Rapoza Team
Bob Rapoza
President and Founder
Bob Rapoza has more than four decades’ experience as a professional lobbyist and is an expert on the federal budget and appropriations process, with special expertise in federal housing and community development policy. He has been responsible for numerous legislative accomplishments, including sustaining federal rural housing and community development programs, establishing the Intermediary Re-lending Program at the Agriculture Department, increasing funding for community development programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, promoting the creation of a YouthBuild program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and, most recently, successfully steering the New Markets Tax Credit program to enactment and implementation.
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Paul Anderson
Vice President
Paul Anderson is Vice President of Rapoza Associates. Paul works to advance the legislative priorities of community and economic development clients, including the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Coalition and CDFI Coalition, by lobbying Congress and federal agencies on their behalf. He is the author of the NMTC Coalition’s annual Progress Report, a publication based on the Coalition’s annual survey of CDEs.
Previously he served as Director of Programs at the George Mason University Center for Social Entrepreneurship, and in Congressional Affairs at the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Paul is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Political Science.
Kim Reed
Director of Administration
Kim Reed is an operations and program manager with more than 15 years of experience in the association / non-profit industry. Educational highlights include an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing and BAs in Political Science & Psychology.
Sam Rapoza
Research Associate
Sam Rapoza is a Research Associate at Rapoza Associates. At Rapoza Associates he specializes in social media, client outreach, facilitating congressional meetings, data analysis, and GIS mapping. He previously worked as a field engineer for Hillis-Carnes in Dover Delaware and as a intern for Senator Harkin’s personal office. Sam is a graduate of the University of Delaware’s College of Earth Ocean and Environment.
Madison Smith
Policy Associate
Madison Smith is a Policy Associate and joined Rapoza Associates in May 2024. She works on policy research, legislative tracking, and provides general client support. Madison is originally from Florida's Tampa Bay area and holds a degree from the University of Central Florida in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Art History and Political and Social Sciences. She previously worked as an Economic Policy Intern at a government relations firm in DC as well as an intern for a Florida State Representative.
Molly Dorion
Association and Government Affairs Coordinator
Molly Dorion joined Rapoza Associates as the Association and Government Affairs Coordinator in November 2025. She was raised on California’s Central Coast and graduated from Middlebury College in February 2023. She spent two years in Boston working for a nonprofit that convened international conferences on the transatlantic relationship between the United States and the European Union and later served in the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. In August 2025, Molly moved to Washington, DC, to pursue a career in public policy. She is excited to bring her experience in international affairs and public service to her new role with the firm.