Roy J. Wells is a prominent lobbyist in Pennsylvania, working as president and managing director of

Triad Strategies Triad Strategies is a bipartisan public affairs firm headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, with offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Triad provides government affairs, advocacy and communications, and economic development services to organizations se ...

, a

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

-based lobbying firm. He earned a degree in politics from

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time ...

and a master's degree in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State became ...

. He worked as a staffer in the

Pennsylvania General Assembly The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania ...

, where he was rural policy coordinator and budget analyst for the House Appropriations Committee, overseeing economic development programs. He was deputy state treasurer for the Pennsylvania Department of the Treasury. The ''Pennsylvania Report'' named him to the 2003 "The Pennsylvania Report Power 75" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics. In 2009, the ''Pennsylvania Report'' named him to "The Pennsylvania Report 100" list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics, calling him a "continual presence among key power players in Harrisburg." In 2017, ''City & State PA'' named him to its inaugural 50 over Fifty most influential Pennsylvanians in government, business, culture and social services. In 2022 and again in 2023, ''City & State PA'' named him to their Power 100 list recognizing the most influential politicians elected to new offices, members of the administration, veteran lawmakers, influential lobbyists, labor leaders and other notable players throughout the commonwealth.

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