Founder and CEO B.R. McConnon provides long-term strategic direction for DDC Advocacy, counsel to clients, and oversees the company’s day-to-day management.  Under B.R.’s leadership, DDC Advocacy has evolved from a public affairs technology pioneer to a truly full-service provider of advocacy programs and campaigns.  The company ranked 72nd on the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for 2002, and twice received the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 award for North America, and top 10 in Virginia.

In addition to heading DDC Advocacy, B.R. has acted as a key contact and spokesperson for the National Federation of Independent Business, providing congressional testimony and appearing on CNN and NBC. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Public Affairs Council, has served as a guest lecturer for George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, and is the founder of the Grassroots Roundtable.

Upon graduating from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Government and International Relations, B.R. worked as a policy analyst for Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), where he authored editorials and position papers on tax and trade issues.  He left CSE to become the finance director for two ballot initiatives in Illinois and California, and as the campaigns’ finance director, B.R. became intimately familiar with the technological aspects of raising money, campaigning, compliance reporting, and lobbying. Upon returning to Washington, D.C., B.R. spent five years working with political software and database firms before founding DDC Advocacy (formerly Democracy Data & Communications) in 1996.

B.R. is active in several outside business ventures and charities, including serving on the board of the J-Street Cup, a charity that he founded to raise funds for The Fisher House at Walter Reed Army Hospital, the American Heart Association, and the Bishop Ireton High School Alumni Association.  He is also an avid sailor and golfer and lives with his wife, Laura, their daughter, Ryan, and son, James in Old Town, Alexandria.