If it's not measurable, It's not strategy.
Prepare for a new era in government affairs.
GovStrat™ is the operating system for government affairs professionals. It runs on an industry specific decision making framework inside AI with human judgment in the loop.
Built by GA pros for GA pros, it turns policy chaos into board-ready outcomes your CEO and CFO can measure and defend.
We decode the political field, translate it into strategy that survives budget season, and amplify small teams with big-play solutions. From rapid intelligence briefs to CFO-grade ROI tracking and battle-tested toolkits,
GovStrat™Pro is the consulting firm that helps leaders prove value and transform government affairs from a cost center into a competitive advantage.
About GovStrat™Pro
Our Mission
Our Services - Built for Speed, Designed for Boardrooms
Our Approach - GovStrat™Pro + GovStrat™ Platform
Our founder, Lisa Steelman, is a non-linear thinker with a non-linear executive career. This combination became the secret ingredient behind her biggest wins.
She built GovStrat™ to capture that perspective: a strategy AI platform designed for the realities of government affairs. With industry-specific guardrails and executive-level nuance, it operates like a seasoned insider, delivering context, precision, and speed.
GovStrat™Pro is how we bottled that mindset: combine executive operator judgment with a platform that turns complex policy into board-grade decisions, and use it to expand the horizons of every professional in the government affairs space.
Our mission is to open doors and widen the hallway. To help you claim your seat at the C-Suite table and to retire the idea that strategy must be linear.
We believe the best paths zig and zag—linking policy, revenue, reputation, and timing into outcomes you can prove and a career you can be proud of.
Outcome-obsessed and unapologetically ambitious. That’s the standard we’re building for our clients and the profession.
Our Approach - GovStrat™Pro + GovStrat™ Platform
Our Services - Built for Speed, Designed for Boardrooms
Our Approach - GovStrat™Pro + GovStrat™ Platform
We pair senior advisors with a proprietary platform that does the heavy lifting, so your leaders stay in the room with clients, coalitions, and decision-makers.
- Outcome-first. We set the business win (revenue protected, risk avoided, position advanced), then run every move through a board-ready lens. ROI is calculated on every strategy.
- Platform-powered. GovStrat™ proprietary framework writes bill reviews, amendment deltas, stakeholder maps, and strategy playbooks in hours—not weeks—so your senior team spends more time on relationships and closing decisions.
- Governed judgment. Every recommendation ships with confidence levels, referenced sources, optics/timing notes, and a documented override trail for strategies outside of normal operating procedures.
- Operational leverage. Agencies and PR firms deliver the same (or better) outputs in fewer hours, improving margins without adding headcount.
- Talent lift. Structured prompts and playbooks level up junior staff fast; they learn the art of what’s possible on pressing issues, not after years of issue campaigns.
Our Services - Built for Speed, Designed for Boardrooms
Our Services - Built for Speed, Designed for Boardrooms
Our Services - Built for Speed, Designed for Boardrooms
Delivered by experts, accelerated by AI.
The GovStrat™ platform handles the heavy lift (comparative bill analysis, change detection, stakeholder mapping) while senior advisors apply context, optics, and board-level judgment.
Legislation & Regulation
• Rapid bill/regs triage, comparative analysis, and amendment strategy
• Executive-ready testimony, positioning memos, and coalition choreography
• Risk flags (legal, fiscal, reputational) with mitigation plays
Executive Alignment & Narrative
• Decision kits linking policy to P&L and market position
• Messaging frames for C-suite leaders with tone/optics advisories
• Strategic Overrides documented for governance and audit
Stakeholder & Coalition Strategy
• Stakeholder maps, influence paths, and escalation briefs
• Coalition health scans to spot drift and tighten message discipline
• Validator and partner activation to accelerate outcomes
Department Value & Enablement
• 8-factor value assessments and 100 factor department assessments
• Quick-turn reorg and role clarity using proven scorecards
Fractional CGAO Access
• On-call senior review and quarterly calibration on metrics, overrides, and narrative risk
Let's Connect at Conference!
We love to meet our clients in person! Lets have a cup of coffee if you are at these events!
Upcoming Events:
ADSO, Nov 4-6, San Diego CA
SGAC Leaders Policy Conference, Nov 22-25, Naples FL
CHIEF, Washington DC, Nov 12-13
Downtown, Boston MA, Nov 13-14
GovStrat™Pro
Hours
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