Mr. Hobson is Senior Policy Advisor at the firm, where he advises and lobbies on a number of issues including health care, appropriations, banking and financial services, budget, defense, foreign relations, energy and taxes. Prior to assuming his current role, he was Director, Division of Congressional Affairs, American Medical Association, where he managed the AMA's interaction with the U.S. Congress. Previously, Mr. Hobson was Assistant Director in the Division. While at the AMA, he lobbied the House and Senate Republican Leadership, the House Committees on Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means, and the House and Senate Appropriations, Armed Services, and Budget Committees.

Prior to joining the AMA, Mr. Hobson served on the staff of former Senator Charles Robb [VA], where he was responsible for financial and economic issues, with particular emphasis on the budget resolution and appropriations bills. He previously served in the Executive Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia Government, where he was responsible for coordinating the city's relations with the Congress and the Federal Executive Branch, and for advocating for the annual District of Columbia Appropriations Bill. Mr. Hobson served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a subcommittee Staff Director and as Chief of Staff to a Member of the House. He also handled Congressional Affairs for Howard University, including advocating for the University's annual appropriation before the Congress. Mr. Hobson served a four-year term as an elected member of the D.C. Board of Education, during which he served a term as Vice President; and, his responsibilities included testifying before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on behalf of the school system's budget.

In addition to his full time position, Mr. Hobson is Professorial Lecturer, Graduate School of Political Management, George Washington University, where he teaches courses on "Lobbying" and "Electoral and Legislative Processes". He has lectured on budgets and appropriations at American University, University of the District of Columbia, Bowie State University, University of California at Irvine, and the University of Texas, Austin. Mr. Hobson is a member of the Board of Trustees, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Capital Chapter, where he previously served terms as Vice C hair and Chair. Mr. Hobson previously served as Chair, Vice Chair, and Member, Board of Directors, D.C. Health and Hospital Public Benefit Corporation, which was the governing board for the city's public hospital and clinics. He previously served as Chair, D.C. Health and Hospital Public Benefit Foundation.

A Washington, D.C. native, Mr. Hobson is a graduate of Howard University (B.A., History) and George Washington University (M.A., Legislative Affairs). Mr. Hobson's family is profiled in The Washington Century: Three Families and the Shaping of the Nation's Capital, by Burt Solomon (2004). He is one of several lobbyists profiled in Lobbying in Washington, London, and Brussels: The Persuasive Communication of Political Issues, by Conor McGrath (2005).

Publications

• "Lobbying for the Crusader Artillery System," Routledge Handbook of Political Management , edited by Dennis Johnson, Taylor & Francis, Inc. Publisher, 2008
• "The Mayor's Race: This Isn't A Personality Contest," Op-Ed, "Outlook Section,", The Washington Post , August 25, 2002.
• "The Mayor's Muddled Plan for D.C. General," Op-Ed, "Outlook Section,"
• "Return of the District," co-authored with Dwight S. Cropp, Op-Ed, The Washington Post, August 12, 1997
• "Hobson v. Hansen (I and II)," The Encyclopedia of African-American Education , edited by Jones-Wilson, Asbury, Okazawa-Rey, Anderson, Jacobs & Fultz, Greenwood Press, 1996
• "It's Time to Suspend Home Rule: Congress Should Appoint a Receiver to Save the City, Then a Manager to Run It," co-authored with Dwight S. Cropp, "Outlook Section," The Washington Post , July 7, 1996
• "Erasing the School Board: Given Its Sorry Record, D.C. Would Be Better Off Without One," co-authored with Dwight S. Cropp, "Outlook Section," The Washington Post , July 7, 1995
• "Educational Policy and the Courts: The Case of Washington, D.C.," The Urban Review , 1978
• Assisted with The Lengthening Shadow of Slavery:  A Historical Justification for Affirmative Action for Blacks in Higher Education , by John E. Fleming, Howard University Press, 1976.

Professional Affiliations

• American League of Lobbyists
• Washington Government Relations Group
• American Historical Association
• American Association of University Professors
• Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 

Civic Involvement and Distinctions

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Capital Chapter – Chair, Board Member, 2004-present

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Board Member, 2009-present

• IONA Senior Services 30th Anniversary Gala Dinner – Co-Chair (30th Anniversary)