Meet The Team
We’re Fun, Social & Business Savvy.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT EXEMPLAR |
What I love most about Exemplar is the opportunity to team with the best and brightest across disciplines to bring amazing outcomes for our clients. Moreover, having the chance to work for a company truly changing the paradigm, and setting the new standard for client services for the better is truly rewarding.
AT EXEMPLAR | Work Smart, Have Fun – See Us At Play |
- Work with clients to develop winning strategies for business, government relations, and advocacy matters, as well as, regulatory, legislative and business development initiatives.
- Provide strategic advise to clients in the matters of blockchain, ICO, software development, energy, capital raise, telecommunications and tax.
- Prior to joining Exemplar, I spent more than 3 decades representing individuals, corporations and countries before the U.S. Congress and Administration.
- During my career, I have served as a senior lobbyist at the number one lobbying firm in the country; a V.P. for Government Relations at AT&T; opened and ran the Washington office for SAP; served as CEO of one of the most prominent energy associations and was a managing director for an electronic discovery company. I have testified before the full Committee on Homeland Security on matters of scm and resiliency; as well as, developed and successfully executed strategies resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in both federal funding and new business for my clients.
CREDENTIALS
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Juris Doctorate Georgetown University Law Center |
B.A. Business Administration Rollins College |
District of Columbia Bar Association |
LEADERSHIP
- She has served in leadership positions in many political, inter-governmental and philanthropic initiatives, including the American Council of Young Political Leaders, the California State Society, the Independent Women’s Forum and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts as a board member.
- While a member of the Board of Wolf Trap, Ms. Arnold chaired the Wolf Trap Ball honoring Germany.
- As a member of the Board of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, she led trips of U.S. young political leaders to China and Spain. She also represented the US on trips to Australia and Norway.
- Ms. Arnold has also worked with the International Republican Institute where she served as an election observer in Russia and later as an instructor in St. Petersburg for a “Women in Government” conference on policymaking; media outreach and elections.
MORE TEAM MEMBERS

Christopher Marston, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer Exemplar Companies, Pbc.

Steven R. Monticone
Chief Operating Officer, Exemplar Companies, PBC

Joelle Paul-Cook, Ph.D.
Chief Human Capital Officer, Exemplar Companies, PBC

Katherine Brand
Managing Director, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Louis Amatucci, Esq.
Managing Director, Head of Securities Practice, Exemplar Law, LLC

Jeffrey Abramczyk
Managing Director, Regulatory Compliance Practice, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Mary Arnold
Senior Business and Lobbyist Consultant, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Eric Geppert
Managing Director Head of Corporate/M&A, Exemplar Law, LLC

Ryan Allison
Managing Director, Head of Flexpertise, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Andrew J Szabo, CFA
Managing Director – Tax Product and Life Sciences Practice, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Bob Hertz
Managing Director of Health Tech Commercialization, Exemplar Wellcare, LLC

Victor Garcia
Managing Director, Investment Banking, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Greg McDonnell
Senior Associate, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Fred B. Wilcon, Esq.
Managing Director – Corporate Department, Exemplar Law, LLC

Jessica Neihardt
Operations Manager, Exemplar Companies, PBC.

Michelle Trumble
Executive Assistant, Exemplar Companies, PBC.

Richard Feldman
FINOP, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Paul Haberman, Esq.
Special Counsel – Litigation, Exemplar Law, LLC

Chris Ashoff
Managing Director, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Roman Vayner
Trademark Counsel, Exemplar Law, LLC

Clifton Smith
B2B Strategic Partnership and CPA Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Troy Vanderburg
Digital Innovation & Capital Markets Consultant Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Brian Tucker
Marketing and Business Strategist, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

William Dodge
Fractional COO/CFO, Exemplar Consulting, LLC

David Loughran
Senior B2B Strategic Partnership Consultant Exemplar Consulting, LLC

Bill Hoop
Managing Director – Real Estate Distribution, Exemplar Capital, LLC

Susan Walker
Paralegal, Exemplar Law, LLC

Stephan Jan Meyers, Esq.
Specialty Counsel – Securities Compliance, Exemplar Law, LLC

Richard Strauss, Esq.
Vice President, Exemplar Law, LLC