Jacob Cassady is Director of Government Relations at the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) in Washington, DC. Since 2020, he has represented AHAM before Congress and state legislatures on energy standards and regulations, chemicals, microfibers and microplastics, packaging and appliance recycling, and batteries and e-waste. Prior to joining AHAM, Jake spent a decade at the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), working on issues affecting all aspects of the cleaning product supply chain. He started his career on Capitol Hill in the office of U.S. Senator Mark Dayton and with the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture. He holds a Master of Arts from George Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota. A native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, he lives in Alexandria, Virginia.