Author: Mark D. McIntyreMark D. McIntyre is Principal and Co-Founder of Merchant McIntyre Associates, where he provides strategic oversight and manages the firm's government relations practice. Mark has three decades of federal experience, having worked on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in the private sector. He previously served as Chief Speechwriter to then-Vice President Bush from 1986 through the 1988 presidential campaign, transition, and inauguration.