International Affairs / Foreign Relations
National Security, Defense Technologies, and Intelligence Support
Financial Services
Science, Health and Biomedical Research
Technology
Cultural Affairs and Performing Arts
Embassy of the State of Qatar
Industry: International Relations
The Embassy of the State of Qatar fosters diplomatic, cultural, and economic ties between Qatar and the United States, playing a central role in one of the most important strategic alliances in the Middle East.
Client Highlight: As a key U.S. ally in the Gulf region and host to Al Udeid Air Base—the largest American military installation in the Middle East—Qatar plays a vital role in regional security and counterterrorism efforts.
MGS Impact: We facilitate high-level engagement with U.S. lawmakers, government agencies, and think tanks to advance U.S.-Qatar’s diplomatic and economic partnerships.
GE Aerospace
Industry: Defense Aerospace
GE Aerospace is a global leader in advanced jet engine technologies for military and commercial applications, powering innovation in air transport worldwide.
Client Highlight: Powering Boeing and Airbus commercial airliners, Apache & Blackhawk helicopters, the F/A 18 Super Hornet, countless international allies’ fighter jets, and poised to power the wave of next-gen engine programs under development.
MGS Impact: We engage with key authorizers and appropriators to support continued investment in propulsion R&D and sustainment.
General Atomics – Electromagnetic Systems (EMS)
Industry: Defense Aerospace
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems develops cutting-edge technologies such as advanced electromagnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems, directed energy solutions, and space power systems that support U.S. national security.
Client Highlight: The developer of groundbreaking technologies such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), high-energy storage and pulsed power systems, space power and satellite solutions, and cutting-edge directed energy applications. GA-EMS also leads in nuclear fusion research, advanced materials, and large-scale R&D, earning recognition from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and securing major contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, and allied partners.
MGS Impact: We align their technology priorities with federal R&D portfolios and advocate for sustained funding across defense, energy, and space programs.
General Dynamics
Industry: Defense
General Dynamics is a global leader in defense manufacturing, building nuclear submarines, advanced combat vehicles, mission systems, secure communications, and business aviation, with strong innovation in cyber, shipbuilding, and aerospace.
Client Highlight: Developer of the Columbia-class nuclear submarine and C4ISR solutions supporting global military operations. They have also won major IT modernization and space systems awards.
MGS Impact: We advocate for defense appropriations that prioritize advanced shipbuilding, cybersecurity, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) modernization in alignment with national defense strategy.
Global Technical Systems
Industry: Defense
Global Technical Systems (GTS) is a leading provider of advanced engineering solutions, trusted by government, defense, and commercial partners worldwide. With decades of expertise, GTS designs, develops, and delivers cutting-edge technologies that strengthen national security, enhance operational readiness, and drive innovation.
Client Highlight: GTS produces mission-critical compute/processing hardware for naval combat systems aboard U.S. Navy surface combatants to support distributed maritime operations.
MGS Impact: We promote GTS’s efforts to advance the U.S. Navy’s next generation integrated combat system and other mission-critical programs in the defense appropriations and authorization process.
Robinson Helicopter Company
Industry: Aviation
Robinson Helicopter Company is the world’s leading producer of civil helicopters, manufacturing the R22, R44, and R66 models that dominate the global light helicopter market. With its acquisition of Ascent Aerosystems, Robinson is also expanding into unmanned and autonomous vertical lift technologies.
Client Highlight: Robinson has exported helicopters to more than 50 countries, establishing a global reputation for reliability, affordability, and versatility across training, law enforcement, utility, and private aviation markets. The acquisition of Ascent Aerosystems positions Robinson to integrate next-generation coaxial unmanned systems into its portfolio, strengthening its role in both manned and unmanned aviation.
MGS Impact: We advance Robinson’s priorities in the defense, homeland and transportation sectors on Capitol Hill and the Executive Branch, building out their company’s relatively new profile in Washington, while pursuing funding opportunities to bring their cutting-edge technologies to bear against key agency requirements.
Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Industry: Technology
Axon is a leading provider of body-worn cameras, digital evidence platforms, and non-lethal public safety tools.
Client Highlight: Deployed body-worn camera systems to over 17,000 law enforcement agencies globally.
MGS Impact: We work with federal stakeholders to support transparency tech adoption and ensure alignment with public safety grant programs.
Accelint
Industry: National Security, Defense & Intelligence
Accelint delivers cutting-edge intelligence analysis and national security solutions, helping government agencies enhance threat detection, crisis response, and interagency coordination.
Client Highlight: Developed advanced national security tools adopted across multiple U.S. federal agencies.
MGS Impact: We promote their strategic capabilities in threat intelligence and crisis management to key congressional defense and intel committees.
Prieto Battery, Inc
Industry: Energy Storage
Prieto Battery is pioneering 3D solid-state lithium and sodium ion battery technology, with unique battery architectures that enable fast charging, wide temperature range usability, high safety, and scalable manufacturing using eco-friendly methods.
Client Highlight: Prieto has developed a battery that can be charged faster, last longer and be impervious to extreme temperatures. It can also survive upon bullet impact. Most importantly it can be fomedyicslly sourced and manufactured.
MGS Impact: We advocate for clean energy innovation funding and connect Prieto with federal R&D agencies and resilience-focused policymakers.
TurbineOne Inc
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
TurbineOne develops cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning tools designed to give frontline military operators real-time, on-the-ground decision advantage. Its software enables automated sensor fusion, target detection, and rapid data analysis at the tactical edge without reliance on cloud connectivity.
Client Highlight: TurbineOne’s flagship offerings provide warfighters with deployable AI/ML capabilities that enhance situational awareness, accelerate targeting, and reduce cognitive load in dynamic environments. By integrating seamlessly with existing defense systems and operating fully at the edge, TurbineOne has been recognized as a pioneer in operationalizing AI for national security missions and has secured contracts across the Department of Defense and intelligence community.
MGS Impact: We elevate TurbineOne’s role in shaping the future of defense AI by aligning its priorities with federal innovation initiatives, advocating for sustained investment in edge computing, and ensuring policymakers understand the mission-critical impact of deployable AI on the battlefield.
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT)
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
IDT develops cutting-edge software automation and artificial intelligence tools that drive mission assurance and system readiness across the Department of Defense (DoD).
Client Highlight: A key contributor to Navy technology initiatives and autonomous systems testing, IDT leverages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program success to deliver field-proven AI and automation solutions across the military enterprise. IDT’s technology is credited w saving billions in duplicative testing processes.
MGS Impact: We work to align IDT’s solutions with DoD digital transformation strategies, advocating for funding through Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) accounts.
Onebrief, Inc.
Industry: Military Technology
Onebrief’s collaboration and AI-powered workflow software platform is designed specifically for U.S. military staffs to streamline operational planning, real-time decision-making, and multi-command workflows across classified and unclassified networks.
Client Highlight: Onebrief is now a mission-critical capability for multiple Geographic Combatant Commands, supporting key operational planning programs and cutting planning cycles dramatically—users report completing workflows in nearly half the time. In 2025, Onebrief reached unicorn status with a $1.1 billion valuation.
MGS Impact: We have introduced Onebrief’s innovative military planning solution to numerous Congressional offices and oversight committees, and promoted Onebrief’s real-time interactive platform for broader adoption by the Department of Defense (DoD), key federal agencies and other mission critical partners.
Finch AI
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
Finch AI delivers cutting-edge data analytics and language processing tools for the defense and intelligence sectors.
Client Highlight: Developed real-time large language model understanding tools used by the intelligence community.
MGS Impact: We advocate for policies and funding streams that prioritize AI transparency, responsible use, and national security alignment.
National Association of Federal Equity Receivers (NAFER)
Industry: Asset Recovery & Enforcement
NAFER is the leading professional association for federal equity receivers in the U.S., bringing together experts in receivership, insolvency, restructuring, and international asset recovery to promote excellence, ethics, and consistency in receivership practice.
Client Highlight: Supports high-profile federal receivers recovering assets from Ponzi schemes and other such fraudulent activities.. Offers model documents, legal research, best practices, and high-level education via its annual & international conferences.
MGS Impact: We work with Federal Equity Receivers on putting together and steering passage of legislation that will enable victims of fraud to be compensated to the degree available in a more timely and equitable manner.
National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT)
Industry: Legal Services
NABT serves as the principal voice for Chapter 7 and Subchapter V bankruptcy trustees nationwide, helping them navigate case administration, enforcement, and policy reform while promoting the integrity and effectiveness of the U.S. bankruptcy system.
Client Highlight: Advocates for legislative reforms to enhance the fairness, reasonableness and transparency of bankruptcy proceedings and the compensation of Chapter 7 and Subchapter 5 bankruptcy judges. Has recently influenced federal policy by helping shape implementation of the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act (including adjustments to trustee compensation in no-asset Chapter 7 cases).
MGS Impact: We represent NABT in congressional outreach on bankruptcy code modernization, trustee compensation, and consumer protections.
Moffitt Cancer Center
Industry: Biomedical Research
Moffitt is a nationally recognized cancer research and treatment institute committed to breakthroughs in oncology, prevention, and patient care. It is also home to a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Client Highlight: Among the top 10 cancer hospitals in the U.S. and a national leader in immunotherapy. Houses the country’s first Bioengineering Department, integrating the disciplines of engineering and cancer biology and collaborating with other departments in the Division of Basic Science to accelerate the discovery of cancer pathways and ground breaking therapies.
MGS Impact: We work with key Members of Congress, the Florida congressional delegation and federal research agencies to increase funding for cancer programs and biomedical research.
Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA)
Industry: Technology, Scientific Research
A coalition of 57 leading U.S. and Canadian research universities, SURA supports large-scale basic and applied science initiatives — notably through its role operating Jefferson Lab (DOE’s major nuclear physics user facility) — as well as work in environmental, space, and computing technologies.
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Client Highlight: Through its management of Jefferson Science Associates, SURA oversees Jefferson Lab — a globally used Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear physics accelerator facility with nearly 1,700 active scientific users and an Initiatives Fund that awarded over $1 million in FY2024 for STEM outreach, graduate fellowships, and emerging research programs.
MGS Impact: We help secure federal research funding and advance SURA’s priorities in university-based scientific collaboration and workforce development.
Salesforce, Inc. (attn: JPM)
Industry: Cloud Computing
Salesforce is a global leader in cloud-based CRM, data analytics, and workflow automation, deploying secure, FedRAMP-authorized platforms to help government agencies modernize operations, improve constituent experience, and streamline public service delivery.
Client Highlight: Recently launched Missionforce, a business unit focused on bringing AI, cloud, and data tools to national security and defense workflows (personnel readiness, logistics, decision support), meanwhile partnering with the General Services Administration (GSA) via the OneGov initiative to slash costs for federal agencies (e.g. steep discounts for Slack).
MGS Impact: We strive to position Salesforce at the center of federal IT modernization efforts within the Executive & Legislative branches of government.
Smash Capital
Industry: Venture Capital
Smash Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm backing bold ventures in consumer tech, AI, fintech, digital content, and now, the future of live entertainment and sports.
Client Highlight: Drew national headlines for backing “Project Rudy”—an ambitious proposal to transform college football through a 70-team Super League, leveraging NCAA broadcast rights to reimagine university funding models and student-athlete compensation.
MGS Impact: We are working with Smash Capital to shape a forward-looking strategy for sustainable university funding and equitable revenue sharing in collegiate sports.
Pace-O-Matic of Virginia, LLC
Industry: Gaming Technology
Pace-O-Matic develops legal skill-based gaming technology and supports sensible regulation of the industry.
Client Highlight: Empowered hundreds of small businesses and veterans’ organizations through legal skill-based gaming.
MGS Impact: We lead advocacy to shape sensible, transparent regulatory frameworks and protect industry legitimacy.
Govly, Inc.
Industry: Analytics
Govly transforms the federal contracting landscape with its SaaS platform that helps businesses discover, compete for, and win government opportunities.
Client Highlight: Govly enables real-time tracking of over $1.5 trillion in federal procurement opportunities. In partnership with the Army, they are poised to revolutionize core aspects of the contracting process.
MGS Impact: We promote Govly’s initiatives with the Department of Defense and Congress, helping develop a pathway to expanding their opportunities to rethink government contracting in more cost effective, efficient ways.
National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program (NCACA)
Industry: Arts
NCACA is a federal grant program under the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts that provides general operating support to large, nonprofit arts institutions in Washington, D.C. whose primary mission is performing, exhibiting, or presenting the arts and which meet eligibility criteria including national repute, annual income thresholds, and local operations.
Client Highlight: NCACA has distributed multi-million-dollar appropriations (e.g. $5 million in FY2024) to support more than 20 D.C.-based arts institutions, from museums to music ensembles.
MGS Impact: We defend and grow this vital federal funding stream in annual appropriations and educate Congress on its economic and cultural return on investment.
Arena Stage (Washington Drama Society)
Industry: Performing Arts
A cornerstone of Washington, D.C.’s theatrical landscape, Arena Stage champions American playwrights and socially conscious performances.
Client Highlight: Produced groundbreaking premieres such as “Sweat” by Lynn Nottage, later awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
MGS Impact: We champion their eligibility for federal arts funding and foster relationships with cultural policymakers in D.C.
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Industry: Performing Arts
Atlas Performing Arts Center is a creative hub in the heart of D.C. offering diverse programming across dance, music, film, and theater.
Client Highlight: Hosts the annual INTERSECTIONS Festival, celebrating art that ignites social change.
MGS Impact: We elevate their visibility with funders and urban development champions to support equitable community arts initiatives.
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Industry: Performing Arts
Atlas Performing Arts Center is a creative hub in the heart of D.C. offering diverse programming across dance, music, film, and theater.
Client Highlight: Hosts the annual INTERSECTIONS Festival, celebrating art that ignites social change.
MGS Impact: We elevate their visibility with funders and urban development champions to support equitable community arts initiatives.
Dance Place
Industry: Performing Arts
Dance Place is a nationally recognized arts center in Washington, D.C. that presents contemporary dance, supports emerging artists, and provides inclusive youth and community arts education in the Brookland/Edgewood neighborhood.
Client Highlight: Operates one of the longest-running Black-led dance spaces in the nation.
MGS Impact: We advocate for sustained federal funding and increased recognition of Dance Place’s leadership in community-rooted, inclusive, and artist-led cultural initiatives.
DC Jazz Festival
Industry: Performing Arts
The DC Jazz Festival brings world-class jazz to the nation’s capital while supporting music education and local artists.
Client Highlight: Draws over 150,000 attendees annually and features Grammy-winning international artists.
MGS Impact: We support their positioning as a cultural ambassador and help maintain federal funding streams for the arts.
FCPAA/ Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington (GMCW)
Industry: Performing Arts
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington (GMCW), under FCPAA, is one of the oldest & largest LGBT choral organizations in the U.S., with over 250 singers (and growing), performing both locally in D.C. and internationally. It uses music to promote equality, build community, and entertain with high artistry.
Client Highlight: Featured in PBS and Kennedy Center broadcasts; known for integrating LGBTQ+ history into music performance. GMCW has performed at significant national events (e.g., presidential inaugurations), commissioned original choral works, toured internationally, and built a strong base of 10,000 annual audience members, over 500 donors, and multiple select ensembles.
MGS Impact: We champion federal inclusion of LGBTQ+ organizations in cultural funding programs and advocate for equitable, representative arts policy at the national level.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Industry: Art Education
The Folger Shakespeare Library houses the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare materials—including over 300,000 early modern rare books, manuscripts, and works of art—and is committed to making Shakespeare’s stories accessible through exhibitions, performances, education, and digital scholarship.
Client Highlight: Recently completed a $80.5 million renovation to dramatically expand its public space (including new exhibition halls, a learning lab, a café, gardens, and enhanced accessibility).
MGS Impact: We help expand federal support for historic preservation and humanities education.
Ford’s Theatre
Industry: Performing Arts
A national landmark, Ford’s Theatre brings Abraham Lincoln’s legacy to life through historical exhibitions and live performances.
Client Highlight: Hosts over 650,000 visitors annually and produces original plays rooted in Lincoln’s legacy.
MGS Impact: We promote their federal appropriations, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, and engagement with education policy communities focused on civic learning.
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Industry: Performing Arts
GALA is a national leader in Latino performing arts, producing plays in Spanish and English that reflect the richness of Latinx culture.
Client Highlight: The Nation’s first theater dedicated to bilingual and Latinx storytelling; winner of the 2023 National Medal of Arts.
MGS Impact: We help secure National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funding, raise their profile with embassy partners, and advance Latino cultural diplomacy in D.C.
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens
Industry: Arts
Hillwood preserves the legacy of Marjorie Merriweather Post through its extensive collection of decorative arts and world-renowned gardens. Famous for its unparalleled collection of Imperial Russian art and French decorative arts, Hillwood offers a rare glimpse into Gilded Age opulence. The estate’s exquisite gardens and rotating exhibitions continue to draw international attention.
Client Highlight: Home to one of the largest collections of Fabergé eggs outside Russia and rare 18th-century French decorative arts.
MGS Impact: We support their cultural diplomacy through Federal funding of the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program.
National Museum of Women in the Arts (via AvidXchange)
Industry: Arts
The first museum in the world solely dedicated to championing women through the visual arts, NMWA showcases both historic and contemporary women artists.
Client Highlight: Reopened in 2023 after a $67M renovation, reaffirming its global leadership in promoting women artists.
MGS Impact: We advocate for long-term federal arts funding and increase the museum’s visibility in cultural initiatives.
National Building Museum
Industry: Architecture
The National Building Museum (formerly the Pension Building) explores the built environment through exhibitions, programming, and civic engagement. The museum is most celebrated for its monumental Great Hall and exploration of architecture’s role in civic life.
Client Highlight: As the historic host of presidential inaugural balls dating back to the 19th century, the National Building Museum has welcomed leaders from Nixon to Obama for post-swearing-in celebrations that reflect the nation’s civic spirit. The museum proudly upholds its tradition as a ceremonial stage for American democracy—honoring everyone from campaign donors to war veterans under its iconic Great Hall.
MGS Impact: We help sustain such federal cultural appropriations funding as part of the National Capital Arts programs.
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Industry: Performing Arts
STC brings world-class interpretations of Shakespeare and other classic works to Washington, D.C. audiences. STC is a Helen Hayes Award heavyweight and D.C.’s leading classical theater.
Client Highlight: Only U.S. theater to win the London Critics’ Circle Award for Best Foreign Play and recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
MGS Impact: We advocate for robust federal arts support, amplifying their global cultural impact, and elevating their leadership in classical theater.
Step Afrika!
Industry: Performing Arts
Internationally acclaimed for its unique fusion of stepping and African traditions, Step Afrika! is one of the few dance companies whose origins are rooted in Black fraternities.
Client Highlight: First professional dance company dedicated to the African American tradition of stepping, with global tours and cultural diplomacy awards.
MGS Impact: We secure cultural exchange support and connect Step Afrika! with State Department, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and embassy networks to amplify their international footprint.
Studio Theatre
Industry: Performing Arts
Studio Theatre is Washington, D.C.’s premier venue for contemporary plays, producing daring, provocative work in four intimate performance spaces at its 14th & P Street NW complex. Over 40+ years and more than 350 productions, it has fostered bold artistic voices, invested in new work, and deepened community engagement through theater that makes you feel as much as think.
Client Highlight: Studio Theatre has earned more than 390 Helen Hayes nominations and 72 awards for standout productions such as John Proctor Is the Villain (which it premiered) while championing provocative new plays and expanding its complex with a $20 million renovation
MGS Impact: We advocate for institutional support and federal arts funding that uplifts cutting-edge storytelling and new playwright development.
The Choral Arts Society
Industry: Performing Arts
One of the nation’s premier symphonic choirs, Choral Arts inspires audiences through transformative performances and community engagement.
Client Highlight: Performs at presidential inaugurations, state funerals, and collaborates with the National Symphony Orchestra.
MGS Impact: We help expand their visibility and access to federal funding by framing their performances as contributions to national identity and unity.
The Phillips Collection
Industry: Arts
America’s first museum of modern art, The Phillips Collection continues to innovate through exhibitions, education, and community outreach.
Client Highlight: Home to masterpieces like Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party and the immersive Rothko Room.
MGS Impact: We advocate for federal and philanthropic investment in museum innovation, education outreach, and cross-institutional partnerships.
The Washington Ballet
Industry: Performing Arts
The Washington Ballet presents a bold blend of classical and contemporary performances and maintains a vibrant school for dance. The Ballet is a cultural anchor of D.C. and a major training institution.
Client Highlight: Performs iconic productions like The Nutcracker and maintains a renowned training school.
MGS Impact: We support its federal cultural advocacy and ensure engagement with grantmaking bodies like the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).