D. Calloway Whitehead III is founder of Whitehead Consulting, LLC, a government relations and public affairs services firm.The firm represents businesses, professional associations, and other organizations in matters before the Virginia General Assembly, state agencies, and other governmental entities.In addition to lobbying services, Whitehead Consulting advises and manages client advocacy programs including policy development, political activities, and grassroots mobilization.
Prior to the creation of Whitehead Consulting in 2001, Cal was a lobbyist for the Virginia Association of REALTORS®, a 22,000-member real estate professional association.He also served Virginia’s physicians in various capacities during his tenure at the Medical Society of Virginia.Both associations were regularly ranked in Virginia Business magazine’s top ten most effective lobbying organizations.
A graduate of Randolph-Macon College, Cal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a Minor in History.Cal was President of the student Interfraternity Council and his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Order.He also completed a graduate course in public administration at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Raised in Harrisonburg in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Cal lives in Richmond with his wife Katherine and their two children.The Whiteheads attend St. Bridget Catholic Church.Mr. Whitehead is active in several professional and community organizations including the Board of Associates of Randolph-Macon College, the Executive Committee for the YMCA Model General Assembly, the Board of Directors of the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the Board of the Tad DuPriest Foundation, and the Board of Trustees for Zeta Lodge Institute of Kappa Alpha Order.
Ralston King assists Whitehead Consulting in all aspects of client services. Mr. King is President of King Government Affairs LLC. He is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.As an undergraduate, Ralston was Chair of New Member Development for the Interfraternity Council and his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Order.Ralston was also a four-time all-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) golfer and was the golf team representative for the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Ralston was raised in Richmond, Virginia.He is active as an Alumnus Advisor for Zeta Chapter - Kappa Alpha Order and an Associate Board Member for the Tad DuPriest Foundation.
Our Clients
Astra Zeneca – www.astrazeneca.com AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven, integrated biopharmaceutical company.We discover, develop, manufacture and market prescription medicines for six important areas of healthcare, which include some of the world’s most serious illnesses: cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, and respiratory and inflammation.
Children’s National Medical Center - www.childrensnational.org Children’s National Medical Center is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the metropolitan Washington area and is the only freestanding children’s hospital between Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Atlanta. Serving the nation’s children for 140 years, Children’s National is a proven leader in the development and application of innovative new treatments for childhood illness and injury. Covanta Energy Corporation – www.covantaenergy.com Covanta Energy Corporation is an internationally recognized developer, owner and operator of power generation projects and provider of related infrastructure services. The company's renewable power business develops, structures, owns, operates and maintains projects that generate power for sale to utilities and industrial users worldwide. Covanta’s energy-from-waste (EFW) facilities convert municipal solid waste into energy for numerous communities. The company has two EFW facilities in Virginia. Manufactured Housing Communities of Virginia (MHC of VA) – www.mhcofva.org “An Alliance of Virginia Community Owners”, MHC of VA represents the interests of hundreds of land-lease sites. Its members support public policies that protect property rights, ensure fair, safe, affordable housing, and improve communities. Psychiatric Society of Virginia (PSV) – www.psva.org The Psychiatric Society of Virginia, a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association, represents over 600 member psychiatrists.PSV exists to improve and advance psychiatric medicine. Virginia Dental Hygienists Association (VDHA) - www.rdh-vdha.org The Virginia Dental Hygienists’ Association exists to advance the art and science of dental hygiene by ensuring access to quality oral health care, increasing awareness of the cost-effective benefits of prevention, promoting the highest standards of dental hygiene education licensure, practice and research, and representing and promoting the interests of dental hygiene. Virginia Orthopaedic Society (VOS) – www.vos.org The Virginia Orthopaedic Society is a professional association for physicians who diagnose and treat disorders of the body's bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.Orthopaedists have completed four years of medical school and at least five years of an approved "residency" in orthopaedics.VOS advocates for its members and patients through public and professional education and political action. Virginia Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons (VSEPS) – www.vaeyemd.com The Virginia Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons is a statewide organization comprised of medical doctors whose mission is to advocate the best quality eye care through education, legislative efforts and community service.VSO members are committed to heightening public awareness that eye disease and blindness can be reduced through prevention, and early detection and treatment. Wine Institute – www.wineinstitute.org Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy association of California wineries. Wine Institute brings together the resources of 975 wineries and affiliated businesses to support legislative and regulatory advocacy, international market development, media relations, scientific research, and education programs that benefit the entire California wine industry.
