Overview

Ranked among the top lobbying firms in Washington, D.C., The DoCanto Group (TDG) is a nationally recognized, full service firm with strategic relationships across the United States, and offices in Boston and Washington, D.C. Specializing in public health and health care legislative and regulatory policy, with a particular focus on underserved communities, TDG founder and president, Licy DoCanto, is a recognized leader and expert in health and health care policy, with over 20 years of beltway experience, and a proven track record of building bipartisan consensus, guiding federal legislation into law, and directing national issue campaigns and coalitions. Licy also is an expert moderator, having worked with a wide range of leading thought leaders and policy makers from Karen Ignagni, Marc Morial, Marc McClellan to David Walker, Julie Rovner, Tommy Thompson; from Barbara Kennelly, Benjamin Jeaolous, Randy Johnson to Ezra Klein, Gail Wilensky, David Wessel; as well as with executives from leading social media, tech and manufacturing companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, Hewlitt Packard, Time Warner Cable, GE and Walmart. Licy has also worked with several leading CEOs/presidents including Barry Rand, Janet Murgia, John Seffrin, Sarah Wartell, Chip Kahn, Lisa Mensah, Randi Weingarten, Maya MacGuineas, Bob Greenstein and Maya Rockeymoore to lead high level discussions on a range of key national policy and political issues. The prominent Washington D.C. newspaper, The Hill, named Licy “a highly regarded healthcare lobbyist,” who has “a proven ability to make things happen in Washington." A graduate of Duke University, Licy has a professional certificate in public health leadership from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. His views and opinions have been featured in several major publications such as Reuters, Politico, The Hill and Roll Call. At TDG, he provides strategic counsel to corporate, philanthropic and non-profit clients.