Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Jennifer Fearing

98. Jennifer Fearing

We would never say it’s easy to lobby for megabucks corporate clients, but having access to lobbying resources that dwarf the entire operating budgets of most nonprofits definitely tilts the scales in your favor. So why would someone build a company around devotion to representing the little guys on the other side of those moneyed interests? For Jennifer Fearing the answer is simple: because those are her people. And let’s be clear – this is not and never will be a fair fight. But over the past couple of years, Fearing has built up her expert lobbying team while also adding more clients to Fearless Advocacy’s roster of persistent yet politically adroit nonprofit clients. In spite of the long odds, together they prevail more often than not. Fearing reminds us not to forget Alexander the Great’s adage: “I would not be afraid of an army of lions if led by a sheep. But I would always fear an army of sheep if led by a lion.”

Updated August 11, 2026.