Strategy. Clarity. Execution.
Helping organizations navigate state funding and legislative processes in Alabama.
Dustin Chandler, Principal
Most government affairs firms lead with connections. They come from the Governor's office or a legislative staff role, and their value proposition is access to the people they used to work with.
That's not how I learned this work.
In 2014, I was a police officer working patrol. My daughter Carly was suffering from seizures that no available treatment could control. There was no playbook, no firm, and no budget. I had to learn how to write legislation, build a statewide coalition, organize public rallies at the statehouse, connect families with their lawmakers, and move a bill through both chambers — all while still working my shifts.
Carly's Law passed unanimously in both the Alabama House and Senate. It was the first bill of its kind to do so. It funded a $1 million research program at UAB and changed the national conversation about CBD treatment for epilepsy.
That experience taught me something that most consultants never learn: how to build momentum from nothing. How to take an organization with no political infrastructure and give it a real path to a legislative outcome. I've carried that approach into every engagement since — whether it's securing state appropriations, passing legislation, or positioning an organization to be taken seriously in Montgomery.
I have the relationships now. But I earned them by delivering results — not by working down the hall from someone who did.
Engagements are structured based on scope and objectives and may include ongoing strategic advisory, legislative execution support, and project-based funding initiatives.
If you're working on a funding or legislative challenge in Alabama, I'd welcome the conversation.