Who We Are

MARK BOGETICH
Mark Bogetich, the firm’s founder and president, is one of the nation’s pre-eminent political vulnerability researchers. He has nearly 20 years of experience providing research consulting services to a wide variety of clients – from statewide ballot initiatives, to candidates for governor and United States Senate, to local elected officials. Bogetich has been referred to as “the only game in town” for researchers in California and has been featured in the San Jose Mercury News and Los Angeles Times. He has also been named by Campaigns & Elections as one of the “Top 100 Influencers” in California politics. In addition to his research duties, Bogetich has provided communications, and public affairs consulting services to clients in the gaming, insurance and financial industries.

ANDREW DAVIS (OF COUNSEL TO MB PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INC.)
Andrew Davis has extensive experience in political and public affairs campaigns across the country. In 2008, Davis led a team of seven researchers in Alaska for the Republican National Committee and McCain/Palin. In 2006, he served as Research Director for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successful re-election campaign. In 2005, Davis was director of the RNC’s “Research Operations Center” where he helped develop the research for the historic Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Samuel A. Alito Jr. and John G. Roberts Jr. Before the RNC, Davis worked on the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, where he managed the “Party for the President” program organizing more than 30,000 individual grassroots volunteer events.

MICHAEL KAHOE
Michael Kahoe is a recognized public policy expert who specializes in state and national regulatory matters and government relations. He has nearly 30 years of experience working on environmental, regulatory, and natural resource issues in California, including Assistant Secretary of the former Environmental Affairs Agency, Deputy Secretary and part of the original team that created the California Environmental Protection Agency, and Deputy Cabinet Secretary over the State’s environmental, natural resources, regulatory, and agricultural agencies. Prior to service with the State of California, Kahoe was an environmental consultant with Bay Area consulting firms and worked for the Fresno County-City Economic Development Program.

PAUL HARMS
Paul Harms specializes in financial analysis and budgeting for public and non-profit entities. Prior to joining the firm, Harms served as Financial Controller of the Associated Students of the University of California, Davis, where he managed an annual operating budget of more than $10 million. Harms also has played a key role in higher education advocacy efforts and in coordinating student lobbying campaigns.