Government Affairs Strategy Built on Relationships, Judgment, and Results
A-List Consulting delivers comprehensive government affairs support for organizations navigating policy and politics at the local, state, and federal levels. Led by Amanda List, the firm clarifies legislative and regulatory processes, builds strategic relationships, develops effective issue campaigns, and advances client priorities.
Strong Capitol relationships provide access and create opportunities. In government affairs, timely conversations can shift the direction of an issue. With nearly two decades of experience at the Texas Capitol, Amanda helps clients build credibility with legislators, staff, agency leaders, congressional offices, and key stakeholders to ensure their priorities are heard, understood, and advanced.
Complex issues become clear, actionable advocacy strategies. Policy and regulatory challenges are often technical and complex. Amanda translates these issues into clear, compelling messages for decision-makers. By translating complicated priorities into practical advocacy strategies, she helps clients gain attention, build support, and create momentum.
Personalized advocacy creates long-term results. Each client brings unique goals, timelines, challenges, and political contexts. Amanda designs strategies customized for each client’s needs, whether the objective is legislative change, regulatory engagement, relationship-building, issue education, or mobilizing support. Her individualized approach drives immediate progress and builds a strong foundation for future success.
Strategic guidance helps clients navigate both opportunity and crisis. Some organizations have clear legislative or regulatory goals, while others seek help during urgent challenges. In both cases, Amanda identifies the most effective path forward, ensures purposeful responses, and builds sustainable advocacy strategies that go beyond a single issue or session.
Broad policy experience creates smarter strategies across issues and levels of government. Amanda has represented clients in education, technology, finance, and healthcare. Her experience provides clients with a broad policy perspective and practical insight into the committees, agencies, relationships, and processes that influence outcomes from Austin to Washington, D.C.
Meet Amanda
Amanda is a fifth-generation Texan and government affairs professional with nearly twenty years of experience leading clients through the Texas government. Since 2008, she has worked in and around the Texas Capitol, building the relationships, perspective, and judgment required to guide clients through complicated legislative and regulatory processes. Her work is founded on the belief that effective advocacy begins with trust: trust with clients, trust with policymakers, and trust built through preparation, consistency, honest communication, and follow-through.
Clients value Amanda for both her connections and her approach. She takes time to understand each client’s goals, challenges, and priorities before recommending a path forward. Her approach is personal, practical, and always tailored to the client.
Known for making complex issues clear and actionable, Amanda enables decision-makers to understand what matters, why it matters, and what action is required. Whether a client has a long-term legislative goal, a regulatory challenge, an issue campaign, or an urgent matter, she brings strategy, focus, and steady guidance.
Before founding A-List Consulting, Amanda served as Vice President of Advocacy for a start-up state trade association and operated a small business for seven years. These experiences shaped her work ethic, persistence, and client-centered approach. She graduated with honors from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Business Communications. Her experience spans education, technology, finance, and healthcare, and she proudly serves on several boards in Central Texas area.
“A List Consulting helps me keep my pulse on education matters at the Texas Capitol. Amanda keeps her ear to the ground. Moreover, Amanda quickly leverages her Capitol contacts to provide an audience for my clients and me.”
– Denise Nance Pierce, Attorney at Law
AList’s Services Include:
- Lobbying
- Experts in education, technology, finance, and healthcare
- Political Action Committee (PAC) fundraising and coordination
- Regulatory agencies monitoring
- Weekly e-newsletter that highlights the political events within the Texas State Capitol
- Bill-tracking for clients
- Issue campaign management
- Grassroots mobilization
- Coalition building
- Event planning: lobby days, legislative briefings, and press conferences
- Membership recruitment
- Policy research and political strategy
- Social media campaigns
- Business to government (B2G) marketing
Interested in scheduling a consulting call?
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Email: amanda@alistconsulting.com
Phone: 512.705.1963

