John Kane
Managing Partner
301-343-1970
John Kane is the Managing Partner at Aton Strategies LLC. He serves as an advisor and consultant to a client roster comprised of corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations, and industry trade associations.
Before joining Aton Strategies LLC, Kane spent 30 years as an entrepreneur operating six logistics-related businesses, employing 1,200 team members in the Mid-Atlantic region. As the former Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party and the Former Chair of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Kane’s firsthand knowledge of the intersection of business and politics at both the state and federal level is unparalleled. A prodigious fundraiser, he brings a wealth of experience and political relationships from both sides of the aisle in the state and federal arena. Kane understands the strengths of coalition building, bipartisanship, and transparency to successfully navigate the complexities of local and state government to achieve clients’ goals.
Kane has been recognized as 2012 Washingtonian of the Year, 2009 EY Entrepreneur Finalist, and the Washington Business Journal’s Top 100 Influential Business people in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He has appeared on numerous political panels on Fox, WUSA, WBAL, and WJLA and political radio talk shows throughout Maryland as a political strategist to discuss good governance, political leadership, and current affairs.
Kane has also served on the following boards: American Trucking Associations, Goodwill of Chesapeake, The Capital Area Food Bank, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Don Bosco Cristo Rey, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, E. Stewart Mitchell Company, and the US Chamber of Commerce.
Kane and his wife Mary, a former Maryland Secretary of State and current President & CEO of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, reside in Annapolis, Maryland, and have three grown children. Maryland Matters included the couple in its annual Maryland Power Couples in 2022.
John Kane is a registered lobbyist.
Past Experience
Advisor - Gubernatorial campaigns in Maryland and Virginia
Chair - Maryland Republican Party
Chair - Greater Washington Board of Trade.
CEO - The Kane Company and its six business units
Member - UMMS Shock Trauma Board
Chair - Maryland Motor Truck Association