John
D.
Freshman
Practice Area Professionals
Senior Vice President, Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group, LLC
Washington, D.C.
Business Phone:
202.274.2850
Business Fax:
202.654.5614
john.freshman@troutmansanders.com
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John Freshman is Senior Vice President with Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group, LLC and a strategic government relations consultant, business leader, and legislative and regulatory advocate on environmental and natural resource issues for a variety of private business and public agency clients. He has distinguished himself as a leader in the complex world of western water supply, especially in California where he is a trusted advisor to some of the state’s largest water and wastewater utilities and key decision-makers.
Work Experience
President, Freshman Kast, Inc., 1991-2006
Founding Principal & Executive Vice President, Jellinek, Schwartz, Connolly & Freshman, Inc., 1981-1991
Special Advisor to the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1979-1981
Associate Director, U.S. Regulatory Council, March-November 1979
Senior Staff Member, President's Reorganization Project, 1977-1979
Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, U.S. Senate, 1976-1977
Staff Assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie, National Commission on Water Quality, 1973-1976 Legislative Assistant, Senator Robert T. Stafford, 1971-1973
Human Services Planner, Vermont State Office of Economic Opportunity, Montpelier, Vermont, 1970-1971
Staff Assistant, Senator Richard Schweiker, 1969-1970