Staff

Joe Foley

     Mr. Foley, Senior Associate and President of the company, was Legislative Floor Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives for a Member of Congress who chaired the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.  This Subcommittee annually funds the US Department of Defense, the US Energy Department’s nuclear weapons programs, and the entire US Intelligence Community.  While on Capitol Hill, he also worked on various energy, environmental, transportation, trade, and defense-related programs with Congressional Leadership and their staff on the House Floor.  In this position, Mr. Foley devised a unique parliamentary strategy that overturned and then amended a Conference Report on Amtrak appropriations.  That tactic added $60 million to the transportation budget that year for national rail transit needs. 

     From this position in the U.S. Congress, Mr. Foley joined the Executive branch as a member of a White House Congressional Affairs team.  He lobbied for Administration initiatives before the U.S. Senate and House such as the oil back-out allowance to advance national energy independence and measures related to military readiness in the wake of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.  Later at the Federal Emergency Management Agency - now part of the Department of Homeland Security - he successfully promoted bills in Congress on domestic fire safety, hazardous materials accident mitigation, disaster assistance, and the contracting-out of Federal services for private sector bid.  One of his projects was a successful amendment that added $150 million for greater purchases of copper and other critical materials for the nation’s strategic resources stockpile during US Senate debate on the annual Treasury Department Appropriations Bill. 

     Foley Inc. has supported the Croatian American community in Washington for over 25 years.  During this time, Mr. Foley has been involved in the promotion of three bilateral Treaties through the US Senate.  These Treaties include the ratification of full NATO membership for the Republic of Croatia in 2008 and an Avoidance of Double Taxation Treaty during 2012-24.  

     In pursuit of these and related legislative matters, Mr. Foley drove the founding of the current 25+ member Congressional Croatian Caucus in 2005 and its re-launch in each subsequent Congress since.  The Caucus was instrumental in the successful drive for Croatia’s full accession into NATO.  The multilateral efforts required for the NATO Treaty’s ratification in the US Senate involved working with the diplomatic and intel communities in Washington, NATO offices in Brussels, and various European nation-state foreign ministries.

     Mr. Foley holds a Master of Arts degree in International Trade and Development from American University’s School of International Service in Washington, D.C.  His Bachelor of Arts degree is in History from Elon University, North Carolina.  He has given lectures on Congress, the Presidency, and the legislative process as an Adjunct Professor at American University and at several other colleges and universities, including the Universities of Maryland and North Carolina.  Mr. Foley was also a candidate for the Maryland State Legislature in Annapolis.

Domagoj Juričić 

     Mr. Juričić is Senior Advisor at MKPS (www.mkps.hr), a Public Affairs firm specializing in Political Risk Management and International Government Relations located in Zagreb, Croatia.  Mr. Juričić is also a senior advisor to Foley Inc.  Mr. Juričić previously served as Chief of Staff for several years to the President of the Republic of Croatia.  Prior to this pivotal assignment, he was Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy, where he was nominated to numerous working groups at the European Union in Brussels.

     During his career, Mr. Juričić has held high office in both the private and public sectors.  In Zagreb, he served the Government of the Republic of Croatia as a Deputy Secretary of State for e-Croatia.  In this assignment, he managed one of the most significant reform processes in Croatia since its independence - Regulatory Guillotine.  Mr. Juričić later served as State Secretary for Investments.  After that, he worked as a consultant to the World Bank on the 'Doing Business Initiative', in addition to regulatory reform and e-Government projects in Eastern Europe, North Africa, and several ASEAN countries. For two years Mr. Juričić also held the significant position of First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Washington, DC.  

     Mr. Juričić graduated from the University of Zagreb with degrees in journalism and political science.  He also pursued additional specialized post-graduate education in 'Transformational Leadership' at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  He holds a diploma from the Academy for Political Development via the Council of Europe and is a certified Regulatory Impact Assessment Advisor as accredited by the College of Europe.  Mr. Juričić is also a member of the international organization 'The New Club of Paris' as an agenda developer for the knowledge economy.

Dean Stoline

     Prior to becoming General Counsel to the firm, Mr. Stoline was Legislative Assistant from 1977 to 1983 for a Member of Congress who chaired the Commerce, State, Justice Appropriations Subcommittee.  He also served as a Professional Staff Member on the Agriculture Committee and as an Assistant Investigator on the Government Operations Subcommittee on Transportation.  Mr. Stoline has practiced law in the private sector since 1987.

     Mr. Stoline has recently been promoted to Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.  He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Iowa, a Master’s in Public Administration from Iowa State University, and a Juris Doctorate from the Antioch School of Law.  Mr. Stoline was a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in 1994.  In additions to his legal assistance contributions to Foley Inc., Mr. Stoline's primary legal work is now start-up company incorporation and promotion.

Bruce Bordner, Ph.D.

     Dr. Bordner, a current Government Relations Consultant to Foley Inc. and an associate of the firm for more than a decade, is a past Legislative Assistant in the California State Senate and the United States House of Representatives, including for the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  While in Washington, Dr. Bordner worked on defense, foreign affairs, trade, and veteran affairs issues. Since he left government for the private sector, he has worked with Foley Federal & International Affairs in the development and implementation of political and legislative strategies on numerous governmental relations projects. Some of these past projects included a survey of Los Angeles County municipal airports, the protection of corporate water and aquifer interests in the California deserts, processing land development projects through the municipal entitlements processes, and developing Federal legislative authorization and appropriations strategies for Defense Department contractors. 

     Dr. Bordner received his Doctorate in Government from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville where he wrote a thesis on enforcement of campaign finance law by the Federal Election Commission.  He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy from Claremont Graduate School and a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Government from Claremont McKenna College. He and his wife, Christine, a San Bernardino County Public Defender, reside in Rancho Cucamonga, California.  He travels to Washington routinely on client related projects.