The TCH Group offers extensive public policy and legislative experience with integrity and with effectiveness.
The TCH Group is committed to providing its clients with excellent service and responsiveness from experienced professionals.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/12″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” bottom_padding=”40″ class=”move-up” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/12″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”10/12″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”]Michael Tongour
Contact:
tongour@tchgroup.com
Mike is the founder and President of the TCH Group, a boutique firm which has been retained by a variety of Fortune 500 companies, associations, municipalities, and non-profits to formulate achievable, bipartisan, legislative strategies and to help their clients effectively implement those strategies. For nearly thirty years, the firm has compiled a successful record in a variety of sectors particularly in the tax, energy, environmental, appropriations, civil/criminal justice, and health policy areas.
In the Senate, Tongour worked closely with Senators and their staff and supervised the daily operations of the Whip’s office, including assisting in the vote counting duties of the Whip, and helping to coordinate and implement Senate floor strategy. He is a member and a past President of RAMS, a 300+ member organization comprised of present and former GOP Staff Directors. He is well known for his expertise in the Federal legislative process and strategy. He currently is a guest lecturer at his alma mater , the University of South Carolina in the Master’s in Public Administration program, and has also given lectures on the Federal legislative/regulatory/budget process to classes at American University, George Washington University, Georgetown University Law School, and Colby College.
He currently serves on the Board of the National Memorial to Women Who Worked on Homefront during World War II. He leads the DC/Maryland/Virginia Advisory Board to the University of South Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences and has been recognized as the College’s Outstanding Alumnus. For ten years, he was an officer and served on the Board of the Lab School of Washington (a school for students with learning differences). He is a past Senior Warden and Vestry member at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church. He volunteers with the TCH Group-sponsored Northwest Little League Challengers baseball program, for athletes with physical and mental challenges. He is a long time, active member of the University Club of Washington where he serves on the Nominating Committee and Squash Committee.
Mr. Tongour is a native South Carolinian. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude. He also earned his law degree there and was selected for membership in the legal honorary societies: Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe. He is nationally ranked squash player in his age group and is a regular pickleball player as well. He and his wife, Lalie, have three children who are currently in college: Jack, Alec, and Stella Louise.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”toggle”][/vc_column_text]
Brad Holsclaw
Contact:
holsclaw@tchgroup.com
Brad, for several years, also volunteered to assist with logistics for Senator Charles Grassley’s August Ambassadors’ visits to the American “heartland”, intended to promote export and international trade opportunities for agriculture, manufacturing and services produced in Iowa. On Brad’s departure from the Senate, Chairman Grassley issued a statement which thanked Brad for his loyal service to the Senate and noted that “Holsclaw understands both the intricacies and the big picture of the legislative process.”
On leaving the Senate, Brad brought his significant legislative skills and the credibility he continued to enjoy on the Hill to the TCH Group, where he has now been a Partner for over twenty years . He is involved in a variety of civic and charitable activities including serving as Vice President of his homeowners’ association’s Board of Directors, and Board Chair for the Cloverleaf Equine Center Polo Classic. He and his wife Shannon have two daughters, Sydney and Barbara Catherine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text]
Robert Mariner
Contact:
robertmariner18@gmail.com
Robert also served as a senior advisor at DOT on project finance policy issues including Private Activity Bonds, Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Loans, Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) Loans, and the Title XI ship building grant program. He served as a Congressional liaison for USDOT and FEMA during the Superstorm Sandy response. Robert also drafted and negotiated surface transportation reauthorization provisions which were included in laws leading to the formation of the TIGER discretionary grant program, the FASTLANE discretionary grant program, and the creation of the National Freight Advisory Committee.
Prior to joining USDOT, Robert spent six years as an Airport Environmental Planner and Program Manager. He also served as an Environmental Engineer for the delivery of multiple environmental compliance documents for the US Air Force and the US Navy.
Since July 2018, Robert has been a private transportation consultant assisting numerous clients/project sponsors in successfully securing more than $300 million in U.S. DOT discretionary grant funding.
Robert has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Morgan State University, and a Master of Arts in Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics from the George Mason University School of Public Policy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner]