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TOP LOBBYISTS 2014
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all them the influencers.
From corner offices all over town, the
members of The Hill’s
Top Lobbyists list are the
advocates, lobbyists and
professional agitators who
shape the policy decisions
made in the nation’s capital.
While some fit the mold of
a traditional lobbyist, others have made public relations, grassroots advocacy
and even data-crunching
the tools of their trade.
The broad sweep of The
Hill’s list means that only a
portion of the people listed
here are officially registered to lobby the government, but that doesn’t di-
minish their clout.
From “hired guns” who
run into battle for clients,
to association heads who
wield the power of industries, to union leaders who
exert might through membership, the names below
are all players to know in
the competitive world of
Washington advocacy.
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Cory Alexander and Peter Jacoby,
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
The nation’s largest private health insurer is adapting to rapid change with
the help of these Capitol Hill veterans.
Bryan Anderson, Southern Co.
Lobbying for one of the nation’s largest
electric utilities, Anderson has his hands
full as the government moves to cut carbon emissions from power plants.
Sid Ashworth,
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Ashworth has had over 25 years of Washington experience and steered Northrop’s
successful effort to expand the Air Force’s
RQ-4 Global Hawk drones.
Bill Barloon, Sprint Corp.
Despite a setback when regulatory
opposition forced Sprint to drop its
plans to buy T-Mobile, the No. 3 wireless company is known for having a
strong presence in Washington.
Wayne Berman,
Blackstone Group LP.
Berman is a household name in Republican circles as a well-connected
donor who wields influence in the
presidential process.
Abigail Blunt,
Kraft Foods Group Inc.
Blunt is maintaining strong ties for Kraft
in Washington as the company reduces
its products’ calorie and sodium content.
Stephen Brown, Tesoro Corp.
Brown brings a background in politics,
policy and law to his job representing the fuel refiner on pollution rules,
ethanol and pushing to end the ban on
crude oil exports.
Will Carty, Twitter Inc.
The company ramped up its lobbying
over the past year and has emerged as
a vocal critic of federal surveillance.
Pablo Chavez, LinkedIn Corp.
Chavez was lured away from Google
at the beginning of the year to lead
LinkedIn’s Washington push.
Jim Cicconi and Tim McKone,
AT&T Inc.
AT&T’s planned $48 billion purchase
of DirecTV has drawn significantly
less opposition than Comcast’s
planned merger with Time Warner
Cable, the other major media merger
of the year.
Maria Cino, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Cino came to HP after a career path that
went from Pfizer to the Transportation
Department to a stint as CEO of the
2008 Republican National Convention.
Peter Cleveland, Intel Corp.
The former chief aide to Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) has been working
hard to spur action on patent reform
and trade deals with the United States.
Ken Cole, Pfizer Inc.
With the Obama administration
weighing further action on inversion
deals, Cole is a key advocate for Pfizer
as the company eyes a deal overseas.
Gregory Dahlberg,
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Dahlberg — who has experience at the
Pentagon and on Capitol Hill — leads
the in-house team that aims to protect
the company’s programs, including
the Joint Strike Fighter and the Littoral Combat Ship. Peter Davidson,
Verizon Communications Inc.
The nation’s top wireless company
successfully challenged the Federal
Communications Commission’s net
neutrality regulations in court and is
making its voice heard in the debate
over next year’s airwave auction.
Nancy Dorn,General Electric Co.
Dorn, former deputy director of the
White House’s Office of Management
and Budget, seamlessly manages the
giant company’s policy initiatives. Theresa Fariello, Exxon Mobil Corp.
Fariello, a former Democratic congressional aide and Clinton-era Energy Department official, keeps the oil
and gas giant ahead of the curve.
Bob Filippone, Merck & Co. Inc.
After nearly a decade with the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America, Filippone went corporate, landing at a pharmaceutical giant with a strong
record of developing new treatments.
Tucker Foote, MasterCard Inc.
Foote is on the front lines of the effort to
keep consumers safe from hackers seeking
to swipe personal information.
Rich Glick, Iberdrola.
Glick is the main man in Washington
for the second-largest producer of
wind power in the United States.
Rick Graber,
Honeywell International Inc.
The former U.S. ambassador to the
Czech Republic helped negotiate two
treaties between the two countries,
and now leverages that expertise at
the multi-national conglomerate. Bob Helm, General Dynamics Corp.
Helm uses his executive and congressional know-how to steer the company’s many successful programs,
including in information systems,
submarines and space. Guy Hicks, Airbus Group.
Hicks is a longtime defense aerospace
industry player, representing Europe’s top defense and space company
and its vast contracting portfolio.
Ed Hill, Bank of America Corp.
Hill has fought for Bank of America on
everything from Dodd-Frank implementation to transportation-related
issues to financial regulations.
Nate Gatten,
JPMorgan Chase and Co.
The former Fannie Mae lobbyist
turned bank lobbyist is a force on the
regulatory landscape.
Robert Hoffman,
Motorola Solutions Inc.
Hoffman brought his talents to Motorola early this year after stints at
the Information Technology Industry
Council and on Capitol Hill.
Matt Gelman and Fred Humphries,
Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft relies on an all-star team with
deep connections to Capitol Hill when
engaging in battles over data storage
and the National Security Agency.
Joel Kaplan, Facebook Inc.
Kaplan, a former aide to President
George W. Bush, was given a promotion to the social networking giant’s
head of global policy in October after
leading its U.S. team.
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Tim Keating, Boeing Co.
Keating, a former aide to President
Clinton, was at the controls as Boeing
navigated through the turbulent debate over the Export-Import Bank.
Kent Knutson, The Home Depot Inc.
Knutson has spent more than a decade
lobbying for Home Depot and has become one of the most dynamic moversand-shakers for the retail industry.
Bill Lane, Caterpillar Inc.
Lane is an instrumental player in the
push to approve new international
trade deals and represents the equipment giant with vigor.
Melissa Lavinson, PG&E Corp.
Lavinson is out front for the utility
company as it seeks to shape public
policy on energy generation, transmission, natural gas and more.
Melissa Maxfield,
Comcast Corp.
Maxfield and Comcast are hard at
work convincing regulators to approve a proposed $45 billion merger
with Time Warner Cable.
Susan Molinari, Google Inc.
The former congresswoman is leading the
way as Google broadens its policy focus to
include everything from self-driving cars
to surveillance reform to wind power.
Ziad Ojakli, Ford Motor Co.
Ojakli’s tight-knit lobbying team can turn
on a dime for the Fortune 500 company.
Michael Paese,
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Paese’s experience on the House Financial
Services Committee and later the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is an asset for the investment giant.
Dean Pappas,
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
Pappas, who made the switch to
Nationwide from Allstate, is deeply
involved in Dodd-Frank insurance
regulations, terrorism risk insurance,
patent reform, flood insurance and
tax treatment for life insurance and
retirement plans.
Joe Seidel,
Credit Suisse Group. AG.
Seidel has been a fixture at Credit Suisse for more than a decade and heads
the bank’s public policy strategy for the
Americas.
Sarah Thorn,
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Thorn focuses on international
policy and trade issues at the world’s
largest corporation, and emphasizes
empowering women-owned businesses within Wal-Mart’s global supply chain.
Gregg Ward,
United Technologies Corp.
Ward runs one of the largest inhouse government affairs shops in
town for UTC, which owns aerospace
companies Goodrich and Pratt &
Whitney, and helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky.
Jonathan Weisgall,
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.
Weisgall boasts substantial energy
chops, having dabbled in efficiency,
renewables, geothermal and law.
HIRED GUNS
Josh Ackil and Matt Tanielian,
Franklin Square Group.
The all-star team at the boutique shop
lobbies for some of tech’s hottest companies.
Andy Barbour, Smith-Free Group.
Barbour has spent more than a decade
lobbying on financial services issues,
and is dabbling in tech policy now that
data breaches are becoming a concern
for the industry.
Matthew Stanton,
Beam Suntory Inc.
Beam is lobbying to increase both energy and water efficiency, and Stanton
is key to efforts to promote responsible
drinking.
Haley Barbour, Lanny Griffith
and Loren Monroe, BGR Group.
The historically Republican firm continues to thrive in an unpredictable K Street
environment by staying nimble, recently
hiring its third Democratic lobbyist.
Doyle Bartlett, Eris Group LLC.
The firm Bartlett co-founded is still going strong after more than 10 years in
the lobbying game.
Hunter Bates and Geoff Davis,
Republic Consulting, LLC.
Bates, the former chief aide to Sen.
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Davis, an
ex-Republican congressman from Kentucky, have built a small but mighty shop
with an impressive client roster.
Jeff Berman and David Russell,
Bryan Cave LLP.
Russell, a former aide to the late Sen. Ted
Stevens (R-Alaska), is adept at the appropriations process, while Berman is a con-
nected Democrat who earned his stripes
on several presidential campaigns.
Dan Boston, Health Policy Source Inc.
The former top lobbyist for the Federation of American Hospitals is a go-to guy
on the Affordable Care Act and worked
as the sole outside lobbyist this year for
the craft store Hobby Lobby, which won
a battle over the employer birth control
mandate.
Chuck Brain, Capitol Hill Strategies
LLC. Brain served as a congressional
liaison in the Clinton White House and
now helps blue-chip companies — including Citigroup and Merck — navigate
Congress.
Dan Bryant and Holly Fechner,
Covington & Burling LLP.
With the deft advocacy of Bryant and
Fechner, Covington leaves no public
policy issue untouched.
David Castagnetti, Mehlman
Castagnetti Rosen Bingel & Thomas.
The die-hard Red Sox fan takes a nononsense approach to advocacy, going to
bat with a bipartisan firm that has connections all over Capitol Hill.
Manus Cooney,
American Continental Group.
With experience at Napster in the private
sector and time on the Senate Judiciary
Committee, Cooney comes armed and
ready for the battle over patent reform.
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Al D’Amato, Park Strategies LLC.
The former New York senator has assembled a shop with a diverse client roster that includes several large defense
companies.
Linda Daschle, LHD & Associates Inc.
Daschle, the former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, brings a command of the issues to
big names in the airline, aerospace and
defense industries.
Licy Do Canto, The Do Canto Group.
Do Canto is an ardent defender of public
health programs and makes disadvantaged communities his main focus.
rounded Republican firm, which continually breaks its revenue records.
Chris Giblin and Moses Mercado,
Ogilvy Government Relations.
While Ogilvy has downsized, the leadership of Giblin and Mercado ensures that
it remains mighty.
Nick Giordano, Washington Council
Ernst & Young. Giordano is a leading
expert in all things taxes, the policy area
where there is never a shortage of work.
Rich Gold, Kathryn Lehman and
Gerry Sikorski, Holland & Knight, LLP.
Holland’s bustling lobbying operation
looks for new ways to solve old problems.
Ken Duberstein and Marti Thomas,
The Duberstein Group Inc.
From America’s Health Insurance
Plans to Goldman Sachs and The
Weather Co., Duberstein has a flourishing book of business.
Fred Graefe, Law offices of Frederick
H. Graefe. Healthcare clients trust
Graefe with all their Medicare and Medicaid policy needs.
Steve Elmendorf and Jimmy Ryan,
Elmendorf | Ryan LLC. The Democratic
heavyweights had a hand this year in
everything from patent reform to DoddFrank implementation to immigration.
J. Steven Hart, Williams & Jensen PLLC.
Hart, the chairman and chief executive
of the law and lobby shop, has charted
a smooth course at a time of industry
turmoil.
Victor Fazio, Joel Jankowsky,
Scott Parven and Bill Paxon,
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
The new king of K Street rose to power
on the strength of this core team of lobbyists who help keep the firm front and
center in every major policy debate on
Capitol Hill.
Ralph Hellmann and David Lugar,
Lugar Hellmann Group LLC.
Hellmann has close ties to the new
House Republican leadership, making
him a dynamite partner with Lugar, who
knows his way around the Senate.
Mitchell Feuer, Rich Feuer Anderson.
Feuer is a number to have on speed dial
when it comes to the complexities of financial regulatory policy.
Elizabeth Frazee
and Sharon Ringley,
TwinLogic Strategies LLP.
Business is booming at the boutique
shop that Frazee and Ringley built together.
Sam Geduldig and Steve Clark,
Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen.
Clients can’t get enough of this well-
Michael Herson,
American Defense International Inc.
Herson, a former White House and Pentagon official, pounds the pavement for
the capital’s premiere defense contractors.
Joel Johnson, The Glover Park Group.
In addition to his work for corporate
clients, the former Clinton White House
aide serves as a go-between with the
Egyptian government.
Mark Kadesh, Kadesh & Associates LLC.
Kadesh has channeled his experience
as a top Senate and campaign staffer
into a vibrant practice that represents
corporations, foundations and municipalities.
Matt Keelen, The Keelen Group LLC.
Keelen’s campaign prowess has helped
elect a slew of new members to the
House and Senate, helping his firm cast
influence across Capitol Hill.
Rick Kessler, Levick Strategic
Communications.
Kessler and his team have brought a
larger lobbying presence to Levick, giving the strategic communications firm
another arrow in its quiver.
Ken Kies, Federal Policy Group LLC.
Kies, who worked on the 1986 overhaul of the tax code as a congressional
aide, is looking after the interests of
Caterpillar, General Electric and Microsoft as Washington gives reform
another go.
Lisa Kountoupes, Kountoupes |
Denham. Kountoupes is a woman taking
charge on K Street, blazing a trail with
work for high-profile companies and
trade groups.
Blanche Lincoln, Lincoln Policy Group.
Huge clients were already lining up to
work with the former senator before she
opened her own shop last year.
Mike House, Hogan Lovells.
House is a time-trusted guide for clients
as they maneuver through the legislative
and regulatory mazes of Washington.
Bob Livingston, The Livingston Group
LLC. The former Republican congressman from Louisiana is a master of the
appropriations process.
Mark Isakowitz, Fierce, Isakowitz &
Blalock.
The GOP-leaning shop has the glow of
success as it surges toward its highest
earnings ever.
Chuck Loveless, NVG LLC.
With more than a decade at labor powerhouse AFSCME, Loveless brings sharpness and smarts to this small K Street
outpost.
Steve McBee, McBee Strategic
Consulting LLC. Infused with the Silicon
Valley spirit, McBee’s shop offers the
total public affairs package.
Dan Mica, The DMA Group LLC.
The former Florida congressman was on
the front lines for the Credit Union National Association for 14 years and still
advocates on the group’s behalf.
Al Mottur, Marc Lampkin
and Manuel Ortiz,
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP.
This bipartisan super group has ties to
prominent policymakers; Lampkin, a
former aide to Speaker John Boehner, is
now the co-chairman of the firm’s lobby
shop.
Edward Newberry, Micah Green,
Kevin O’Neill, Trent Lott, John
Breaux,
Squire Patton Boggs.
With an A-list crew of lobbyists, Squire
Patton Boggs is reasserting its dominance on K Street after a tumultuous
year.
Larry O’Brien, The OB-C Group LLC.
With a roster of hot companies and an
active presence on the fundraising circuit, O’Brien is a Democratic lobbyist to
watch.
Tom O’Donnell,
Gephardt Group Government Affairs.
O’Donnell helped former Rep. Dick Gephardt hang a shingle seven years ago
and has been scoring high-profile clients
ever since.
Marty Paone, Prime Policy Group.
Paone’s Senate knowledge has been an
asset as he advocates for the Keystone
XL oil pipeline project.
Jeff Peck, Peck Madigan Jones.
Peck is a financial services guru at a firm
known for its verve and versatility.
Steve Perry, Grayling.
With a globe-spanning reach, Grayling
relies on Perry to keep the firm’s moving
parts in harmony.
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top lobbyists 2014
wednesday, october 22, 2014
Jim Pitts and Chris Cox, Navigators
Global LLC. Having served in several Republican presidential administrations,
Pitts and Cox have a Rolodex to envy
among GOP lobbyists.
Charles Stenholm,
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC.
The former Democratic congressman
is active on budget issues, bringing authority and expertise to the task.
Heather Podesta,
Heather Podesta + Partners LLC.
Podesta is a familiar face in Silicon Valley, where she’s scoring one innovative
client after another.
Alexander Sternhell,
Sternhell Group.
An alum of the Senate Banking Committee, Sternhell helps keep Wall
Street clients ahead of the game.
Tony Podesta, Podesta Group
The Podesta brand is often associated
with Democratic politics, but his firm
in unquestionably a bipartisan force.
Sandi Stuart, Stuart Murray Group.
Stuart, who worked at the Defense Department during the Clinton administration, has Google’s back as it works
on privacy and cybersecurity issues.
Jack Quinn, Quinn Gillespie &
Associates LLC.
The former adviser to Bill Clinton has
recently thrown his weight behind
immigration reform and helping the
families of terrorist attack victims.
Linda Tarplin,
Tarplin, Downs & Young.
Tarplin specializes in healthcare policy with skills that were honed during
two Republican administrations.
Thomas Quinn and Robert Smith,
Venable LLP.
Quinn, a longtime Democratic operative,
believes in classic shoe-leather lobbying,
and Smith, a Republican, is adept at fostering bipartisan consensus.
Rich Tarplin, Tarplin Strategies, LLC.
After helping to draft legislative strategies at the Department of Health
and Human Services, Tarplin is well
positioned to advocate for the health
sector.
Robert Raben, The Raben Group.
Raben added LGBT Strategies to the
fold earlier this year, further burnishing his reputation as a lobbyist who
champions social causes.
Dan Tate Jr., Forbes-Tate.
Once tapped by the Clinton White
House to work with Congress on legislation, Tate now does the same for his
stable of clients.
John Raffaelli, Jim McCrery,
Shannon Finley, John O’Neill,
Capitol Counsel LLC.
The sky’s the limit for this bipartisan
team of advocates, and the shop’s revenue growth shows no signs of slowing
down.
Mark Rayder, Alston & Bird.
Rayder has been both an aide on Capitol Hill and a campaign operative, now
devoting his Washington know-how to
healthcare.
Barry Rhoads and Kai Anderson,
Cassidy & Associates.
Rhoads and Anderson are following in the
footsteps of Gerry Cassidy, a K Street pioneer who became chairman emeritus of his
namesake firm last year.
Ilia Rodriguez, DLA Piper.
An alum of the White House and the
Labor Department, Rodriguez is active on health and education issues.
Emanuel Rouvelas, Bart Gordon
and Jim Walsh, K&L Gates LLP.
Rouvelas has been a powerhouse at
the firm for decades, while Gordon
and Walsh, a bipartisan duo of former
members, anchor its stellar lobbying
team.
Scott Segal, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
Segal, who founded the firm’s strategic communications practice, leads
the way on energy and environment
policy.
Rhod Shaw, The Alpine Group.
Shaw’s portfolio is wide-ranging but
tilts toward technology; he works tirelessly to make more spectrum available for mobile users.
Rick Shelby,
Capitol Hill Consulting Group.
The Republican operative has a senior
advisory role with the American Gas Association, which is helping utility companies
safeguard their facilities from attack.
Tom Sheridan,
The Sheridan Group.
Sheridan fights to secure federal
funding for initiatives like special
education programs and anti-AIDS
campaigns, and earlier this year began
pushing for a long-awaited overhaul of
toxic substances regulations.
Tracy Spicer, Avenue Solutions.
Spicer and the boutique Democratic
healthcare shop are on track for their
best year ever.
Billy Tauzin, Tauzin Consultants, LLC.
The former chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee left Alston & Bird
earlier this year to work at the lobby
shop founded by his son.
Carl Thorsen and Alec French,
Thorsen French Advocacy.
Thorsen and French often work for
clients whose issues fly under the radar
of the major policy battles in Congress,
as well as clients with large caseloads
such as Comcast and Human Rights
Campaign.
Robert Van Heuvelen, VH Strategies.
A former chief aide to ex-Sen. Kent
Conrad (D-N.D.), Van Heuvelen keeps
his nose to the grindstone for healthcare
and energy clients.
Stu Van Scoyoc, Van Scoyoc Associates.
Van Scoyoc has a knack for anticipating
what’s needed to keep his firm near the
front of the pack.
Stewart Verdery
and Jessica Herrera-Flanigan,
Monument Policy Group.
Verdery and Herrera-Flannigan have
a wide-reaching practice that includes
a coalition of tech companies pushing reforms to the National Security
Agency.
Alex Vogel,
Holtzman Vogel Josefiak PLLC.
Vogel left another K Street firm to strike
out on his own, now manning a political
intelligence shop while remaining active
in the government affairs space.
Vin Weber, Mercury.
The former Minnesota congressman
stays at the center of the action in Republican politics.
Jonathan Yarowsky,
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Yarowsky is among the elite lobbyists for tech, but also works for several
industry groups, including the Beer
Institute and the American Association
for Justice.
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Paul Bailey,
American Coalition
for Clean Coal Electricity.
As the coalition’s point man for policy,
Bailey is essential in crafting the ACCCE’s response to what the industry
heavyweight has dubbed the Obama administration’s “war on coal.”
Mitch Bainwol,
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
Bainwol, who has represented automakers in Washington since 2011, helped
steer the industry through a bumpy period after manufacturing giant General
Motors issued multiple recalls resulting
in contentious congressional hearings. Mark Baker,
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Baker is the drumbeat behind the oftenoverlooked general aviation industry in
Washington using his experience as a
36-year flight veteran to tout private jets
in the Capitol.
Meredith Attwell Baker
and Jot Carpenter,
CTIA-The Wireless Association.
Since taking over the wireless trade group
earlier this year, Baker — formerly of the
Federal Communications Commission —
has worked with Carpenter and the rest of
her team to be a loud voice on spectrum,
phone “unlocking” and other issues.
Richard Baker,
Managed Funds Association.
The longtime Republican House member from Louisiana now helps the hedge
fund industry keep Congress’s attention.
Ken Bentsen Jr., Securities Industry and
Financial Markets Association.
Former Rep. Bentsen (D-Texas) has
kept the group an essential industry
player in Washington following the departure of former New Hampshire Gov.
Judd Gregg (R).
B. Dan Berger and Brad Thaler,
National Association of Federal Credit
Unions. Berger, who has led the group
since 2013, and Thaler work to ensure
credit unions retain a voice amid talk of
financial rules and regulations.
Marion Blakey,
Aerospace Industries Association.
The former Federal Aviation Administration head is leading the defense industry’s efforts to grow its markets overseas,
as U.S. spending on defense decreases. John Bozzella,
Association of Global Automakers.
Bozzella took the helm of the group representing international carmakers this
year, following a career in the auto industry that stretches back to 1994.
Tom Buis, Growth Energy.
In the raging battle over the federal ethanol mandate, Buis is tasked with standing up for the farmers who provide ethanol’s feedstock.
Kevin Burke,
Airports Council International - North
America.
Burke’s first year atop the lobbying group
for the nation’s airports has thrust him
into the international Ebola crisis. Steve Caldeira,
International Franchise Association.
Caldeira and the IFA are on the front
lines of an industry push against the
Obama administration’s minimum wage
effort, which remains stalled in Congress.
Nicholas Calio, Airlines for America.
Calio and the airlines have an eye on convincing Congress to pass a new funding
package for the Federal Aviation Administration next year. Kateri Callahan,
Alliance to Save Energy.
Callahan is president of the Alliance to
Save Energy, which is bent on advancing
energy efficiency policy.
John Castellani, Pharmaceutical
Research and Manufacturers of America.
Castellani is using his clout as the former
head of the Business Roundtable to call
attention to promising new drugs and
vaccines now in development.
Dan Danner, National Federation of
Independent Business.
Danner is working to ensure that small
businesses are treated fairly on minimum wage issues, healthcare, regulations and taxes. Richard Deem,
American Medical Association.
Deem is relaying doctors’ concerns about
the Physicians Payments Sunshine Act
payments database to the Obama administration.
Scott DeFife,
National Restaurant Association.
DeFife has been a key player in the restaurant lobby’s top policy priorities,
including efforts to stop a federal minimum wage increase.
Bob Dinneen,
Renewable Fuels Association.
Defending ethanol nowadays can mean
fighting the Obama administration, Congress, oil interests and others; Dinneen
battles them all.
Chris Dodd,
Motion Picture Association of America.
Former Connecticut Sen. Dodd has been
a vocal defender of copyright licenses
and critic of piracy during more than
three years as head of Hollywood’s lobbying arm.
Tom Donohue and R. Bruce Josten,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The prominent business lobby remains
a sometimes-ally of the White House
— fighting for immigration reform, while
slamming the administration’s rhetoric
and actions on tax inversions.
Cal Dooley,
American Chemistry Council.
The face of the chemicals industry, Dooley leads a team that is pushing to reform
the nation’s decades-old chemical laws.
Charles Drevna,
American Fuel & Petrochemical
Manufacturers.
Drevna is a 12-year veteran of the fuel refiners group, which is focusing its attention on pollution regulations and beating
back renewable fuel mandates.
Marty Durbin,
America’s Natural Gas Alliance.
Natural gas has come a long way in recent
years thanks to unconventional drilling
techniques, and Durbin is fighting for
policies that allow it to continue.
Martin Edwards
Interstate Natural Gas Association of
America.
Pipelines ensure that the natural gas
boom reaches where it needs to go, and
Edwards works with agencies like the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
to make that happen.
John Engler, Business Roundtable.
Engler is pressing for tax and immigration reform, along with measures
meant to foster fiscal stability, close
the workforce skills gap and expand
global trade.
Camden Fine,
Independent Community Bankers of
America.
Representing the banking industry’s little guy, Fine has helped keep the heat on
“too big to fail” competitors while accumulating bipartisan support in Congress.
Alex Flint, Nuclear Energy Institute.
Flint, a former aide on the Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee, is a
seasoned political warrior tasked with
touting nuclear energy as the administration charts a path forward in a cleanenergy economy.
Geoff Freeman,
American Gaming Association.
Online gambling remains a tricky issue
for Freeman, but it’s far from the only
part of an eclectic portfolio that also
touches on immigration and patent reform, as well as terrorism insurance.
David French,
National Retail Federation.
French is leading the retail industry’s
efforts on data and payment security,
patent reform and online sales tax legislation.
Lee Fuller,
Independent Petroleum Association of
America.
A former Senate aide, Fuller is tasked
with protecting the interests of oil and
gas producers in the association.
Dean Garfield,
Information Technology Industry
Council.
The influential trade group represents
industry giants including Apple, Google,
Microsoft and Sony.
Jack Gerard,
American Petroleum Institute.
Gerard has led the oil industry’s most
powerful trade group since 2008, waging important energy policy battles surrounding the renewable fuel mandate,
offshore drilling, the Keystone XL pipeline and more.
Jerry Giovaniello,
National Association of Realtors.
Giovaniello remains focused on housing
finance reform and a tax code overhaul —
in particular an extension of tax relief for
canceled mortgage debt.
Rob Gramlich,
American Wind Energy Association.
As the Obama administration pushes to
reduce carbon emissions from the power
sector, wind interests are well-positioned
to offer their products as a solution.
Jim Greenwood,
Biotechnology Industry Organization.
The former congressman from Pennsyl-
vania wants comprehensive tax reform
without a focus on inversions.
Ed Hamberger,
Association of American Railroads.
Hamberger is trying to stave off a
wave of new regulations for tankers
used to transport crude oil, following
a series of high-profile accidents that
have captured the attention of lawmakers. Jerry Howard,
National Association of Home Builders.
Howard is fighting for housing finance
reform, an overhaul of the Federal Housing Administration and tax reform that
preserves the mortgage interest deduction. Richard Hunt,
Consumer Bankers Association.
Since taking the helm of CBA in 2009,
Hunt has helped lead his industry into
the new era of retail banking.
Karen Ignagni,
America’s Health Insurance Plans.
As the health insurance industry’s main
advocate, Ignagni is working to protect
risk corridor funding and hammer rising
drug prices.
Chip Kahn,
Federation of American Hospitals.
For-profit hospitals are relying on Kahn
to push for the Medicaid expansion as
they undergo funding cuts.
Frank Keating,
American Bankers Association.
Former Oklahoma Gov. Keating (R) has
led the banking lobby since 2011, working to tackle the industry’s biggest concerns in Washington.
Dirk Kempthorne and Kimberly
Olson Dorgan,
American Council of Life Insurers.
The two advocates remain focused on
exempting insurers from Dodd-Frank’s
capital standards as they tackle cybersecurity and privacy issues, taxes on
life insurance companies and trade
issues. Tom Kuhn and Brian Wolff,
Edison Electric Institute.
Kuhn keeps the association of electric
companies running like a well-oiled
machine on one end. On the other,
Wolff heads the institute’s grassroots
political outreach just as the electric
industry enters a new realm of increasing renewable energy and grid challenges.
Katherine Lugar,
American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Lugar is helping to lead the charge
against dramatic wage hikes, while fighting to preserve the 40-hour workweek
for health insurance purposes and protect the franchise model against challenges from labor groups.
Linda Lipsen,
American Association for Justice.
The top advocate for trial lawyers in
Washington, Lipsen is pushing for greater access to civil justice for those who
have been injured.
Walter McCormick, USTelecom.
McCormick has worked with USTelecom
since 2001, leading the trade group’s advocacy for the broadband industry.
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Dave McCurdy,
American Gas Association.
Former Rep. McCurdy (D-Okla.) brings
an extensive Washington resume to his
work on behalf of natural gas utilities.
Nancy McLernon, Organization
for International Investment.
McLernon wants to make sure that the
White House’s efforts against tax inversions don’t hurt the companies she
represents: foreign titans with U.S. subsidiaries.
Mark Merritt,
Pharmaceutical Care Management
Association.
As head of the drugstore lobby, Merritt
is fighting aggressively to reduce prescription drug costs at a crucial time
for the industry.
Jim Nussle,
Credit Union National Association.
Nussle, a former House Budget Committee chairman and Office of Management and Budget director, has now
taken the reins at CUNA, where he’ll
continue to fight against banks to save
credit unions’ tax exemption.
Rob Nichols,
Financial Services Forum.
Nichols works specifically to ensure
that the CEOs of the biggest financial
institutions on the planet maintain
an open line to Washington’s policymakers.
Shawn Osborne, TechAmerica.
Osborne, the former head of a communications software company,
helped earlier this year to oversee TechAmerica’s merger with CompTIA,
combining two of the industry’s major
trade groups.
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Mark Parkinson,
American Health Care Association.
The former Kansas governor and state
lawmaker has served both parties, and
touts his bipartisan approach when
pushing for better elderly care.
Tim Pawlenty and Francis Creighton,
Financial Services Roundtable.
Former Minnnesota Gov. Pawlenty (R)
lent a big name to the Roundtable, and
has reworked the powerful group since
taking control in the fall of 2012; Creighton, the former chief of staff to Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, gives the group a
high-powered bipartisan duo.
Michael Powell,
National Cable & Telecommunications
Association.
The former Federal Communications
Commission chairman has been one
of the cable industry’s most prominent
proponents in the fight over net neutrality.
Leigh Ann Pusey,
American Insurance Association.
A Washington powerhouse, Pusey is
working to make sure Congress reauthorizes the Terrorism Risk Insurance
Act of 2002 before the end of the year.
John Rother,
National Coalition on Health Care.
The former face of the AARP wrote up
his own game plan for healthcare reform as the chief advocate for 85 organizations, ranging from the Salvation
Army to the AFL-CIO.
Bob Rusbuldt,
Independent Insurance Agents &
Brokers of America.
As head of the Big “I,” Rusbuldt remains a
force on Capitol Hill.
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Norb Ryan Jr.,
Military Officers
Association of America.
The retired vice admiral will continue
the association’s fierce fight against
the Pentagon and some lawmakers to
protect troop pay and benefits from
budget cuts. Stephen Sandherr
The Associated General Contractors
of America.
The veteran association chief is working to foster a national rebound for a
construction industry battered by the
economic crisis of the late 2000s.
Gary Shapiro,
Consumer Electronics Association.
Shapiro’s trade group represents
more than 2,000 electronics companies and fights on issues from patent
reform to spectrum to immigration.
Gordon Smith,
National Association
of Broadcasters.
The broadcaster group beat back
Capitol Hill initiatives seeking to
overhaul the way people pay for TV
programs, and came out on top in the
Supreme Court’s decision to kill the
upstart video service Aereo.
Scott Talbott,
Electronic Transactions Association.
After leaving a longtime post at the
Financial Services Roundtable, Talbott moved to the tech-focused side of
finance.
Mary Kay Thatcher,
American Farm Bureau Federation.
Thatcher, a longtime agricultural lobbyist, is monitoring the implementation of hard-fought farm bill victories
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on crop insurance and disaster assistance for ranchers.
Jay Timmons,
National Association of Manufacturers.
Timmons and NAM are embroiled
in many of Washington’s bigg est
brawls, including disputes over environmental regulations, ExportImport Bank reauthorization, immigration, tax reform and trade and
workforce issues.
Stephen Ubl,
AdvaMed.
Ubl has been described as a changing
force in medical technology, and he
could be the industry’s best chance at
repealing the medical device tax.
Richard Umbdenstock
and Richard Pollack,
American Hospital Association.
Umbdenstock and Pollack are helping
guide hospitals through difficult terrain as fears of a U.S. Ebola outbreak
mount.
Dirk Van Dongen,
National Association
of Wholesaler-Distributors.
A longtime GOP moneyman, Van
Dongen is part of a cadre of K Street
heavyweights pushing for Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio (R) in the 2016
presidential race.
Nathaniel Wienecke,
Property Casualty Insurers Association
of America.
Wienecke, formerly a lobbyist for
JPMorgan Chase & Co., is a key insurance industry voice in Washington on a
host of issues, including fighting for an
extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
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Anna Aurilio, Environment America.
Environment America might not be
among the heaviest hitters in green
group lobbying, but Aurilio keeps the
group in the mix on fights over climate
change, water pollution and wildlife
protections, among other priorities.
Matt Bennett, Third Way.
The centrist think tank backs the
administration’s regulations to curb
power plant pollution because they allow states to propose their own implementation plans.
Larry Cohen,
Communications Workers
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Ken Cook,
Environmental Working Group.
Cook wields a wide sphere of influence
in Washington, particuarly for the environmental community on industrial
agriculture and food and farm policy.
Chris Cox,
National Rifle Association.
Ahead of the midterm elections, Cox
and the NRA have been busy endorsing
pro-gun candidates in state and federal races who will protect the Second
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Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Ellis’s work to expose government bloat
and increase transparency has made
him a visible and oft-quoted critic of
federal fiscal policies.
Lily Eskelsen García,
National Education Association.
The new president of the nation’s largest teachers union has emerged as a
central player in the national debate
over education policy and as a leading
critic of the heavy focus on standardized testing in schools.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers.
Gerard leads the country’s largest industrial union, a post from which he
seeks to influence issues ranging from
labor rights to trade.
David Goldston and Scott Slesinger,
Natural Resources Defense Council.
The NRDC left its mark on the Obama
administration’s carbon pollution plan
for power plants, and now Goldston and
Slesinger are helping push it through
the regulatory process.
Bradley Gordon,
American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
The leading pro-Israel group has
worked with lawmakers wary of new
diplomatic nuclear negotiations with
Iran and urged Congress to impose further sanctions.
Dave Hamilton and Melinda Pierce,
Sierra Club.
Hamilton is director of the green
group’s Beyond Coal campaign, seeking to discredit the fossil fuel. As chief
legislative director, Pierce is front
and center in advocating for the administration’s climate plan and other
policies central to the Sierra Club’s
mission.
Wade Henderson,
The Leadership Conference on
Civil and Human Rights.
Closing in on nearly two decades at the
helm of one of the nation’s most powerful civil rights organizations, Henderson is pushing for voter protections.
Mary Kay Henry,
Service Employees International
Union.
With Henry at the helm, the SEIU is
backing fast-food workers around the
country as they campaign for a wage of
$15 an hour.
Craig Holman, Public Citizen.
Holman is a tireless crusader for increased government transparency.
Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks.
Drawing on his background in economics, Kibbe and FreedomWorks wield
influence with Tea Party members on
Capitol Hill as they push for
ObamaCare’s repeal, among other conservative causes.
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Fred Krupp,
Environmental Defense Fund.
Approaching three decades at EDF, the
veteran Krupp is well known in environmental circles.
Nancy LeaMond, AARP.
Backed by AARP’s 38 million members,
LeaMond is a leading voice on retirement policy as the U.S. population ages.
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Grover Norquist,
Americans for Tax Reform.
They say nothing is certain but death
and taxes. In Washington, the third
certainty is Norquist trying to kill the
second.
Tony Perkins,
Family Research Council.
Amid a raging national debate over
same-sex unions, Perkins stands as a
leading voice in opposition to gay marriage.
Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity.
Phillips’s group, supported by industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch,
is funneling considerable chunks of
money into the midterm campaign in
hopes of gaining a better climate for its
free market preferences.
Ron Pollack, Families USA.
Pollack is one of Washington’s strongest defenders of the Affordable Care
Act, and a key voice urging red states to
adopt the Medicaid expansion.
Trevor Potter and Meredith McGehee,
Campaign Legal Center.
The Campaign Legal Center is headed
into overdrive as courts take on an
increased number of voting rights and
campaign finance cases nationwide.
Paul Rieckhoff,
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
of America.
The Iraq veterans organization played
a leading role on passing a Department
of Veterans Affairs reform bill this year,
and will continue to be a big player on its
implementation, among other veterans
issues.
Andrew Roth, Club for Growth.
The Club remains in the middle of fiscal
fights — including the unresolved flap over
the Export-Import Bank — but has also
had to adjust this year, as Washington’s focus turned away from economic issues.
Lee Saunders, American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees .
The first African-American president
of a union primarily representing
public-sector workers, Saunders has
his sights set on taking down Wisconsin
Gov. Scott Walker and other candidates
he sees as anti-union in the upcoming
elections.
Tom Schatz,
Citizens Against Government Waste.
Schatz has developed a reputation for
identifying legislative “pork” as wasteful
government spending.
Richard Trumka, Thea Lee
and Bill Samuel,
AFL-CIO.
Trumka and his lieutenants are using
the labor federation’s considerable
clout to keep the pressure on lawmakers to raise the federal minimum wage
for all workers.
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Elisa Massimino, Human Rights First.
Massimino’s organization shines a spotlight on international human rights violations such as the government crackdown on LGBT citizens in Russia.
Bill McKibben, 350.org.
Utilizing grassroots tactics to engage
the younger generation and voters on
environmental issues, McKibben leads
his activist organization to the front
lines of the political battle surrounding
climate change
Ed Mierzwinski,
U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
The group’s consumer program direc-
tor advises lawmakers on a wide range
of consumer issues that deal with
identity theft, credit cards, privacy and
financial services.
Eric Mitchell, Bread for the World.
On behalf of the anti-hunger group,
Mitchell pushes the federal government to protect funding for foreign aid
and food aid programs.
Laura Murphy,
American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU has been at the forefront of
Congress’s attempt to rein in the National Security Agency in the months following Edward Snowden’s revelations.
Matthew Myers,
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Myers has strong-armed a new era of
regulation against some of the country’s biggest companies, most recently
enacting hundreds of college campus
smoking bans.
Michael Needham,
Heritage Action for America.
Regularly a thorn in GOP leaders’ side
on fiscal issues, Needham found himself defending the party leadership’s
approach this summer to the influx of
unaccompanied children from Central
America.
Daniel Weiss,
League of Conservation Voters.
Weiss came to the LCV this year from the
Center for American Progress, and he’s
making the most of his position at the
helm of the league’s campaign operations.
Dennis Williams, United Auto Workers.
Williams became the 36th president of
the powerful UAW in 2014. He previously served as the auto union’s secretary-treasurer.
Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21.
Wertheimer continues to push for an
overhaul of the campaign finance system and an end to unlimited campaign
contributions that have flooded American politics with “dark money.”