The Conafay Group
Julie P. Pawelczyk has worked as Vice President at The Conafay Group since 2016. The company focuses on life science and develops government funding and public policy strategies. Before that, they worked for Federal Strategy Consulting as Principal from 2002 to 2016. Julie P. was Vice President at Capitol Associates, Inc. from 1998 to 2002 and worked as Legislative Coordinator for Jorden Burt LLP from 1997 to 1998. Earlier in their career, they were an Associate at Lewis-Burke Associates LLC from 1994 to 1997 and gained experience as a Staff Assistant at Princeton University, Office of Public Affairs from 1991 to 1993.
Julie P. Pawelczyk holds a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies with a focus on Social and Public Policy from Georgetown University. Julie P. earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism with a concentration in News-Editorial from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2014, they completed a Certificate Program in Social Media Marketing from DePaul University.
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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.