Missy Edwards, the Founding Principal of Missy Edwards Strategies, has more than two decades of professional experience in federal government affairs, electoral politics and public affairs across numerous industries and a wide range of issues for companies, trade associations, and other entities. Missy Edwards Strategies focuses engagement on the Senate Republican Caucus. Ms. Edwards began her career in Washington DC as a policy adviser to Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), focusing first on health care, energy/environment and appropriations; and later advising the Senator on The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee, and The Senate Government Affairs Committee. Following her service to Senator Thad Cochran, Ms. Edwards served as the chief Senate Republican lobbyist for the American Medical Association (AMA). In this role, she provided strategic input for policy initiatives and played a key role in the implementation of its legislative agenda. During the 1998 and 2000 campaign cycles, Ms. Edwards served as the Director of Development and Finance for the National Republican Senatorial Committee under Chairman Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and she has worked on numerous Congressional and Presidential campaigns.