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Joe McClees is president and owner of McClees Consulting, Inc. Named among North Carolina's most effective lobbyists, Joe McClees is no stranger to controversial issues. Joe has lobbied in the North Carolina General Assembly for more than twenty years on Second Amendment gun issues as well as varied environmental, business, and regulatory issues for companies and trade organizations. Involved in politics from his youth, in 1972 Joe McClees worked in his first statewide race when his friend Jim Hunt ran for Lieutenant Governor. One of Hunt's "key" supporters, Joe McClees applied his political science degree to real life politics in North Carolina. Joe McClees soon became employed by the State of North Carolina in various positions, including Coastal Ambassador, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Natural Resources & Community Development, and, Economic Development Officer for the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries. The positions of Coastal Ambassador and Special Assistant to the Secretary included the handling of politically sensitive projects for the Secretary. As Economic Development Officer in the NC Division of Marine Fisheries, Joe undertook & completed the first economic survey of the commercial fishing industry in NC; created economic development shop with the Division to promote the NC commercial seafood industry. Joe McClees became Executive Director of the NC Fisheries Association in 1986, and soon expanded his consulting and lobbying practice to accept other clients. Since 1987, Joe McClees has owned McClees Consulting. His consulting firm provides services in lobbying, monitoring legislative sessions, business consulting, and economic development. Joe McClees has developed a network of lobbyists in all states & US territories. Providing lobbying services and business consulting services wherever needs arise, Joe McClees routinely travels for clients to Hawaii and the Pacific Rim. Contact Joe McClees |
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