ALUMNIAlumni Spotlight
Eric Tanenblatt ‘87
Senior Managing Director of Government Affairs, McKenna,
Long & Aldridge
With a keen understanding of the American political process,
Eric Tanenblatt leads the firm's National Government Affairs
Group, focusing on governmental and regulatory affairs
at the federal, state and local levels. For years he has
been at the forefront of dramatic government activities
at all levels. Today, Eric is considered by a growing
number of elected officials and corporate leaders to be
an invaluable resource - a creative and effective strategist
who combines knowledge and network into results.
He served as Chief of Staff to Governor Sonny Perdue,
Georgia's first Republican Governor in over 130 years.
He assumed his official duties upon the swearing-in
of Governor Perdue on January 13, 2003 and served in
this role for one year. He continued his work with Governor
Perdue as state coordinator for the 2004 G-8 economic
summit that was held in Sea Island.
Prior to joining the Governor's Office, Eric was a
Managing Director at McKenna Long & Aldridge. In
2000, Tanenblatt served as the State Chairman for President
George W. Bush's successful Georgia campaign effort
and held senior positions in the 1996 Dole and Gramm
Presidential campaigns.
A longtime advisor to the late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell
(R-GA), Eric served as vice chairman of Senator Coverdell's
successful 1998 re-election campaign, directed Senator
Coverdell's 1992 campaign for the U.S. Senate and served
as the Senator's State Director in Georgia. From 1989
to 1991, he served in the Administration of President
George Bush. At the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, he served as a Special Assistant to Secretary
Louis Sullivan focusing on Congressional and legislative
affairs. In his role as Director of Intergovernmental
Affairs at the Peace Corps, Eric served as the agency's
liaison to the White House, Congress and all federal
departments and agencies.
In addition, Georgia Trend Magazine named Eric one
of the "Forty under 40" rising stars of Georgia
in October 1997. And in January 2003, Georgia Trend named him as one of the "100 Most Influential Georgians."
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