Marybeth J.
Nassif
- Position
- Director of Government Relations
- Office
- Washington, DC
Marybeth Nassif is director of government relations at Jones Walker LLP. She leverages her extensive Capitol Hill experience to help clients navigate complex federal funding and policy challenges across multiple industries and government agencies.
Marybeth brings more than 20 years of appropriations and legislative experience to her work with clients facing rapidly evolving federal funding and policy landscapes. For over a decade, Marybeth has served as a professional staffer for the US House Committee on Appropriations, during which time she oversaw $24 billion in annual appropriations covering the Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, Office of Personnel Management, Small Business Administration, US Postal Service, and more than a dozen independent government agencies, as well as the federal Judiciary.
This wide-ranging experience across all three branches of government — including her work with more than 30 federal agencies — has given her an unparalleled, comprehensive understanding of the strategies and tactics necessary to help clients achieve desired outcomes. Drawing on her proven ability to forge strategic partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders, Marybeth strengthens public-private collaboration by working with agencies, congressional offices, nonprofits, and trade associations to guide effective funding and policy outcomes.
In addition to her extensive background as a private- and public-sector budget and financial analyst, Marybeth combines deep knowledge of legislative negotiation and decision-making processes with a finely tuned ability to help clients focus on strategies and initiatives most vital to their interests. She has particular experience in emerging issues such as IT modernization, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and other efficiency efforts. Throughout her career, she has championed increased funding for innovation and results-focused initiatives while maintaining a commitment to fiscal accountability.
Marybeth is well known for her ability to work collaboratively and effectively across political and ideological divides. She has advised 10 different House committee chairs on funding and legislative priorities and has worked successfully with elected and appointed officials from both major political parties throughout her career. This ability to find common ground and build consensus enables her to help clients remove roadblocks and achieve practical, effective solutions.
Marybeth has shepherded legislation on more than 24 annual appropriation bills, continuing resolutions, and emergency funding measures. She excels at both responding to rapid legislative developments and helping clients strategize proactively. Her extensive network of professional relationships throughout Washington, DC, combined with her firsthand understanding of the formal and informal processes needed to negotiate bills and policies in Congress, makes her an invaluable resource for clients navigating federal budgeting and policy issues.
Prior to joining Jones Walker, Marybeth served as a professional staffer for the House Committee on Appropriations, where she managed member requests, mark-ups, amendments, continuing resolutions, and floor action for the Financial Services and General Government bill and other legislation. She also worked as a budget/financial analyst for the US courts, managing a $1.5 billion portfolio covering personnel, leases, IT, and operations for national court programs. Earlier in her career, she held positions at the headquarters of the US Peace Corps, Grant Thornton LLP, and the Department of Justice, where she began as a Presidential Management Fellow.
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