Douglas Cole is HighGround’s Chief Operating Officer. He joined the firm in 1998 after serving as a top staffer in the Arizona House of Representatives, Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Fife Symington, Press Secretary to Congressman John Rhodes III and staff assistant to Congressman John McCain.
While Cole has been a key participant in many major policy initiatives over the past three decades, he cites the legislative creation and voter approval of Valleywise Health, Maricopa County’s public health care system, as his proudest career achievement. A fourth-generation Arizonan, Cole helps guide the firm’s successful lobbying and business development practice.