CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL

Samantha Dravis

Samantha Dravis is the Chief Operating Officer of AxAdvocacy and Principal of AxAdvocacy Government Relations.

She is a skilled and respected policy advisor and strategist who has decades of experience advising on high stakes corporate, political, crisis communications, and public affairs campaigns.

Prior to joining AxAdvocacy, Samantha served as Associate Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she was responsible for leading policy for the agency’s regulatory and permitting programs and providing analysis and oversight of all the agency’s major regulatory actions. Samantha also led the process of EPA’s coordination with the White House, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as well as all other federal agencies.

Prior to her work at EPA, Samantha served as President of the Rule of Law Defense Fund and General Counsel of the Republican Attorneys General Association, where she advanced policy issues important to the Republican attorneys general on the national stage – this included coordinating support for various amicus briefs, providing research and briefings for state attorney generals and their staffs; and organizing major policy conferences on issues like healthcare, state and federal environmental regulation, and financial services rules.

Samantha has also worked as an attorney on Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign for the presidency, and as the Associate Director of Political Affairs at The White House during the administration of President George W. Bush, and as legal counsel for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, an organization dedicated to promoting the benefits of free markets and a free society.

Samantha serves on the Board of RightNOW Women, and is a volunteer mentor at College to Congress. She is a frequent commentator on energy policy, politics, and national affairs and has been featured in The Federalist, The Hill, The Washington Examiner, Townhall, and more.

Samantha attended the University of Notre Dame Law School, serving as the Solicitation Editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy and graduated cum laude.