The National Confectioners Association's (NCA) 2026 first quarter in-house filing discloses $330,000 in lobbying expenditures, the highest quarterly in-house spend on record in the past year, up from $250,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025 and $230,000 in the second quarter of 2025. The NCA also utilized seven external firms for representation alongside their own in-house efforts in 2026: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP ($50,000), Fierce Government Relations ($50,000), Invariant LLC ($50,000), Capitol Legislative Strategies LLC ($30,000), Off Hill Strategies LLC ($30,000), Public Strategies Washington Inc. ($40,000), and Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC ($0).
The NCA's total first quarter 2026 lobbying spend across all filings is approximately $580,000. The in-house team remains unchanged from prior quarters: Brian McKeon (SVP, Public Policy), Annie Lange (VP, Government Affairs), and Julianna Cann (Senior Manager, Public Policy and Political Affairs). McKeon served as Chief Counsel for the Democratic members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1997 to 2009. Mckeon was also Chief of Staff for the National Security Council staff at the White House from 2012-2014.