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Sudafi Henry Sudafi Henry is a Managing Partner with theGROUP. He manages all client-related services as delivered by the firm's partners and principals. His work includes developing public policy and political strategies for engaging Washington, D.C. and beyond and advising clients in furthering their business and philanthropic objectives. Prior to joining theGROUP, Henry served as Director of Legislative Affairs for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, joining at the outset of the Obama Administration in January 2009. As Assistant to the Vice President, Henry was a senior advisor on all policy and political matters before the United States Congress. He developed and executed legislative strategies while building strong working relationships with both chambers of Congress. He played a key role in the passage of critical legislation, including the Recovery Act, the Affordable Care Act, the annual budget, the extension of middle-class tax cuts, annual appropriations bills and the Wall Street Reform bill. As the chief White House congressional liaison for the Recovery Act, Henry worked with all 535 House and Senate offices to brief Members and staff and organized implementation workshops. He also managed an array of special projects, including initiatives that improved the responsiveness of federal agencies and interagency teams to Members of Congress on Recovery Act activities. Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Henry was Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). Serving in this role from 2005 to 2009, Henry worked closely with congressional leadership and committee staff on crafting and passing legislation, with a focus on financial services, trade, telecommunications and the 2008 financial crisis. While in this role, he served as a liaison to business leaders, policy experts, and constituency groups. During his decade of Capitol Hill experience, Henry also served as the Legislative Director for Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Major Owens (D-NY), respectively. Henry currently serves as the President of the Black History Promotion and Education Committee, an organization dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of African-American life, culture and history, as well as the contributions of African-Americans. A native of Los Angeles, California, Henry has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Maryland at College Park and he received his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School. He is a member of the Maryland State Bar. Mathew Shearman Mathew Shearman advises clients on shaping their business environment through integrated, cross-functional strategic communications. He serves as the chair of the Global Health Practice. With APCO since 2022, Mathew brings unique experience working at the intersection of health care public affairs and crisis, policy, market access and corporate reputation disciplines to advise clients on enhancing their corporate reputation, protecting their license to operate and communicating the value of innovation. Mathew counsels executives from leading health care companies to navigate the geopolitical, issues-driven and health care trends that are rapidly disrupting their operating environment. Drawing on experience from the US, UK and EU markets, he guides APCO's global health practice in empowering clients to promote health and advance health care equity. Mathew joined APCO from Burson (formally Burson-Marsteller, BCW Global) where he provided strategic counsel to numerous Fortune 500 companies. He has counseled clients to successfully navigate reputational risks during litigation, product recalls, counterfeiting, clinical data readouts and cybersecurity challenges. With deep experience developing both disease awareness and policy-focused campaigns, he has supported patient access to numerous medical and diagnostic products for conditions including cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's disease and immune-driven diseases. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mathew was a senior counselor to companies at the forefront of the global public health response, helping to translate complex scientific and business developments to consumer audiences. From early 2020, he supported the first authorized treatment for COVID-19, developed a crisis response strategy for a major Washington, D.C., hospital system and led U.S. advocacy efforts around a client's vaccine. He brings a truly global perspective to his work, drawing on his knowledge of worldwide health care systems. At Ogilvy Healthworld in London, he advised clients on EU and UK policy environments, helping to advance critical conversations on drug pricing and health care system reform. He spent eight months on placement with a Fortune 100 company developing their corporate response to Brexit, advising senior executives on managing the business impact across consumer, medical device and pharmaceutical businesses. Mathew holds an Msc International Relations from London School of Economics and BA (Hons) History (MA Oxon) from Oxford University. He has appears on BBC News 24 to give analysis on EU and UK politics, presented at the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum and has written commentary for numerous media outlets.

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