Mike Chapman has over 25 years of public affairs experience beginning on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on the legislative and campaign staffs of Congressman J.J. “Jake” Pickle and then with current U.S. Senator Tim Johnson as his first legislative director.

As a Congressional lobbyist for the National Association of Realtors and the American Medical Association, Mike has worked with members of both major political parties on behalf of two of the largest and most active Political Action Committees and grassroots organizations and with political campaigns on all levels.

Mike has worked with his alma mater, Texas State University, as a government affairs and development specialist and as a legislative and communications consultant for a number of private sector clients, utilizing the most current technologies in social media and word-of-mouth marketing along with traditional public affairs strategies to achieve winning legislative and other policy initiatives.

A co-founder of the Social Media Club International NGO and the Austin Social Media Club in 2007, Mike has been intimately involved in developing state of the art social media marketing campaigns and working with both public and private sector clients to enhance their online presence and effectively utilize social media technologies to achieve policy and business goals and objectives.

Mike was a recipient of a Texas Social Media Award by the Austin American-Statesman in 2009 in part for his work on social media with Mobile Loaves and Fishes. His work with Alan Graham is the most rewarding example of the social media for social good that he can identify as a social media enthusiast.

Mike will be presenting the Awareness Workshop with Alan Graham (Mobile Loaves and Fishes) for non-profits on March 9.