Meet Our Lobbying Team

Andy Munn | Principal

Andy Munn is a seasoned government affairs professional with 20 years of experience in both the public and private sector.  He’s worked closely with officials at the federal, state and local levels.  Before forming EQV Strategic, Andy led the Raleigh office of one of the most prominent law firms in the southeast where he directed their government and public affairs strategy.  In this role, he successfully managed accounts for some of the largest corporations in North Carolina.

 During his time in the state legislature, Andy served as Policy Director and Deputy Chief of Staff to two different Speakers of the House.  While in these roles, he helped facilitate some of the state’s most historic policy changes over the past decade.  These include the sweeping tax reform bill passed in 2013, the restructuring of the state’s economic development incentives program and the reformation of the state’s Unemployment Insurance system.  He also oversaw the budget development process for House leadership in 2015 and 2016.

 Prior to his work in Raleigh, Andy spent several years managing state and local government affairs for a real estate focused trade association as well as a large international industrial manufacturing company.

 Andy is a native North Carolinian and a graduate of Appalachian State University.  He and his wife, Amy, have three sons, Henry (11), Jack (8) and Charlie (4).  In his free time he enjoys coaching his sons’ soccer teams, cooking, fishing and all things outdoors.

Chris Wall | Principal

Chris brings an extensive resume working in the North Carolina federal delegation and government relations for major North Carolina industry sectors. Chris started his career in Washington, DC, where he served as a senior staffer to Senator Richard Burr, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx and Congressman Robin Hayes.  He gained political experience in the office of Congressman Robin Hayes as Deputy Campaign Manager, where he directed grassroots and constituent outreach efforts. Upon leaving Capitol Hill, Chris went in-house with one of the largest agriculture trade associations in the country, the National Pork Producers Council, where he was the point person on all of their major issues before congress.  He quickly became a key specialist on international trade deals, as well as how to best navigate the alphabet soup of regulatory agencies.

 Chris served as the senior lobbyist for the National Pork Producers Council, where he was involved in coalition building, leading congressional whip operations, strategy development, and day-to-day management of lobbying efforts.  Upon returning to his native North Carolina, Wall joined one of the largest government affairs firms, managing a broad portfolio of clients and has developed close, personal relationships with state House, Senate and Administration officials.  Chris was very honored to be acknowledged by The Hill newspaper as one of Washington, DC’s Top Lobbyist of 2019.

Kevin Wilkinson | SVP, Government Affairs

Mr. Freeman represents clients on a variety of topics before the North Carolina legislature and executive branch.  Nelson joined the firm from the Office of North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R – Cleveland County).  He was Speaker Moore’s top advisor on tax policy, information technology policy, Alcohol Beverage Control, and economic development.  During his time with Speaker Moore, Nelson was integral to the negotiations of the four major tax bills in 2017 including the enactment of a personal income tax cut to the lowest rate in the Southeast and corporate tax reduction to the lowest in the country for those states that have a corporate tax.