Principal
Brian Hudson h
as worked in and around state government relations and politics for more than 14 years and was recently ranked among the top five lobbyists in Georgia by James Magazine. During that time, he has served as an unpaid advisor and fundraiser to numerous legislative, Congressional and statewide campaigns, including serving on the finance committee for Sam Olens for Attorney General and Governor Sonny Perdue’s finance committee for the Southern Governors’ Association meeting held in Georgia. In addition, he has effectively represented Fortune 500 corporations, trade associations, non-profit organizations and municipal governments before the General Assembly, Governor’s office, Constitutional Officers, state agencies, local governments and the Georgia Congressional Delegation.
Hudson began his professional career working as a lobbyist aide and then on a Congressional campaign in West Georgia. He later moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked in the office of Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston (R). After a brief stint on Capitol Hill, he served as a senior analyst for MultiState Associates, Inc., where he provided legislative and political analysis to the firm’s corporate clients. It was this opportunity that brought him back to Georgia where he opened and operated MultiState’s southeastern office.
This experience led him to The Home Depot where he served as a senior state and local lobbyist for the world’s largest home improvement retailer. In this capacity, Hudson managed legislative and government relations strategies in various states and several U.S. Territories and served as the top lobbyist in their home state of Georgia. He worked closely with The Home Depot executives on a wide range of issues including tort reform, tax, zoning, trade, land use, consumer pricing, environmental, economic development, licensing, natural disasters and others.
In 2005 Hudson began his consulting practice and since then has provided government relations counseling, lobbying assistance and strategic advice to a diverse group of clients including DIRECTV, Daiichi-Sankyo, Hewlett-Packard Company, The Home Depot, Novo Nordisk, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, TechAmerica, Zoo Atlanta and others.
In addition to his public affairs experience in Georgia, Hudson has extensive national experience working on complex issues in multiple states and U.S. territories and with several legislative groups including the National Conference of State Legislatures, the American Legislative Exchange Council and the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. In addition, he has served on the national finance committee for the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) for the last five years.
In the community, Hudson served on the board of directors for Research Atlanta (now the Regional Atlanta Civic League) and the Georgia Partnership for Caring Foundation and has assisted with the building of Habitat for Humanity homes and KABOOM! Playgrounds.
He is a graduate of The University of Georgia where he studied political science. In addition to his political interests, Brian is an accomplished drummer, musician and educator. He and his wife, Mandy, have three boys and reside in Roswell, Georgia.
