Jay Shattuck

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About Jay Shattuck

After 25 years of contract lobbying, Jay Shattuck has joined Michael Best Strategies (MBS). Starting January 3, 2022, Jay will be assisting on a part-time basis MBS' Illinois lobbying team with MBS clients and transitioning his former clients to MBS representation. Jay Shattuck formed Shattuck & Associates Consulting, Inc. in 1997 after a nearly twenty-year career lobbying on behalf of two trade associations and a downstate public utility (Central Illinois Public Service). He is one of the state's most respected business lobbyist and association executive. His imprint is on insurance, energy and employment law statutes and regulations considered by the General Assembly and Illinois state government since 1978. In 1993, Mr. Shattuck's lobbying team was recognized by the American Society of Association Executives as a recipient of ASAE's prestigious Award of Excellence in Government Relations. A graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Jay has been actively involved in a number of professional and civic organizations. He is a past president of the Illinois Society of Association Executives (ISAE), a past chairman of the Business and Industry for Economic Concerns (BIFEC) and past President of Project Safe Illinois. He is a former member of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's Advisory Board and its predecessor the Illinois Industrial Commission Advisory Council. He also has served on the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Small Business Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of the Sangamo Club.