Welcome!
Milio Capitol Consulting is a small Oregon advocacy firm, founded and run by Tess Milio.
Tess has over a decade of experience lobbying in the Oregon State Legislature for a wide-range of non-profits, businesses, associations, and local governments.
Background
Tess moved to Oregon, from South Pasadena, California, in 2005 to attend Willamette University where she double majored in Politics and Art Studio. Tess' career in Oregon began during college in 2007, when she got her first internship for then freshman legislator, now Treasurer, Tobias Read. She would continue to work in the legislature every session from then on, later as legislative staff and then as a lobbyist. After college, between legislative sessions, she worked as a campaign manager and fundraiser, for local, regional, and statewide candidates and ballot measure campaigns. Her lobby career began at CFM Advocates, where she worked from 2013-2021. She then joined Dalton Advocacy through September 2022. Tess launched Milio Capitol Consulting on October 1, 2022.
Tess built a strong track record by delivering on her clients’ policy and funding requests.
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