Advocacy

Mike Whatley

Vice President, State Affairs and Grassroots Advocacy

Topics: State and local government affairs, grassroots advocacy, workforce and labor

Mike is Vice President of State Affairs and Grassroots Advocacy at the National Restaurant Association. In his role he advocates on behalf of restaurants in all 50 states, oversees the restaurant industry's grassroots efforts at all levels of government, and serves as the staff executive of the Restaurant Advocacy Fund. 

Prior to working at the Association, he worked in Congress for the House Oversight Committee in the United States House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College with honors in Government and received his MBA from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.