Friday, October 16, 2026

Cooking’ in DC

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Doug Schmidt was in Washington DC this week for the AUSA Conference - surrounded by 40,000 of my new best friends (20% of whom were in fatigues). While there, I was able to catch up with Craig Pattee in the lobby of The Willard Hotel, a place famously associated with the origins of modern lobbying.

Craig is looking great, staying fit, and still very much in the lobbying game as chairman of a holding company overseeing several lobbying entities.  If you need those services, he is your man!

Always great to reconnect with classmates and see them doing well.