Tim Gehring serves as vice president at Bridge Public Affairs, where he advises clients on trade, energy, technology, and foreign policy issues and monitors legislation, regulations, appropriations, hearings, and other policy items in these areas. Tim also works closely with clients to draft letters to Congress and agencies within the executive branch, as well as legislative and appropriation language, to help achieve clients’ policy goals.
Tim also engages his close contacts at the Department of State, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Justice, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the House Homeland Security Committee, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on behalf of clients.
For 15 years, Tim has served as a government relations professional in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. Before joining Bridge Public Affairs, Tim led government relations at an international humanitarian organization and also served as a Senior Congressional Advisor at the Department of State under Republican and Democratic administrations. He has testified at congressional hearings before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights.
Tim holds a master’s degree in diplomacy and international commerce from the University of Kentucky and a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Asbury University. He is currently located in Nashville, Tennessee.