Access to exclusive content staff experts professional networks free webinars event discounts legal advice
Welcome to Your Community
When you become a member of the Public Affairs Council, you are joining a unique community of over 750 leading corporations, nonprofits, associations, consultancies and universities. These organizations represent over 13,000 public affairs professionals worldwide.
Membership at a Glance
Who Benefits?
Our comprehensive programming and services, discounts, and hands-on customer service are available to every employee of a member organization and its subsidiaries.
Your colleagues working in all areas of public affairs—including government affairs, public policy, digital communication, issues management, corporate responsibility—will learn from and network with the best minds in the field.
Most Popular Services
Free, customized public affairs advice from our staff experts and/or a prominent election law attorney.
Unlimited access to Council webinars, including more than 130 on-demand webinar recordings and 20+ new sessions each year.
Online community platform Council Connect for downloading research, sharing best practices, and crowdsourcing ideas.
…And More
New members receive a $200 coupon that can be used for any Council event.
The optional Membership Plus program gives your entire organization access to over 45 Council workshops annually for a flat price.
Curious about who else is a Council member? Check out our Member Directory.
Membership Benefits Built for Your Team
Every year, we produce more than 100 training programs and executive forums on advocacy, digital communication, PACs, global public affairs and a host of other topics. Most of our events now offer virtual participation — and recordings from our popular webinars are also available.
Find compliance peace of mind from a prominent election law attorney. Ken Gross of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld can provide legal guidance on: Federal and state campaign finance rules (including PACs), lobbying registration information (including grassroots), ethics laws and other public affairs-related compliance issues.
From the award-winning Impact newsletter that dives deep into issues important to public affairs professionals to The Loop member newsletter to information for network groups, we have the trends and insights you need, right now.
Interested in speaking at one of our workshops, seminars or large gatherings? We’re always looking for experts and practitioners from member organizations to speak on thought-provoking topics of interest to the public affairs community.
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Caryn Seligman
Senior Director
202.787.5966 | [email protected]