Michelle Peacock brings more than three decades of experience in corporate government affairs and public policy, working with industry-leading companies across financial services, tech, online marketplaces, payments, transportation and autonomous vehicles.  She is widely recognized for her ability to thoughtfully build programs from scratch and shape existing teams to meet the evolving needs of businesses at all sizes and stages of growth.  

Hallmarks of her long track record of success include developing innovative and strategic policy and advocacy programs that have ranged from protecting favorable regulatory landscapes to adapting them to allow for breakthrough business scale.   

Michelle helped shape some of the biggest, most successful business disrupters in Silicon Valley, including eBay, PayPal, Turo, and Waymo.   

Michelle will use her innovative approach to government affairs to shepherd Stateside’s Strategic Advisory services – to integrate communications, reputation management, relationship management and bottom-line results into traditional advocacy efforts and help our clients to become better business partners with the C-suite.  She will help start-ups as they stand up new government affairs programs and provide valuable guidance to established companies facing new political risks or opportunities.