About Leadership Connect

Who We Are

Your Work Gets Results.
Our Help Makes it Easier.

When the company was founded over 50 years ago by two Fortune 500 CEOs and a White House staffer, information transferred much more slowly. Printed directories were all clients needed to get in touch with leadership.

Times have changed, and so has the technology we use to find information and communicate with others – inspiring our team to re-think how to connect in a modern and simplified way. These changes led to the creation of Leadership Connect, a vital service in relationship building for policymakers and public sector professionals nationwide.

Leadership Connect provides productivity solutions for:

Government Affairs Government Contractors Congress Federal Government

Culture

Mission

Connect, inform and catalyze an ecosystem of change-makers to help them efficiently achieve their most critical goals

Vision

Building a more transparent, connected, and data-driven public sector

Core Values

Collaboration

We lean on each others’ strengths to tackle our stickiest questions and solve our most persistent challenges.

Learning

We are always learning – from our clients, ourselves, and our data – to make better decisions, grow our impact, and support each other.

Communication

We operate with honesty and communicate with transparency, celebrating our wins and acknowledging our challenges.

Empowerment

We build the conditions for everyone to take action and make a big impact.

Adaptability

We are constantly looking to evolve and improve what we do and how we do it, knowing that what got us here won’t get us there.

Meet the Team

Bios of Connectors Across Departments

Work With Us

Everyone from full stack developers to data scientists, to former Hill staffers, help shape our in-depth people intelligence.

There is never a dull moment in Washington, D.C. People come from all over the world to join forces at Leadership Connect.

We're currently working remotely, with on-site optional, but we cannot wait to get together for rooftop happy hours, exploring two brand new offices, and meeting all of the new hires in our growing team.

Want to join our amazing team?

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Hannah (Pitt) Anderson

Data Governance Specialist

Hannah joined the team in May 2022, bringing experience from her internship with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She graduated from BYU with a Bachelors in Political Science and minors in International Development and Chinese. While there, Hannah was also Editor in Chief of the Ballard Brief, which publishes student analysis of social issues.

Hannah loves solving complex problems using data, and is also an avid hiker, snowboarder, and reader.

Baz Hiralal

Media Team Lead

Baz trains the media team to decipher the constant flux in the world of journalism. He also keeps producers, reporters, and editors updated on important changes as community liaison.

The Manhattan College, Business MGMT grad is a former journalist/editor/web producer and is known for the Movers & Shakers column, which focused on executive moves and sector analysis in the financial services (investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, etc.), legal and corporate communities.

Sofija Sutton

Full Stack Engineer

In late 2020, Sofija took a career leap from administration and fine arts into engineering. She enjoys collaging illustrations of bugs, creating recipes with random pantry items, and trying to protect her plants from her cats to mixed success.

Her tech stack includes: JavasScript, Sequelize, PostgresSQL, Express, React, Redux, Node.js, Vue.js, Phaser.io, and Three.js.

Shai Tzach

VP, Finance

Shai Tzach is responsible for financial reporting, accounting, payroll and benefits management.

Prior to joining Leadership Connect in 2001 as Assistant Controller, Mr. Tzach was a controller with a telecom start-up from 1999 to 2001. He currently has a 1,250+ day streak in Duolingo, with 52,000 XP in Spanish, 7,000 XP in Arabic and 4,000 XP in Japanese.

Salma Ismaiel

Talent Operations Manager

Salma joined Leadership Connect with a literature and academic publishing background. Her start in an administrative role quickly evolved into a developmental and operational one, working closely with Leadership Connect's front office team to help drive process based initiatives and conduct sales support.

When she isn't at her desk, Salma's athletic portfolio includes biking, running and sprinting, and a newfound interest in playing soccer.

Victoria Hodge

Product Manager

Victoria focuses on tribal nations data, research and development, and helping federal agency clients maximize their productivity with public sector decision intelligence. Prior to this role, she was a Researcher for NBC Nightly News, producing daily stories about world events, political affairs, and human interest.

She graduated with Distinction from the University of Virginia with a double major in Public Policy and Media Studies. Victoria was born and raised in the Washington, D.C. area.

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Connectors advising 40,000 of the most powerful people in the US

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