The Conafay Group
Dana Marston has extensive work experience in government affairs, operations, and strategic initiatives. Dana has held roles as a Partner at Total Spectrum/Steve Gordon & Associates, Founder and Principal at Monarch Strategies, Inc., Director of Operations at The Conafay Group, COO at Comptegrity, Inc., and Director of Member Services at Chamber of Digital Commerce. Prior to these positions, they were a Government Affairs Advisor at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Capitol Management Initiatives. Dana also worked as Manager of Government Affairs and Administrative Assistant at Anheuser-Busch InBev, and as a legal and administrative assistant at Greenblum & Bernstein LLC and American Red Cross of Greater Idaho, respectively.
Dana Marston earned their Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from The George Washington University School of Business in 2010, with emphases in management, operations, and corporate social responsibility. Dana also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Communication with an emphasis in Business from the University of Idaho in 2000. Prior to that, they graduated from Homedale High School in 1996. It is unclear whether they received a degree or had a specific field of study in high school.
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The Conafay Group
The Conafay Group works with life science companies and organizations to develop and implement government funding and public policy strategies. We also bridge ties to philanthropic, non-‐profit, academic and commercial entities to enhance client outcomes. Working on behalf of our clients, we create and execute dynamic strategies that facilitate: • Non-Dilutive Funding • Health Policy Advocacy • Ally Development • Federal Government Relations • Public-Private Partnerships • Federal Marketing • Coalition Management • Business-to-Business Partnering TCG specializes in representing biomedical technologies and therapeutics before the federal government and associated stakeholders. Our client successes involve for-profit and non-profit entities in areas of funding, research and public policy. We identify and target novel funding opportunities, synergies between client technology and federal/private needs, and policy issues that affect life sciences companies. Our expertise provides our clients an advantage over competitors in the federal and non-federal funding market. Since 2003, our team has helped clients secure nearly $1B in non-dilutive funding and services. Led by Stephen Conafay, TCG is a team of engineers, scientists, and policy experts, as well as former industry executives and federal staff, who offer a wealth of scientific and policy expertise in issues relevant to the life sciences and biotechnology industry. Applying this collective expertise, we have an intimate understanding of the non-dilutive funding landscape, healthcare and innovation policy, federal government needs and priorities, and commercial/institutional partnering opportunities. Our strength lies in putting this knowledge, and our familiarity with the science behind our clients’ technology, to work for our clients. Through our team‐based approach, we are able to deliver fully integrated government relations strategies that enable our clients to achieve greater success.