Anna Bell Farrar Gall is a vice president on the public affairs team for SKDKnickerbocker, with more than a decade of experience in government, campaigns and the private sector. Gall provides policy counsel for client advocacy efforts, including legislative and communications strategy, message development and earned media placement. Previously, she was a director at DCI Group, LLC.

Her portfolio includes work with leading financial, transportation and environmental groups, and companies such as the New York Stock Exchange, NRG Energy, Verizon and Delta Airlines. Additionally, Gall has managed major projects for government agencies, trade associations and organizations, including the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Motion Picture Association of America, Entertainment Software Association, Vital Voices, and the WIN America Campaign.

A fifth-generation Texan and a native of Austin, Gall was a staffer in the office of House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) from 2002 – 2005, and later she served as media and legislative coordinator at the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now Association for Justice.) Gall has long been active with Democratic campaigns, including Hoyer for Congress, senate and gubernatorial races in Texas, and Obama for America.

Gall received her masters in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2007, where her research and course assistant positions focused on public-private partnerships, advocacy and communications. While at HKS, Gall co-chaired the Electoral Politics Professional Interest Council and was a summer fellow at The Coca-Cola Company. She was a Normandy Scholar and an Archer Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with honors in government.

Gall and her husband live in Arlington, VA, and always look forward to college football season.