Jeff Ballabon

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Jeff (Jeffrey) Ballabon is an Orthodox Jewish lobbyist

He is a lawyer and graduate of Yale Law School, with degrees in rabbinic law and literature from Ner Israel Rabbinical College (Baltimore, MD) and Yeshiva University (New York). He served as counsel to Senator John Danforth of Missouri and to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. He subsequently ran the public policy and communications departments for Court TV and Primedia.

The Forward labeled Ballabon one of the "50 Most Influential Jews in America," called him "the architect of Bush's 2004 re-election effort in the Orthodox community."

Ballabon is a key point of contact for the Jewish community with Christian leaders, as well. "If you're looking for a New Yorker with deep ties to the Christian right - you know, the folks running America - Mr. Ballabon is your man," wrote The New York Observer.

As a fundraiser for the 2004 Bush campaign, he co-chaired a dinner which "raked in $4 million." (Village Voice)

He is president of Ballabon Group, an issue campaign consultancy advising clients on government relations, crisis management and media strategy. He is a member of The Livingston Group, a D.C.-based lobbying firm and Global Policy Partners, an international business and political consulting firm.

In October 2007, in reaction to the announcement of the Annapolis Conference he was retained to mount a response to the threatened division of Jerusalem and he founded the Coordinating Council on Jerusalem.