The Advocate
A Navigator of Environmental Challenges

“Real policy change starts in the board room. After five years as one of the leading environmental advocates in Washington State, I joined Gallatin Public Affairs so that I could help businesses with environmental challenges succeed. I understand the environmental community’s policies and politics, and help create strategies that win support for even the most controversial projects.“

Creating alliances between seemingly disparate groups and individuals has been the hallmark of Bruce Gryniewski’s career. Under his leadership, Washington Conservation Voters (WCV) became one of the most influential and well-funded State Conservation Voter Leagues in the nation. Bruce was a principal architect of the “Priorities for Healthy Washington” program, which in addition to leading to unprecedented policy gains for the environment in Washington State, is a national model of cooperation and success for other Conservation Voter Leagues.

Prior to WCV, Bruce was executive director of Washington CeaseFire, where he formed a unique coalition of gun rights proponents and gun safety advocates to mutually support safe gun storage legislation in the Washington State Legislature

Bruce earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Arts degree from University of Rochester (N.Y.). Bruce is the managing partner of the Seattle office of Gallatin Public Affairs and a member or the Sustainable Development and Land Use, and Energy and Facility Siting practice groups.


Expertise                                           Background

Strategy                                             Executive Director,
                                                            Washington Conservation
                                                            Voters
Campaigns
                                                            Executive Director,
                                                            Washington CeaseFire
Stakeholder outreach                    
                                                            Board Member, Salish Sea
                                                            Expeditions
Consensus building
                                                           Canvass Director,
                                                           Minnesota COACT
Environmental policy
                                                            A principal architect of
                                                            "Priorities for a Healthy
Local and state government         Washington"
       
                                                            B.A., University of Minnesota
Media relations                                
                                                            M.A., University of Rochester (N.Y.)





 

 

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