Ron Klink - President

Congressman Ron Klink was first elected to the United States Congress in 1993 and served four consecutive terms representing the 4th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Throughout his tenure in the House of Representatives, Klink became one of the most vocal, dynamic and successful members of Congress, largely as a result of his fair treatment of issues that impacted both sides of the political aisle. He left politics in 2001 to pursue professional goals and founded Ron Klink and Associates.

While in Congress, Klink served on the Financial Services Committee, the Education and Workforce Committee and the Small Business Committee. In 1995, he joined the Commerce Committee - one of the most important Congressional Committees that deals exclusively with U.S. and international commercial issues.

As a television broadcaster for more than 20 years on Pittsburgh's most watched news channel, Klink understood the issues facing the telecommunications industry upon his arrival to Congress. He was assigned a seat on the influential Telecommunications Subcommittee and helped draft the Telecommunications Act of 1996 - the first rewrite of telecommunications laws since they were first written in 1934.

Ron Klink also served on the Energy Subcommittee and was the Ranking Democrat on the powerful Oversight and Investigative Subcommittee for six years. The latter is the committee of Congress that has investigative jurisdiction and authority over more than half of the entire Federal Government, including dozens of agencies responsible for the procurement of products and services used by the Federal Government, the Food and Drug Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and the Federal Communications Commission.

Since leaving Congress, Klink has been an exceptional advocate on behalf of his clients. He has been able to utilize his close, personal relationships with Members of both the United States House and Senate, as well as the various federal agencies, to advance the agendas of his clients. Klink has been successful in regulatory reform for his clients as well as steering federal dollars to them. His knowledge of the federal legislative process has made Ron Klink and Associates a well-known entity on Capitol Hill.