Our Journey
The Sandhill Group is a bipartisan government relations and strategic communications firm. We represent clients before Congress, federal agencies, and state and local governments, and we counsel them on how to protect and advance their interests in public.
Our partners bring nearly forty years of combined experience at the intersection of business, government, and public opinion. We have held senior roles across the executive branch, congressional leadership and committee offices in Washington, D.C., state and municipal government, trade associations, and the private sector. We put those relationships to work for the clients we represent.
Whether the work is a regulatory fight, a legislative priority, or a reputation to defend, the approach is the same: know the process cold, know the people in the room, and turn that into a result our client can point to.
We work from three offices: Sioux Falls, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Leadership
Adam Newcomb-Weiland
President & Managing Partner
Adam Weiland brings two decades of experience in politics, media, policy, and legislative strategy, serving in senior roles for high-profile members of the U.S. Senate and on major political campaigns.
Weiland has served as a legislative aide to FEMA Director and Cabinet Member James Lee Witt, then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama, and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. He later served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator Tim Johnson during Johnson's chairmanship of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
As President and Managing Partner of The Sandhill Group, Adam advises clients on artificial intelligence, technology, and robotics, along with healthcare, banking, trade, tribal affairs, defense, and homeland security. A graduate of the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he serves on multiple boards and stays active in charitable work.
Robert Tryzanka
Partner & General Counsel
Robert “Bob” Trzynka pairs legal, technical, and legislative experience, with a focus on artificial intelligence, technology, and robotics, along with intellectual property, Indian affairs, defense, homeland security, insurance, banking, and finance. A native of Watertown, South Dakota, Trzynka earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and holds a master's degree in computer science. That academic background maps directly onto the firm's technology work.
Trzynka has worked in both the public and private sectors, including the Washington, D.C., congressional office of U.S. Senator John Thune (R-SD). On Capitol Hill he gained close knowledge of legislative and policy matters and sharpened his ability to handle complex regulatory questions for clients.
As an advisor, Trzynka counsels clients across many industries and leads the firm's technology and emerging-tech practice. He stays active in professional and community organizations.