Lake A. Coulson is Chief Lobbyist and Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Lake directs the federal legislative program and the association’s Political Action Committee (BUILD-PAC). Lake’s portfolio includes managing California’s and Texas’s federal legislative delegation. His policy experience has concentrated on energy, environmental, and appropriations issues.
Lake joined NAHB in 2012, and before coming to NAHB, he was Executive Director of Government Affairs for the National Electrical Contractors Association.
Lake holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Delaware and a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Maryland. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and their three children.