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MADISON’S INDEX

MADISON’S INDEX

By Andrew Meacham

The Policy Director for the Florida Chamber of Commerce arrived at that position, at least in part, because of his hunger for the chase.

“There are two kinds of dogs,” said Mark Delegal, a legal consultant who recommended Chad Kunde to the Chamber. “One kind you have to hold back. You have to say, ‘You’re eager, that’s good. Slow down.’ The other kind you have to kick in the ass to motivate them.”

Kunde, 28, is the first kind. “He is, No. 1, naturally curious, interested and hard working,” Delegal said. “That’s the main attribute I have observed.”

Kunde grew up in the Washington area around federal workers, starting with his dad, and symbols of influence in stone and marble. His father, a staunch Republican, and mother, who worked for Fannie Mae and voted Democratic, sometimes talked politics at the dinner table. But never once, in Kunde’s memory, was their disagreement contentious.

Too many problems, he maintains, come down to a human tendency to underestimate complexity.

“A lot of people get caught up looking at an issue as if it were 6 inches deep,” he said.

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