PARTNERS

Jeff Butzke, President:
Jeff Butzke brings over 33 years of extensive international, national, state, and local political consulting to Advantage, Inc. From grassroots organizing to strategic counseling to media development, he has consulted and managed over 200 campaigns for political office.

Prior to founding Advantage, Inc., Butzke served as National Political Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). At NFIB he developed innovative programs with NFIB’s political action committee, SAFE Trust, to help elect record numbers of small business owners to state and federal office.

He directed the expansion of SAFE Trust by increasing PAC contributors from 14,000 to 38,000 and increasing receipts from $1.2 million to $2.9 million in a three year period. His efforts on behalf of the state programs resulted in state PAC receipts more than doubling in two years. In addition Butzke supervised the election of more than 600 NFIB members to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business.

Prior to joining NFIB, Butzke was president of Jeff Butzke and Associates, a political consulting firm specializing in local elections. In 1989, Butzke & Associates began conducting campaign seminars in Eastern Europe, helping to train over 300 political candidates, elected officials and staff in nine countries in the pragmatic details of the democratic political process.

Butzke has been named as one of the "Top Political Leaders in America" and as a "Rising Star" by the number one political magazine in America, Campaigns and Elections. A 1978 graduate of Fordham University in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Jeff Butzke lives in Centreville, Virginia with his wife of twenty-two years, Wendy Wilson, and his sixteen year old son, David.

Aris McMahon, Vice-President
Aris McMahon is Vice President for Public Affairs at Advantage, Inc. Aris brought 10 years of political and corporate campaign experience to Advantage in 2001.

Aris manages scores of accounts for various federal, state, and locally elected officials, as well as numerous campaigns and campaign committees. Aris has held responsible positions in campaigns and campaign committees, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee (1994) U.S. Senator Bill Frist's initial race (1994), Senator Bob Dole's New York State primary campaign (1995-96), and the 1996 Dole for President team for the Iowa caucuses. As a Senior Account Executive at Fabrizio, McLaughlin and Associates (1997-00), Aris managed paid media accounts for Governor George Pataki and numerous other political and corporate campaigns nationally. In 2000, Aris served as campaign manager for Felix Grucci's successful race in New York's First Congressional District.

Aris McMahon is a native of Bayside, New York, and received his B.A. at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Aris, his wife Gibson and their two daughters Ginny and Elizabeth reside in Alexandria, VA.

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