About Us
Jim Kersten formed Golden Dome Strategies, LLC to provide
clients the consulting services they need as it relates to
public policy at the state and federal level of government.
We leverage our close relationships with public policy makers
- including state and federally elected officials; state and
federally appointed agency staff; and others - to help our
clients achieve the goals and objectives that they have outlined.
We specialize in assisting our client's existing state and
federal government affairs staff from an Iowa perspective.
Our clients use our services so we can give specific advice
and direction as it relates to the Governor and his Administrative
Agencies, as well as with regard to State Legislative and
US Congressional issues. We "Iowanize" the issue
so it can be placed in the correct perspective by our public
officials.
We are successful because we work hard to maintain personal
relationships with key Iowa and Federally elected officials
and key agency staff. We can "compartmentalize"
complex policy issues so they can be explained in a clear
and concise manner. We understand fully the political and
public policy process having played key roles in both the
Executive and Legislative branches of government.
Our
Background
Golden Dome Strategies, LLC was founded by Jim Kersten in
the fall of 2001 to leverage Jim's two decade's of service
in the public and private sector and to serve clients with
cost-effective and timely public policy consulting services.
Jim is a native of Fort Dodge, Iowa where he resides with
his wife Laurie and their four children, Jenny, Annie, Jack
and Kelli. His public sector career history includes working
for the Iowa Development Commission, (now the Iowa Department
of Economic Development); on the staff of former Iowa Governor
Terry Branstad as Administrative Assistant; as a Member of
the Iowa Senate; as a member of the Iowa Lottery Board of
Director's; and as Associate Vice President of Government
Affairs and Development of Iowa Central Community College.
His private sector career history includes working for his
own financial consulting firm "Professional Financial
Advisors, Inc.; First American Bank, and Heartland Communications
Group, Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President and COO.
Our
firm serves clients as diverse as:
- recycling
& biomass company who successfully got tax credits
authorized by the Iowa General Assembly;
- plastic pipe manufacturers who need assistance with state
agencies related to contract specifications;
-
Multi-national pharmaceutical manufacturer who needs assistance
at the state and federal level;
-
Hospital Association who needed help with medicare reform
related issues;
-
Community College who needed assistance in gaining federally
funded earmarks for Homeland Security and other important
projects
- Washington,
DC based consulting firm who needed an "Iowa/local"
approach for its multi-national clients.
Please
contact us so we can show you how we can cost-effectively
help you with your state and federal public affairs consulting
needs.
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