Gabe
Rozsa
Mr. Rozsa is a Director at Prime Policy Group and joins the firm from its predecessor, BKSH & Associates Worldwide. Mr. Rozsa specializes in energy, environment and infrastructure issues. He has held senior positions on the House Science Committee, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Mr. Rozsa also later served as environmental counsel
on the Republican staff of the House Science Committee and as staff
director of its Energy Subcommittee. In those roles, he assisted
members of the Committee with the planning, preparation and staffing
of hearings relating to a variety of energy and environmental issues,
in addition to working on comprehensive energy legislation, energy-related
provisions of the 2002 Farm bill, authorizing legislation for the
creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and providing
counsel on a broad range of environmental, energy and science issues
of interest to Committee Chairman Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY),
a leader of the House Republican moderates.
Mr. Rozsa previously served as counsel to Republican
members of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee
(renamed the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in 1994)
on all matters under the jurisdiction of the Water Resources and
Environment Subcommittee. In that capacity, he advised members
on a variety of issues, including the federal Clean Water Act and
the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup program and civil works program
of the Army Corps of Engineers, which encompasses a variety of
navigation, flood control, hydropower, water supply, ecosystem
and recreation activities. During his more than nine years with
the Committee, he served as a lead Republican counsel during the
last major reauthorizations of the Clean Water Act in 1987 and
of the Superfund program (1986) and four major authorization bills
for the Army Corps of Engineers (1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992). During
his two assignments on Capitol Hill, Mr. Rozsa also participated
in the annual appropriations and budget processes and collaborated
in the drafting, negotiation and enactment of numerous laws.
Mr. Rozsa also served in several capacities at the
headquarters of the Corps of Engineers. During his tenure as the
assistant counsel for legislation in the Office of the Chief Counsel,
he managed all legislative proposals of the Corps and Department
of the Army relating to the agency’s civil works program. Previously,
he served in the Directorate of Real Estate, where he was responsible
for drafting legislation and assisting with administrative appeals
relating to the Corps’ real estate responsibilities.
Mr. Rozsa also previously served as a senior vice
president to one of the largest Washington, D.C. government relations
firms. There, he provided a full spectrum of government relations
services, from offering comprehensive Washington representation
on all legislative and regulatory issues of importance to a variety
of public and private sector clients to lending targeted assistance
to achieve specific goals on their behalf.
He holds a master's of law in environmental law from
The George Washington University, a Juris Doctorate from Washington
University and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. |
