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Ron Geoghegan joined McCarthy Strategic Solutions in
2008 bringing more than 25 years experience in government relations to
the firm.
As chief lobbyist for BellSouth Kentucky from 1987 to
2007, Geoghegan represented Kentucky’s largest telecommunications
company before federal, state and local officials. He developed
cutting-edge public policy initiatives for the legislature, including
direct lobbying, messaging, grassroots activities, political action
committees, third-party support, and coalition-building. These efforts
led to the passage of a series of major telecommunications industry
deregulation bills.
Geoghegan also has a long history of statewide
leadership in higher education, science, technology and innovation. As
chair of Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education, Geoghegan played a key
role in garnering support for sweeping educational reform set forth in
the 1997 HB 1.
He also serves as chair of the Kentucky Science and
Technology Corporation and co-chair of the Kentucky Initiative for
Advanced Placement in Math, Science and English. He is former chair of
the St. Catherine College Board of Trustees, and the Public Policy
Forums of the State Chamber of Commerce. He has also served on the
boards of Leadership Kentucky and the Commission on the Future of the
South.
Geoghegan holds a B.A. in journalism from the
University of Kentucky and an M.B.A. from Bellarmine University. He and
his wife, Mary Leslie Land, have one son, Joe.
Email: ron@mssgov.com
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