchmark with Quantum Foundry

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Setting A Benchmark with Quantum Foundry

The Aesthetic Medical Spa industry is valued at over $21 billion and expected to grow to $80 billion by 2028, led by small, local, woman-owned businesses. Highly educated doctors and nurses lead these facilities, creating 1000s of jobs while leveraging new technologies to transform women’s health. However, state regulators and legislators risk harming the industry […]

Driving Policy to Protect Jobs

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Driving Policy to Protect Jobs

In the face of uncertain international trade laws and confusing U.S. immigration policies, Shepherd Strategies supports client legal teams to ensure their best and brightest talent may legally work and participate in the U.S. economy.

Legal Team Support

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Legal Team Support

Through Shepherd Strategies' dedication to nonprofit support and pro bono efforts, the team has worked hand in hand with the Dream Center of Indianapolis to secure state funding to support the ongoing survival of single mothers and former foster youth in Indiana.

Nonprofit Funding Support

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Nonprofit Funding Support

Fall of 2025, Shepherd Strategies drafted and submitted multiple entries for businesses that respond to the public Request for Information process, creating a pathway for them to provide solutions to the government as the grid modernizes for generals to come.

Strengthening the Grid

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Strengthening the Grid

Securing tariff and trade resolutions for a multinational company is one of the many successes Shepherd Strategies is proud to have been a part of.

Securing Tariff and Trade Resolutions

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Securing Tariff and Trade Resolutions

At Shepherd Strategies, we support local, state, and national media as subject matter experts,

Media Outlets

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Media Outlets

As the U.S. water supply continues to be challenged by natural disasters and increased demand from technological advancements like data centers, the United States must have a strategic water reserve.

Strategic Water Reserves

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Strategic Water Reserves

Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Venture Capital are all looking to capitalize on the next big investments from the federal government, while mitigating risks due to tariffs, changes in the international tax code, and changes to federal funding projections and timelines. 

Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Venture Capital

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Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Venture Capital
In a world of sheep and wolves, we are the shepherds
In a world of sheep and wolves, we are the shepherds
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From a Hallway Conversation to a Federal Research Partnership

See how an early-stage technology company turned a federal lab connection into a CRADA partnership, technical validation, and lasting credibility.
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How to Approach a DOE National Laboratory Without Wasting Your First Conversation

Learn how to approach a DOE national laboratory, choose the right engagement mechanism, prepare for the first conversation, and build
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A DOE Partnership Is Not a Shortcut to Commercialization: What Companies Should Expect

Learn what DOE partnerships actually deliver, where commercialization gaps arise, and how companies can turn federal research relationships into commercial
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How Smart PE Firms Stack Government Incentives to Maximize Portfolio Value

Discover how private equity firms can stack federal grants, state tax incentives, workforce funding, and local programs to reduce equity
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America’s Grid Is at a Crossroads: What Utilities, Developers, and Policymakers Need to Know

The United States is entering one of the most consequential periods in the history of its electric grid. Surging demand from data centers and advanced…
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Looking for a Keynote Speaker?

Jessica McGann recently retired as the CEO of A10 Associates, the nation’s largest bi-partisan woman-owned lobbying firm. A10 was a multistate firm in the United States, operating in 36 states, creating over 1,500 jobs…
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