Microsoft Taps Pryor To Lobby Senate
Microsoft has hired David Pryor Jr. as director of government affairs, where he will lobby the Senate. The company's newest lobbyist has family ties to the Senate. His father, is former Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark. and his younger brother is Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. who was elected in 2002. Previously, Pryor was senior federal affairs representative for FedEx, where he worked on transportation and aviation issues. Pryor says Microsoft and FedEx share policy interests such as free trade and innovation in the workplace. Pryor says he has never lobbied his father or brother, nor will he in the future.
Before FedEx, Pryor was deputy chief of protocol at the State Department between 1997 and 2000. Pryor has also served as principal of Pryor and Associates, a boutique consulting firm, and as a senior account executive with Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs. Pryor said that having a child with special needs has made him appreciate the power of technology and helped shape his perception of Microsoft. His 13-year-old son, Hampton, attends St. Coletta of Greater Washington where Pryor is president of the board of trustees. He said he has learned about technology by watching how his son, who cannot walk or talk, reacts to assistive technologies and interactive computer software. -- Winter Casey
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