Andrew Meehan
Account Director
Walks the walk on challenges like mental health reform, teacher pay and conservation funding. Boils down complicated reports into a few sentences. Plays the guitar for an audience of one: his two-year-old daughter. With more than 10 years of experience in lobbying, grassroots communications and campaign messaging, Andrew communicates issues that matter to audiences that count. His clients include Youth Villages, Lenovo, Land for Tomorrow, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and Google. Before joining Capstrat, Andrew was manager of government affairs for the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, where he specialized in tailoring messages for a grassroots base and for legislators. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a BA in news editorial.
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ameehan@capstrat.com
My Latest Posts and Articles 
- 01.11.2012 On the Grid, In the Loop
- 06.30.2011 Did General Assembly Make Life Easier or Harder for Ag Commissioner?
- 10.15.2010 Early voting completely changes campaigns
- 09.21.2010 Elected officials and politicians have a long way to go on social media
- 08.25.2010 Another $1 billion in federal funds, amazingly, won't help the state's fiscal challenge
- 08.16.2010 Blogging the budget – Teacher jobs saved, for now; cuts elsewhere
- 08.03.2010 Blogging the Budget – Just what is this Highway Trust Fund everyone is so keen on saving?
- 07.29.2010 Blogging the State Budget – Dept. of Things You Didn’t Know Needed Solving
- 07.19.2010 The “Extraordinary” Power of the Legislative Pen
- 07.15.2010 Blogging the State Budget – What does it mean to cut the budget?
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