DECADES OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE
Kasich Company is a boutique group of advisors that provide expert advice, strategy and support to help address complex issues at the intersection of the private and public sectors.
We specialize in change management strategies, evolving public opinion and corporate social responsibility messaging strategies for small, mid and large-size business enterprises looking for candid and confidential review and assessment of internal strategies.
Effective corporate social responsibility and ESG (environment, society and governance) programs lead to positive outcomes:
Better employee loyalty and retention
Improved talent acquisition
Enhanced brand awareness
Increased shareholder satisfaction
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INDUSTRY SECTORS
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
We have extensive successful experience working on policy and issue development as well as with project implementation in the construction industry. In a signature Modernization of Ohio’s Highways project, we worked to implement a record 16.4 billion – $2 billion worth of investment in Ohio’s transportation system. Likewise, we have experience supporting local infrastructure projects while Governor, including local roads, bridges, water-supply systems, storm sewers and wastewater systems. In addition, we have experience prioritizing, funding and implementing historic investments in Dam safety in state parks, forests and wildlife areas.
BUDGETING & GOVERNMENT
BUDGETING & GOVERNMENT
Kasich Company’s successful experience with budgeting – especially government budgeting – is vast and varied. We’ve implemented strategies to eliminate budget shortfalls without raising taxes. We have experience working with bond-rating agencies, implementing programs to refresh rainy-day funds, implementing new transparency in budgeting and reporting, making common-sense recommendations for forms that streamline government agencies, right-sizing state government, removing burdensome regulations and implementing data-driven approaches to improve state and local government efficiencies.
WSJ Op-Ed: I Tip My Cap to You, Joe Manchin
Trevor Johnson2021-07-06T19:06:56+00:00June 8th, 2021|
John Kasich authored the following op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. I Tip My Cap to You, Joe Manchin. Sen. Joe Manchin is a courageous man. He has strong views and hails from a state [...]
Climate Change Solutions: Milken Institute
Trevor Johnson2020-12-01T16:51:11+00:00October 21st, 2020|
Gov. Kasich participated on a panel with the Milken Institute to discuss the future of climate change solutions, and how best to achieve public support. You can watch the full interview here. The issue of [...]
HEALTHCARE
HEALTHCARE
Throughout the Governor’s career he has seen a need to focus on Healthcare and it’s many challenges. As Governor, providing high-value health care coverage for low-income Ohioans was a major priority. His successful experience expanding and modernizing the State’s Medicaid Program has yielded considerable experience working through the bureaucratic red-tape as it relates to government requirements, reducing overall cost to taxpayers and/or end-consumers, increasing the efficiency of large programs and balancing the challenges that exist between public and private-sector healthcare programs.
Similarly, the Governor and team have experience rebuilding community behavioral health system capacity as well as implementing programs that promote independence and choice for persons leveraging Medicaid programs, improving care coordination across healthcare systems and implementing technology to ensure quality care and payment accuracy. Likewise, the team has experience modernizing Ohio’s Medicaid program: finding efficiencies and savings using technology upgrades, streamlining governance and increasing collaboration and simplifying and integrating eligibility determinations for the program.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
Early childhood care and education was a key focus of Kasich’s time as Governor. We have successful experience, ideas and the knowledge to help with issues ranging from funding for high quality preschool, improving the quality of early childcare services, implementing new behavioral health resources for young children, removing barriers for moving up, helping families and stabilizing educational providers, ending the childcare “cliff”, and using technology to support teachers and enhance classroom learning.
In terms of K-12 education, we have experience driving funding to Ohio classrooms, encouraging innovation, empowering parents via expanding special needs scholarships, allowing parents to trigger school restructuring and expanding educational choice scholarships, and implementing stretch programs, such as a third grade reading guarantee, more candidly assessing school strengths and weaknesses, providing better support for struggling schools, implementing new quality ratings for programs and encouraging innovation through the user of waivers.
We also have extensive experience improving school safety, increasing flexibility for school teachers, ensuring there are multiple pathways for educational success outside of the traditional classroom setting and promoting and expanding access to adult learning and fast-track technical programs. We’ve fostered career visions and frameworks through Career Connections, developed new programs such as Community Connectors to bring together parents, schools, communities and faith and value-based groups, and created new standards for blended and Online learning.
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
While Governor, Kasich saw the value in focusing on environmental quality and access to natural resources as well as its intersection with a jobs-friendly business climate. We’ve championed several initiatives focused on safeguarding Ohio’s environment and natural resources, and have extensive successful experience budgeting, planning, overseeing the implementation of and improving environmental projects such as: protecting lake Erie, ensuring the safety of Ohioans living downstream of aging dams, implementing a leading energy strategy, investing in State Parks, improving water quality and creating gas-shale regulations.
We are familiar with how to improve drinking water and wastewater facilities, monitor water quality, plant cover crops, recycle dredge material, install controlled drainage and invest in dam repair and rehabilitation. As for monitoring and implementing water quality, we’ve implemented measures such as providing new resources to local water systems, implementing standards to protect public health from lead in drinking water, and tightening and training communities on water testing requirements.
When it comes to creating gas-shale regulations, we’re familiar with how to set and implement chemical disclosure regulations, fund plug orphan wells, and implement an emergency response training for oilfield incidents.
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Kasich Company has considerable successful experience creating jobs programs and implementing policies aimed at job creation not only in the K-12 and higher education realms but also for adult learners and especially for Veterans. As Governor, Kasich and team implemented programs to help fast-track Veterans’ ability to acquire state licensing credentials, achieving academic credit for military training and experience, improving academic counseling for veterans, encouraging apprenticeships and helping veterans find job opportunities.
Likewise, the team at Kasich Company has experience setting and exceeding goals for job-related programs, such as the Ohio Minority-Owned Business State Purchasing Program (MBE), reducing Worker’s Compensation costs, and developing and implementing offices and committees dedicated to labor and employment, such as the Office of Opportunities for New Americans and the New Americans Advisory Committee.
TAXES & JOB GROWTH
TAXES & JOB GROWTH
The team at Kasich Company has broad successful experience working with taxes and tax reform policy, and understanding its connectivity to the economy and jobs. Whether it’s strategies to trigger an economic recovery or fuel to power job growth and creation, our team’s experience helping small businesses grow, driving public-sector workforce growth, expanding tax relief for low or middle-income earners, lowering overall taxable incomes, simplifying municipal tax filings or overall streamlining of the tax system can bring tried-and-true strategies and fresh ideas to your tax-related challenges.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Backed with over 30 years of successful experience in public office, Governor Kasich brings to bear unmatched experience and expertise in the area of public affairs. Combining his experience in Congress, private sector and as Governor of Ohio; John Kasich has the unique ability to offer unparalleled insight and guidance on steering successful public affairs matters.
It has never been more important or relevant for companies to pursue a successful public affairs strategy in today’s climate. Whether at the local, state or federal level; the Kasich Company has the ability to successfully pursue public affairs strategies that resonate with both the public and government alike.
TALENT
TALENT MANAGEMENT
A tsunami of change, accelerated by a global pandemic, is rapidly approaching America’s workforce. Millions of American jobs will be disrupted and entire industries face uncertainty in the future due to technology, automization and globalization. In unpredictable times, Governor Kasich is engaged to help navigate the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
Transforming Ohio’s workforce system was a priority during Gov. Kasich’s time in office and remains a priority today. Kasich Company has experience working with job creators to determine what skills, workers and training their companies need – today and in the future.
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH
As a compassionate leader who worked to help lift all Ohioans as Governor, John Kasich has been deeply engaged in the field of mental health reform by recognizing both the need to provide parity for mental-health conditions and raise awareness to the issue as well.
Partnering with a major mental health policy institute and major children’s hospital chain, Governor Kasich is working to break the stigma of mental health especially when it comes to children. Recognizing the need for change, the Governor is partnering with business leaders to better understand how to provide mental health resources to employees and their families.
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
As Governor, Kasich ensured strategic investments were made in emerging technologies, especially in the realm of mobility, drones and data analytics. As such, Kasich Company has experience utilizing data analytics to solve complex problems and is a champion for the power consolidated data can bring to solving new challenges, such as the development of advanced transportation technologies, autonomous and connected vehicles/technologies, the development of ‘smart” mobility applications, and drones.
Kasich Company also has experience applying technology to alleviate challenges encountered by Ohioans with developmental disabilities, to support teachers and enhance early childhood education, to help the visually impaired navigate a college campus, and in pursuit of scientific breakthroughs to battle drug abuse and addiction.
DRUG ABUSE & ADDICTION
DRUG ABUSE & ADDICTION
As Governor, the Kasich administration ensured Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission bookmark funds to help fuel innovation and promising technologies to combat the drug epidemic. Kasich Company also has passion and experience helping secure investments and develop programs to help local communities fight drugs, establish strike-teams to quickly respond to the evolving war on drugs, cut the pill supply, step up enforcement efforts, increase patient awareness of the risk of opioid misuse and addiction, and empowering prescribers and pharmacists to prevent opioid abuse.
In addition to developing strategies to prevent drug abuse before it starts, we have experience developing strategies to treating addiction in confined environments (such as prisons), improving treatment for low-income adults and those most in need, enacting new regulations for drug wholesalers, and developing new and innovative programs to help employers address employees with substance-abuse disorders.