Team
Stephen R. Conafay
Steve Conafay has 35 years of leadership and management experience in government relations, public policy and communications. As leader of the Bio-Life science team at Fabiani & Co., for the last eight years, he has overseen over $200,000,000 in non-dilutive financing being awarded to the team's clients.
For twelve years, Mr. Conafay was Vice President of Government Relations for Pfizer, where he was elected a corporate officer in 1984. He served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Glaxo Inc., where he was a member of the Board of Directors. After heading the legislative practices for Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, the world’s second largest law firm, he was tapped by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America to assume the number two position of Executive Vice President of Strategic and Legislative Affairs. He also served as an Executive Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the leading free market think-tank in the U.S.
After moving to the New York area, Mr. Conafay joined Shandwick, where he assumed positions of increasing responsibility culminating with his appointment as CEO-America’s East in 2000.
Mr. Conafay is a lawyer and a decorated Vietnam veteran. He served as an infantry platoon leader and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal, among others.