Kerri Lynne Leininger
Senior Vice President of Government and Political Affairs
 

Kerri Leininger is senior vice president of government and political affairs for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. In this position, Ms. Leininger monitors and lobbies advocacy issues to advance NRMCA’s top legislative priorities and coordinates all grassroots activities. She also directs the association’s political program by spearheading all fundraising and development for CONCRETEPAC, NRMCA’s Political Action Committee.

Prior to joining NRMCA, Ms. Leininger worked for Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, one of the nation’s largest law firms specializing in healthcare and transportation public policy in Washington, DC. 

Ms. Leininger began her political career in 1995 working on Capitol Hill with former Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH), Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Representative Ed Whitfield (R-01-KY).

Ms. Leininger also spent a good deal of time working in the campaign trenches. She worked for Senator Jim Bunning’s campaign during his successful Senate bid in 1998 and for the Republican National Committee during the 1996 presidential election. 

Ms. Leininger hails from Kentucky and is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelor’s of arts degree in journalism and applied technology. She spent a semester abroad to study a special topics course on literature at King’s College in London.

E-mail: kleininger@nrmca.org | Phone: 240-485-1159