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 provides public affairs, business development, community relations, and advocacy services to companies and nonprofit organizations. Simply put, we help clients achieve results on issues important to them. We have strong relationships with elected officials and opinion-leaders throughout Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois. We tailor our services and approach to each client’s specific needs, building on more than 25 years’ experience in advocacy, government, business, and law. Read more about our services.

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News & Updates
Helping Nonprofits Deal with Budget Cuts
Are you a nonprofit leader who's trying to figure out how to deal with potential or actual budget cuts?
K.O. Strategies can help. Read more.

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's 11th Annual Ultimate Women’s Power Lunch
KOS enjoyed the event with a notable group of elected and appointed officials, including, among others:
  • Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle
  • Chicago City Treasurer Stephanie Neely
  • Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza
  • Illinois Deputy Governor Cristal Thomas

Kate O’Malley Trains Nonprofit Leaders in Notre Dame Program
As an adjunct faculty member for Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business Nonprofit Executive Program, O’Malley has led training sessions for national and local nonprofit organizations in Chicago, Houston, and Washington, D.C.  See our Presentations page to read more.


Client Corner
Girl Scouts Celebrates its 100th Anniversary
KOS worked with the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana to create an Honorary Troop of elected officials to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts. Honorary Troop members include several members of the U.S. Senate and Congress, Governor Quinn, Illinois Constitutional officers, Cook & DuPage County leaders, and Chicago citywide officials: Mayor Emanuel, Clerk Mendoza, and Treasurer Neely. For a full list of Honorary Troop members, click here. 
COUNTRY Financial Sponsors Chicago Farmers Markets
COUNTRY Financial will kick off the Farmers Markets in Daley Plaza on May 24. Join in the fun and see which Chicago Public High School student will win the COUNTRY fifth annual Chicago Farmers Market Reusable Bag Design Contest.
Mary Ann Abate of Rosecrance named Rockford Woman of the Year!
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Rosecrance CEO Phil Eaton Celebrates 40 Years with Organization 
What Clients Are Saying...

"K.O. Strategies helped us very strategically achieve our goals of engaging the political community. Not only was the process carefully thought through and aligned with our vision, but Kate O'Malley knows EVERYONE and is an incredible joy to work with."
 Cheryl Pearson-McNeil
Senior VP, Public Affairs & Government Relations, Nielsen

When Girl Scouts embarked on establishing Honorary Troop 2012 upon our 100th Anniversary, as a strategic initiative to engage elected and appointed officials throughout our 245 communities to advance leadership opportunities for girls, we turned to Kate O’Malley and KO Strategies. We knew we had one chance to do this right so we hired the most knowledgeable, nimble, expert firm in the region - K.O. Strategies. Thank you, Kate for the fine work you do on behalf of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place!
Bryn Reese
Chief Development Officer, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

 "We hired K.O. Strategies to help Neumann on a number of fronts--including building relationships with elected officials and growing our board of directors. KOS arranged for two Congressmen and several state legislators to visit our headquarters and attend our events to learn more about the organization. They secured a meeting with a major Chicago sports franchise to discuss hiring our clients and helped us secure key elected officials for honorary committees for our fundraising events. K.O. Strategies was a key thought-partner as we grew our organization over several years. They go above and beyond for clients."
Eileen Durkin
CEO, Neumann Family Services (former)




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