Julie
M. Sibbing
Director - Global Warming, Agriculture and
Wildlife,
National Wildlife Federation
"Ms. Fox always remained extremely professional in our dealing. She was thorough, reliable, diligent, and focused through the entire project. Her knowledge and experience allowed us to contact and invite key people from the Government to participate in our project."
Andrew Chek, Ph.D. Director, Global Programs & Partnerships Organization for Tropical Studies
Experience
Alison Fox, President
Fox Strategy Group excels at efficiently providing quality, practical advice to develop a comprehensive strategy to promote your objectives in the following areas of federal policy:
Immigration
Space
Innovation
Intellectual Property
Climate Change
Science R&D
Energy
Agriculture
Life Sciences
Clean Water
Higher Education
Animal Welfare
Ms. Fox began her career developing federal policy as a Congressional staffer on the United States Senate Committee on Budget. She continued in the Senate with a position on the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Agriculture Committee). She began her tenure on the Agriculture Committee as a prestigious, competitively-awarded American Association for the Advancement of Science congressional science fellow and quickly became a permanent staffer, advancing to Deputy Staff Director of the Agriculture Committee. As Deputy Staff Director, Ms. Fox assisted in Committee management, including overseeing staff and working on legislation, and she managed federal nominations under the Agriculture Committee's jurisdiction.
Ms. Fox received her S.B. in Economics, with a minor in Russian Language, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and her M.S. in Chemistry from Boston College. After graduating from law school, Ms. Fox practiced antitrust law with the Texas Attorney General's Office in Austin, Texas. She received her degree in chemistry as a prelude to pursing federal policy, initially with a focus on science and environmental policy.
Selected Achievements and Presentations
Ushered $17 Billion plus Conversation Title of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) through Congress, from drafting and introduction in Senate, through Senate Committee and floor negotiations, and House-Senate Conference. Successfully developed and advocated for inclusion of then-new multi-billion dollar agricultural conservation program, Conservation Security Program.
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Managed and staffed meetings and events with Members of Congress, Federal Department Secretaries and senior staff, and President Obama, including March 2009 energy event at White House and MIT-hosted energy event with US Representative Markey, OSTP Director Holdren, and Special Assistant Browner at MIT in April 2009.
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Advised and collaborated with National Wildlife Federation staff to draft and develop legislation for a sustainable bio-energy program, with a version enacted into law as the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (as part of the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill)).
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Co-initiated and co-led the Association for Public and Land Grant Universities energy advocacy group. The group focused on federal energy policy.
- Witness, Hearing, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, “The New Federal Farm Bill,” August 13, 2001, Frankenmuth, Michigan.
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Witness, Hearing, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, “The New Federal Farm Bill,” August 13, 2001, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Panelist “The View from Capitol Hill.” The Conservation Reserve Program: Planting for the Future. National Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 6-9, 2004, Symposium Sponsored by the Farm Service Agency and the US Geological Survey.
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Pheasants Forever Conservation Service Award (2002).