Matthew Windrum has joined the Plumbing Producers Worldwide workforce as director of state authorities affairs, coverage and advocacy. On this newly created function, he’ll develop relationships with state elected officers, policymakers and businesses throughout the nation, working to share and advance the coverage pursuits of PMI and its members.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Matthew to PMI and look ahead to his contributions as a seasoned skilled participating with state authorities officers to advocate for insurance policies vital to our members,” mentioned PMI CEO/Government Director Kerry Stackpole. To familiarize himself with PMI members and their issues, Windrum not too long ago joined the PMI workers on the Kitchen and Bathtub Business Present (KBIS), held Feb. 25-27 in Las Vegas.

Matthew Windrum, director of state authorities affairs, coverage and advocacy, Plumbing Producers Worldwide

With greater than 15 years of expertise in state authorities affairs and public coverage, Windrum has served in quite a lot of roles with the newest as a vice chairman at Kasirer LLC, New York Metropolis’s premier lobbying agency. He labored with company purchasers to develop and execute plans for participating elected and different authorities officers to realize objectives in a number of areas, together with reputational growth, procurement, laws, and extra.

Beforehand, he was director of presidency relations within the Northeast at Western Governors College, the biggest totally on-line college by enrollment in america, the place he led WGU’s state authorities relations technique throughout 12 states working from Virginia to Maine.

Previous roles additionally embody director of presidency and group affairs at The Doe Fund, a New York Metropolis nonprofit that designs, develops and manages inexpensive and supportive housing, operates three transitional homeless shelters, and runs a piece coaching program for homeless and previously incarcerated males. As well as, he served as head of the political and financial affairs workforce on the British Consulate-Normal in New York, the place he promoted and defended the UK’s financial and overseas coverage and nationwide safety priorities in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Windrum has a grasp’s diploma in worldwide relations from Johns Hopkins College and a bachelor’s diploma in political science and Spanish from Lafayette Faculty.