James O'Keeffe

Partner

James O’Keeffe is a partner at O’Keeffe Shahmoradi Strategies LLC, which provides strategic, government affairs counsel, and transportation consulting services to corporations, trade associations, and public-sector organizations. Prior to co-founding this firm in 2018, James ran a successful government relations consulting firm, O’Keeffe Strategies, for five years.

O’Keeffe was senior staff on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for 10 years, departing in 2013 as deputy staff director. During his time on the Committee, he was the primary negotiator for Senate Republicans on all highway-related provisions of two major surface transportation bills (SAFETEA-LU and MAP-21).

Prior to his time on the Environment and Public Works Committee, James was the Senior Analyst for Transportation on the Senate Budget Committee. In that role, he was responsible for developing and enforcing the transportation components of the annual budget resolution. He also served as the Transportation Analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, where he estimated federal spending on transportation programs and the status of the Highway Trust Fund and the Airport and Airways Trust Fund. O’Keeffe has experience in working on municipal finance issues at the World Bank as well.

James holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.