About
About Velocity Strategies
A public affairs firm specializing in infrastructure, clean energy, development projects and campaigns, founded and led by Michael Faust.
Velocity Strategies is a public affairs firm that provides straightforward support to businesses, non-profits and issue campaigns.
We deliver a full range of services to help our clients understand the environment in which they operate, formulate the right strategies, engage effectively with stakeholders and accomplish their strategic objectives, with the correct velocity strategy for each project.
We start by understanding our clients’ business objectives, then work with them to develop specific strategies designed to empower them and accomplish their goals.
Our commitments
- Focus. Velocity Strategies limits the number of projects, races and ballot measures we take on at any one time, so every client gets our focus and attention.
- The right team. We run a 21st-century workforce model: the team is built for each project or campaign and its budget, so it has an appropriate, full team and your budget keeps working for you.
- All the way. From project envisioning to doors opening, and from announcement to victory.
Our leadership
Michael Faust, founder
Michael is the founder of Velocity Strategies, a public affairs firm specializing in infrastructure, clean energy, development projects and campaigns. His knowledge comes from substantial and diverse experience working in and around government, running small and mid-sized companies, and managing campaigns across the nation.
Before founding the firm he served the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, was CEO and President of the Northern California World Trade Center and Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Economic Development for the Sacramento Metro Chamber. He was Vice President of American Pacific Mortgage Corporation and General Manager of its flagship branch, Big Valley Mortgage, and earlier served Pacesetter Financial in several roles, including President and COO.
At the same time he served as Vice President of Government Affairs for the California Association of Mortgage Brokers and Vice Chairman for Government Affairs of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers, and often spoke as an industry expert before elected and regulatory bodies, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Reserve Bank.
He has been Senior Consultant to a Member of the California Assembly and a staff member for two Members of Congress in Washington, D.C. He has served, and continues to serve, on national, state and local boards and commissions, has run campaigns across the country, and was Director of Political Services for a major statewide party.
He holds a master’s degree from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University, where he ran the decathlon. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two sons and is an avid Spartan Race competitor.
Record
- Northern California World Trade Center
- CEO and President
- Sacramento Metro Chamber
- Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Economic Development
- Sacramento Kings
- Served the NBA team
- California Association of Mortgage Brokers
- Vice President of Government Affairs
- National Association of Mortgage Brokers
- Vice Chairman for Government Affairs
- California State Assembly
- Senior Consultant to a Member
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Staff for two Members of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Statewide political party
- Director of Political Services
How we work
Every engagement runs to an agenda
Understand the environment
We start with your business objectives and map the ground: the agencies and elected officials involved, the stakeholders, the politics of the project and the media.
Formulate the strategy
Together we set a strategy built for your goals, and the right velocity for the project: the speed and the direction that will get it approved.
Engage the stakeholders
We bridge the divide between your project, government, stakeholders and the media, building partnerships that create opportunity.
Deliver the objective
We stay with you from the drawing board to opening the doors, or from announcement to victory, with a team sized to the job.
Where we work
From Sacramento, across California and the country
Velocity Strategies is based in Sacramento. Our leadership has worked in and around local, state and federal government and run campaigns across the nation.
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Get your project or campaign moving with Velocity Strategies today. The first consultation is free.