Stateside Associates
Constantine Costidis has over five years of experience in legislative roles, currently serving as Legislative Director at Stateside Associates since October 2018, where progression included positions as Senior Legislative Associate, Legislative Research Associate, and Research Assistant. Prior experience includes a Sales Associate role at Sunglass Hut from May 2015 to January 2017, an Internship with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in late 2016, and a Legislative Internship at the Office of Senator Joe Kyrillos in summer 2016. Constantine holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics with a concentration in Public Policy and Governance from the University of Pennsylvania, completed in 2018.
Stateside Associates
Stateside Associates is the largest state and local government affairs firm. Since 1988, the Stateside team has worked across the 50 states and in many local governments on behalf of dozens of companies, trade associations and government and non-profit clients. Long regarded as the industry leader in State and Local Government Affairs, Stateside Associates helps its clients recognize more success from their programs by contributing experience, nationwide relationships and well-honed skills as issue managers. The staff includes former state legislature staff members, attorneys and issue managers with a combined 90 years of state and local government experience. From state government affairs program design to execution, there are experienced Stateside professionals available to help. Whether the task is issue monitoring, retaining lobbyists, developing strategic plans, budgeting, working with Groups or integrating grasstops into your program, the experienced team at Stateside can assist. On a daily basis, Stateside team members help clients untie the knots of state legislation and regulations – identifying problems and opportunities and developing sophisticated government affairs programs that are both effective and budget-conscious. One key to success is Stateside’s commitment to treat all clients as “clients of the firm.” That enables clients to access the full array of partner, manager and staff resources seamlessly.