Allyson Bell has more than 30 years of experience in government relations, campaign politics, government service, public policy development and operational organization leadership.  Key areas of public policy work include energy, natural resources, commerce, finance, education, health care and regulatory reform. 

Working in Washington, DC, Allyson served as the chief of staff to Senator Mike Lee (UT) who is on the Energy and Natural Resources, Judiciary, Budget and Joint Economic Committees. She also worked in the George W. Bush Administration, first at the Environmental Protection Agency and then the Department of Health and Human services working on some of the biggest public policy initiatives, including implementation of Medicare Part D, value driven healthcare, pandemic preparedness and clean air and water programs. 

Allyson began her career working at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, then fundraising for and managing senate and governor campaigns, working on insurance and tort reform initiative campaigns, building coalitions and conducting government relations training for communities, corporations and political organizations before founding Roemer Bell with Caroline Roemer.  After living in Washington, DC for the past two decades, Allyson returned to Utah to restart Roemer Bell, LLC.

Caroline Roemer has more than 20 years of experience organizing, developing and managing corporate and political communications strategies and public policy initiatives with an emphasis on message development and coalition building. Born and raised in Bossier City, Louisiana, Caroline left her home in 1991 to work around the country on political campaigns, eventually founding her own consulting firm, Roemer Bell, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Clients have included mayors, congressmen, governors and Fortune 500 companies.

Returning to Louisiana in 2005, Caroline became the first executive director for the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools in the fall of 2007. LAPCS currently represents more than 90 percent of charter schools in Louisiana and is recognized as the leading advocacy organization on behalf of charter schools in the state.

Caroline is a former board member of the Orleans Public Education Network and currently serves as an advisory board member for Education Research Alliance and Education Pioneers – New Orleans. She was a 2012 Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow and a fellow with Leadership Louisiana, a Council for a Better Louisiana program. She has also been recognized as one of Baton Rouge Business Report’s “Forty Under 40.”