Lincoln Policy Group

What Lincoln Policy Group does

Lincoln Policy Group is a privately held, bipartisan governmental affairs consulting firm headquartered one block from Capitol Hill at 300 New Jersey Ave NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. Founded by former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), the firm provides legislative advocacy, regulatory navigation, policy analysis, and public relations services to corporate executives, federal affairs teams, and business units seeking to influence federal legislative and regulatory outcomes.

The firm operates through seven integrated practice areas — Healthcare, Agriculture, Trade, Telecommunications, Taxes, Public Relations & Media, and Energy & Environment — with each area led by a designated specialist. The team comprises three named principals: Senator Lincoln as Founder & Principal; Craig Felner as Senior Vice President (former White House Cabinet Affairs official under President George W. Bush and 15-year VP of Government Affairs at Valero Energy); and Hannah Lambiotte Smith as Senior Vice President & Managing Director (former Walmart Director of Trade and Supplier Development and former legislative assistant to Senator Lincoln). The firm markets its bipartisan relationships across both chambers and emphasizes trust built through prior service alongside current members and committee staff.

The business model is professional services consulting, with engagements likely structured as retainers or project-based fees tailored to client scope. No proprietary technology platform is used; service delivery is entirely human-driven through direct client engagement and personal relationships. Marketing channels rely on direct outreach, professional networking within Washington policy circles, and Senator Lincoln's public profile as a spokesperson and opinion contributor. The firm has no external institutional investment, no disclosed revenue, and operates with a lean 1-10 person headcount.

Name

Lincoln Policy Group

Legal name

Lincoln Policy Group

Website

https://lincolnpolicygroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lincoln Policy Group is a bipartisan Washington, D.C. governmental affairs consulting firm founded by former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, providing legislative advocacy, regulatory navigation, and policy strategy across healthcare, agriculture, trade, energy, and related sectors to corporate clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Affairs Consulting

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Affairs, Government Relations & Lobbying (BPAFADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN), Policy, Regulatory & Public Affairs Research (BPAHALAF)

Keywords

• Government affairs consulting
• Federal lobbying services
• Legislative advocacy
• Regulatory navigation
• Public affairs strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Affairs Consulting: Professional consulting services providing legislative and regulatory advocacy, strategic advice, and policy analysis to corporate clients seeking to influence federal government decision-making. Services are likely structured as retainer or project-based engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lincoln Policy Group is a bipartisan governmental affairs consulting firm that advises corporate clients on federal legislative and regulatory strategy. It delivers advocacy, policy analysis, regulatory navigation, coalition building, and public relations services across seven practice areas: Healthcare, Agriculture, Trade, Telecommunications, Taxes, Public Relations & Media, and Energy & Environment. Engagements are structured as direct, retainer- or project-based advisory relationships with named subject-matter principals.

Product overview

Lincoln Policy Group is a governmental affairs consulting firm offering a unified suite of advocacy services across seven distinct practice areas: Healthcare Services, Agriculture, Trade, Telecommunications, Taxes, Public Relations & Media, and Energy & Environment. The firm leverages former congressional and executive branch experience to provide clients with policy expertise, legislative strategy, regulatory navigation, and stakeholder communication services. The practice areas operate as integrated service offerings under a single firm rather than as separate platform products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Services Health care advocacy and policy services for healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers, including legislative strategy, regulatory navigation, and CMS expertise covering Medicare, commercial, and Medicaid policy (drug pricing, surprise medical bills, post-acute care payment, opioid abuse treatment).
• Agriculture Agriculture advocacy services covering farm bill programs, child nutrition, Commodity Futures Trading Commission jurisdiction, derivatives, rural broadband, agricultural chemicals, biotechnology, food labeling, and conservation programs.
• Trade Trade advocacy services including free trade agreements, trade promotion authority, tariff mitigation, trade preference programs, source country optimization, and trade enforcement.
• Telecommunications Telecommunications advocacy services focused on rural broadband deployment, regulatory treatment, broadband deployment, spectrum use and ownership, cable television, and protection of minors from indecent content.
• Taxes Tax policy advocacy covering renewable fuels tax credits, child tax credit, tax treatment of ESOPs, REITs, MLPs, S-Corps, bankruptcy, sales and use taxes, and estate tax.
• Public Relations & Media Public relations and media services including communications strategy development, spokesperson services (with Senator Lincoln serving as spokesperson for issue campaigns), panel discussions, interviews, social media campaigns, TV advertisements, and opinion editorial contributions.
• Energy & Environment Energy and environmental advocacy services focused on conservation, inland waterways management, biofuels, natural gas, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policies, and nuclear energy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Authored and enacted the largest investment in child nutrition programs in history, deficit neutral with bipartisan support

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cornerstone Government Affairs: Founded by former House Republican leadership staff; bipartisan boutique government affairs firm in Washington D.C. offering lobbying and strategic advice across multiple issue areas — most directly comparable peer in structure and scale.
• BGR Group: Bipartisan lobbying and public affairs firm founded by former Governor Haley Barbour and other senior political operators; similar boutique-plus positioning with cross-aisle access and multi-practice coverage.
• Mehlman Consulting: Bipartisan lobbying firm founded by a former Ways and Means Committee staff director; comparable boutique government affairs practice focused on healthcare, tax, and trade.
• The Ferguson Group: Washington-based bipartisan government affairs firm specializing in infrastructure, energy, and environment policy; comparable boutique structure and policy-area overlap with LPG.
• Forbes-Tate Partners: Bipartisan government relations and public affairs firm founded by former Senate leadership staff; competes directly with LPG on Capitol Hill for corporate advocacy engagements across issue verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Holland & Knight: Major law firm with one of Washington's largest government affairs practices; competes across many of LPG's policy verticals and serves Fortune 500 clients on legislative advocacy.
• Squire Patton Boggs: Global law and public policy firm with a large bipartisan government investigations and advocacy practice; competes for enterprise-level public affairs work including telecom, healthcare, and energy.
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Major international law firm with a top-tier bipartisan government affairs practice; competes for large corporate lobbying mandates and offers integrated legal-lobbying capabilities that LPG cannot.
• Cassidy & Associates: One of the oldest Washington lobbying firms, founded by former Rep. Bob Cassidy; broader portfolio and larger team than LPG but serves overlapping corporate clients on legislative strategy.

Others

• K Street Consulting (Cassidy, Forbes-Tate, etc.): Adjacent lobbying and policy advisory firms based in Washington that compete for similar corporate advocacy clients across energy, healthcare, and agriculture verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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