Trump’s Chemical Romance: Conflicted Officials Contaminate Trump’s EPA
President Donald Trump has staffed his administration with lobbyists, lawyers and former employees from the chemical industry and its allies.
A new Public Citizen report, “Trump’s Chemical Romance” identifies 146 high-ranking Trump administration officials with ties to the corporate coalition pushing to roll back the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chemical Disaster Rule. The actual total is undoubtedly higher.
The report found:
- 15 Trump EPA appointees with conflicting ties to the RMP Coalition and the industry sectors its corporate coalition members represent.
- 13 Trump appointees in the White House with conflicting ties to the RMP Coalition and the industry sectors its corporate coalition members represent.
- 57 Trump appointees with conflicting ties to the American Chemistry Council and/or its member corporations.
- 92 Trump appointees with conflicting ties to chemical and petrochemical corporations and groups with ties to the industry.
- 146 Trump administration appointees with conflicting ties to the RMP Coalition and the industry sectors its corporate coalition members represent.
In an effort to delay and weaken the Chemical Disaster Rule, groups representing chemical and petrochemical corporations, along with allies affiliated with coal-fired power plants, paper mills and corporate groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, formed an alliance called the RMP Coalition (named for the EPA’s “Risk Management Program,” the formal name for the Chemical Disaster Rule.)
The RMP Coalition also includes the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG).
The RMP Coalition successfully petitioned disgraced former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt to delay and weaken the Chemical Disaster Rule.
Pruitt’s new version gives in to industry’s demands – in Pruitt’s words, it “proposes to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens,” in order to save the industry as a whole an estimated $88 million per year – that is, about 0.1 percent of chemical giant (and American Chemistry Council member) DowDupont’s 2017 profits. A single chemical disaster can cost upwards of $200 million.
Specifically, the Pruitt EPA’s weakened version of the rule:
- Rescinds the requirement that facilities that experience a catastrophic chemical release or a near miss must conduct a root cause analysis, which would ensure that the industry learns essential safety lessons from disasters and near-disasters.
- Guts Safer Technology and Alternatives Analyses, which is intended to minimize the quantities of hazardous substances facilities use and encourage substitutions of less harmful substances when possible, as well as encourage additional safety measures.
- Eliminates the requirement that corporations that stockpile hazardous chemicals make information about their facilities available to the public, essentially prioritizing corporate secrecy over public safety. Without commonsense disclosures, first responders and community members won’t even know what kinds of hazards they could be exposed to.
The public comment period for Pruitt’s weakened version of the rule ends on Thursday, August 23. There’s still time to tell the EPA: Don’t roll back the Chemical Disaster Rule.
The 146 administration members with ties to the RMP Coalition and the industry sectors its corporate coalition members includes 57 appointees with conflicting ties to the American Chemistry Council, the chemical industry’s primary corporate coalition, and 92 appointees with conflicting ties to the chemical and petrochemical industries, including Dow Chemical Corporation, Arkema Chemical, BP, Chevron and Koch Industries.
The officials and their industry affiliations were identified via a review of ProPublica’s Trump Town database, which compiles Trump administration appointees and makes their financial disclosures easily accessible. The full spreadsheet of Public Citizen’s analysis is available here. A simplified list of the conflicted officials is below.
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| STAFFER | AGENCY | TITLE | CONFLICTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex A. Beehler | Defense | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment | Holland & Knight, an ACC member, and Constellation Energy, a corporation with fossil fuel interests. |
| Alex Azar | Health and Human Services | Secretary of Health and Human Services | Former president of Lilly USA, LLC, an ACC member. |
| Alexander Nicholas Fitzsimmons | Energy | Senior Advisor, Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability | Former policy director for Institute for Energy Research, an industry group with fossil fuel interests |
| Amanda Gunasekara | Environmental Protection Agency | Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator on Air and Radiation | Former senior director for federal affairs of National Association of Chemical Distributors |
| Amanda Wood Laihow | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | Counsel to a Commissioner | Received compensation from National Association of Manufacturers, a member of the RMP Coalition |
| Andeliz N. Castillo | Office of the Vice President | Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President | Received compensation from Americans For Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| Andrew Bremberg | White House | Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council | Former policy consultant for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce Inc., a Koch-backed group. |
| Andrew Kerwin Maloney | Treasury | Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) for Legislative Affairs | Former vice president at Hess Corporation, an API member. |
| Andrew Olmem | White House | Acting Deputy Director for Domestic Policy, National Economic Council | Received compensation from General Electric Company, an API member. |
| Andrew Wheeler | Environmental Protection Agency | Acting Administrator | Received compensation from International Paper Company, an AF&PA member, and former registered lobbyist for fossil fuel corporations Murray Energy and Xcel Energy. |
| Ann Donaldson | White House | Special Counsel to the President and Chief of Staff to the White House Counsel | Provided legal services to Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Anne Kimberley Joiner | Defense | Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense | Former director of membership development for National Association of Manufacturers, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Anne Marie White | Energy | Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management | Provided consulting services to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a corporation with fossil fuel interests. |
| Barrett Young | Labor | Policy Advisor | Provided legal services to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member, as well as Direct Energy Marketing, a corporation with fossil fuel interests, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, an ACC member. |
| Benjamin Hobbs | Housing and Urban Development | Special Policy Advisor | Former manager of university investments and grants for Charles Koch Foundation, a Koch-backed group. |
| Brenda Burman | Interior | Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation | Former director of water strategy for Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, which has been a UARG member. |
| Brent James McIntosh | Treasury | General Counsel | Provided legal services to BP, a member of ACC, AFPM and API. |
| Brian Allen Benczkowski | Justice | Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | Provided legal services to BP, a member of ACC, AFPM and API. |
| Brian Darrell Montgomery | Housing and Urban Development | Assistant Secretary | Provided FHA analysis for Accenture LLP, a member of ACC and AF&PA. |
| Brian Richard Callanan | Treasury | Deputy General Counsel | Provided legal services to Chevron Corporation, a member of ACC, AFPM and API. |
| Brian Robert Morgenstern | Treasury | Assistant Secretary (Public Affairs) | Provided legal services to IHS Markit, an AFPM member, and China Petrochemical Development Corp. |
| Brian Vaughan McCormack | Energy | Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary | Received compensation from Edison Electric Institute, which has been a UARG member. |
| Brittany Baldwin | White House | Special Assistant to the President and Speechwriter | Former deputy director of writing for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| C.J. Mahoney | U.S. Trade Representative | Deputy U.S. Trade Representative | Provided legal services to Merck, an ACC member, and Samsung, an AFPM member, and Danaher, a corporation with chemical interests. |
| Chad Andrew Readler | Justice | Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Civil Division | Provided legal services to U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member; Proctor & Gamble, a member of ACC, AF&PA and AFPM; and FirstEnergy Corp., which has been a UARG member |
| Chad Robert Mizelle | Justice | Counsel | Provided legal counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member; Koch Industries, an AFPM member; Deloitte, an ACC member; and Southern California Gas Company, a corporation with fossil fuel interests. |
| Christian Palich | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy Associate Administrator for Congressional Relations | Former president of the Ohio Coal Association, a state-wide trade association. |
| Christine Diane Harbin | Energy | Senior Advisor for External Affairs, Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability | Received compensation from Americans For Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| Christopher A. Wray | Justice | Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation | Provided legal services to Chevron Corporation, a member of ACC, AFPM and API; and PricewaterhouseCoopers, an ACC member. |
| Christopher Charles Mitton | Transportation | Governmental Affairs Officer | Former state government affairs director for American Forest and Paper Association, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Cooper James Smith | Housing and Urban Development | Special Policy Advisor | Former researcher for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Dana Wade | Housing and Urban Development | Gen Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing | Former research fellow for the Charles Koch Institute, a Koch-backed group. |
| Daniel Simmons | Energy | Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary | Former vice president for policy for the Institute for Energy Research, an industry group with fossil fuel interests. |
| David Fotouhi | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy General Counsel | Provided legal services to International Paper Company, an AF&PA member; General Electric, an API member; and Maxus Energy Corporation, a corporation with fossil fuel interests. Received between $1,001 and $15,000 from Dow Chemical Company, an ACC and AFPM member, and Halliburton. |
| David Harlow | Environmental Protection Agency | Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation | Provided legal services to UARG, an RMP Coalition member, to Chevron, a member of ACC, AFPM and API, and LG&E and KU Energy, corporations with fossil fuel interests. |
| David J. Ryder | Treasury | Director, U.S. Mint | Former manager and director at Honeywell International Inc., an ACC, AFPM and API member. |
| David L. Bernhardt | Interior | Deputy Secretary of the Interior | Provided legal services to API members Cobalt International Energy and Noble Energy Company, and provided legal services to other corporations with fossil fuel interests, including NRG Energy, Sempra Energy, Statoil Gulf Services and Taylor Energy Company. |
| David Malpass | Treasury | Under Secretary for International Affairs | Provided research for BP (its American Pension Fund), an ACC, AFPM and API member. |
| David Richard Dorey | Labor | Counsel | Provided legal services to ExxonMobil, an ACC, AFPM and API member. |
| David Thomas Eagles | Housing and Urban Development | Chief Operations Officer | Former vice president at Waste Management, an ACC member |
| David Wright | Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Commissioner | Provided consulting services to Edison Electric Institute, which has been a UARG member, and Pepco Holdings, a corporation with fossil fuel interests. |
| Diana Furchtgott-Roth | Transportation | Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology | Former manager for Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a Koch-backed group. |
| Donald F. McGahn | White House | General Counsel | Provided legal services to Koch-backed groups Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce. |
| Douglas Benevento | Environmental Protection Agency | Regional Administrator | Formerly employed by Xcel Energy, a utility corporation with fossil fuel interests. |
| Drue Pearce | Transportation | Deputy Administrator | Provided consulting services to Shell Alaska, a subsidiary of Shell, which is a member of ACC and AFPM. |
| Edward Ajaeb | Office of National Drug Control Policy | Digital Engagement Specialist | Received compensation from Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Eli Henry Miller | Treasury | Chief of Staff | Received compensation from Americans For Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| Elizabeth Bowman | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy Associate Administrator for Public Affairs | Former communications director for American Chemistry Council, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Eric S. Dreiband | Justice | Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | Provided legal services to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member, as well as EcoLab, an ACC member; Citgo, an AFPM member; and U.S. Steel, an API member. |
| Erik Baptist | Environmental Protection Agency | Senior Deputy General Counsel | Provided legal services to American Petroleum Institute, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Evelyn Joan Stauffer | Education | Confidential Assistant, Office of Communications and Outreach | Former public policy coordinator for Koch Industries, an AFPM member. |
| Frank T. Bray | Commerce | Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration | Received compensation from PricewaterhouseCoopers, an ACC member. |
| Gilbert Kaplan | Commerce | Under Secretary for International Trade | Provided trade legal advice to Arkema Chemical, an ACC member, and Verso Paper Corporation, which has paper interests. |
| Gregory Martin Walters | U.S. Trade Representative | Assistant U.S. Trade Representative For Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement | Former international trade manager for 3M, an ACC member. |
| Gurjeet Singh Guram | Health and Human Services | Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Former consultant for McKinsey & Company, an ACC member. |
| Heath P. Tarbert | Treasury | Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development | Provided legal services to ExxonMobil Corporation, a member of ACC, AFPM and API. |
| Heather A. Wilson | Defense | Secretary of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary | Former board member for Peabody Energy Co., a corporation with fossil fuel interests |
| Heidi Renate King | Transportation | Deputy Administrator | Former global director of environmental risk at General Electric Company, an API member. |
| James J. Sullivan | Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission | Commission Member | Provided legal services to Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC, an oil and gas corporation. |
| James Richard "Rick" Perry | Energy | Secretary of Energy | Former board member for Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, an API member, and Energy Transfer Partners, a natural gas and propane corporation. |
| Jason Klitenic | Office of the Director of National Intelligence | General Counsel | Provided legal services to American Chemistry Council, an RMP Coalition member, as a partner with Holland & Knight LLP, an ACC member. |
| Jeanne Wilson | Labor | Deputy Assistant Secretary | Former senior counsel for Waste Management, an ACC member. |
| Jeffrey Adam Rosen | Transportation | Deputy Secretary of Transportation | Provided legal services to U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Jeffrey Bossert Clark | Justice | Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division | Provided legal services to Dow Chemical Company, an ACC and AFPM member; BP, a member of ACC, AFPM and API; Mitsubishi, an API member; and Syngenta, a pesticide corporation. |
| Jeffrey Gerrish | U.S. Trade Representative | Deputy U.S. Trade Representative | Provided legal services to U.S. Steel Corporation, an API member. |
| Jeffrey Kessler | Commerce | Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance | Provided legal services to Monsanto Company, an ACC member; Mitsubishi, an API member; and Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, a chemical company. |
| Jeffrey Sands | Environmental Protection Agency | Senior Agricultural Advisor | Former lobbyist for Syngenta Corp., a pesticide manufacturer. |
| Jeffrey Wood | Justice | Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General ENRD | Former lobbyist for Southern Company (and its subsidiary Alabama Power Company), which has been a UARG member. |
| Jeffrey Young Grappone | Labor | Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs | Previously received compensation for communications work at Siemens Corporation, an API member. |
| Jessica Murphy Szymanski | Energy | Associate Deputy Press Secretary, Office of Public Affairs | Formerly worked for Secure Energy for America Association, an industry group with fossil fuel interests. |
| Jessica Renier | Treasury | Senior Advisor | Received compensation from Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| John Baylor Myers | Treasury | Special Assistant | Former deputy director for Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| John Eisenberg | White House | Deputy Assistant to the President, NSC Legal Advisor, and Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs, National Security Council | Provided legal services to BP, a member of ACC, AFPM and API; Honeywell International, a member of ACC, AFPM and API; and Syngenta, a pesticide manufacturer. |
| John Joseph Sullivan | State | Deputy Secretary of State, Office Of The Deputy Secretary | Provided legal services to Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Jon Huntsman Jr. | State | Ambassador, Russia | Was a board director for Chevron Corporation, an ACC, AFPM and API member, and Huntsman Corporation, an ACC and AFPM member. |
| Jonathan Lloyd Ullyot | Veterans Affairs | Assistant Secretary For Public And Intergovernmental Affairs | Provided communications consulting to DuPont, chemical corporation and member of ACC and AFPM. |
| Joseph C. Semsar | Personnel Management | Deputy Chief of Staff | Received compensation from Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Joseph Simons | Federal Trade Commission | Commissioner | Provided legal services to Huntsman Corporation, an ACC and AFPM member, and Resolute Forest Products, a corporation with paper interests. |
| Julia K. Hearthway | Labor | Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs | Provided consulting services to Accenture LLP, an ACC and AF&PA member. |
| Justin Clark | White House | Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs | Provided legal services to Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., an AFPM and API member. |
| Kate Siobhan O'Scannlain | Labor | Solicitor | Provided legal services to U.S. Silica Company, which has been a UARG member; Accenture LLP, an ACC and AF&PA member; National Industrial Coatings, a chemical company; and Extraction Oil & Gas, an oil and gas company. |
| Kellyanne Conway | White House | Counselor to the President | Provided consulting services to Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed group, and Indiana Energy Association, a coal/utilities industry group. |
| Kerrie Carr | White House | Confidential Assistant, Office of Management and Budget | Received compensation from Alabama Power Company, a subsidiary of Southern Co., which has been a UARG member. |
| Kevin Alan Jayne | Energy | Special Advisor, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | Received compensation from People's Gas Light and Coke (WEC), a coal company. |
| Kevin J. McIntyre | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Member | Provided legal services to Ameren Corporation and American Electric Power Service Corporation, which have been members of UARG; Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, an AFPM and API member; and corporations with fossil fuel interests including EDF Energy Services, Lakeside Energy, TECO Energy and Navajo Transitional Energy Company. |
| Kirk R. Marshall | White House | Director of Organizational Structure and Human Capital, White House | Received compensation from Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Kirstjen Michele Nielsen | Homeland Security | Secretary of Homeland Security | Received compensation from Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Lauren Hagen | State | Protocol Officer (Ceremonials), Office Of The Chief Of Protocol | Received compensation from Hess Corporation, an API member. |
| Linda Capuano | Energy | Administrator, Energy Information Administration | Provided consulting services to Fluor Federal Services, an AFPM member. |
| Lisa Gordon-Hagerty | Energy | Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator for Nuclear Security | Provided consulting services to Fluor Government Group, an AFPM member. |
| Lowell Jacob Schiller | Health and Human Services | Senior Counselor to the Commissioner | Provided legal services to RMP Coalition members the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute and ACC and API member Bayer Corporation. |
| Lucian Niemeyer | Defense | Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations and Environment | Received compensation from Jacobs Engineering, a corporation with chemical interests. |
| Marcella Burke | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy General Counsel | Provided legal services to Noble Energy Company LLC, an API member, and oil and gas corporations BEUSA Energy, Diamondback Energy, Sanchez Energy and Sandridge Energy. |
| Marco M. Rajkovich Jr. | Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission | Commissioner | Provided legal representation to coal companies, including Alliance Coal, Arch Coal, Armstrong Coal, Booth Energy, Murray Energy, Rex Coal, Rhino Energy and Warrior Coal. |
| Mark R. Paoletta | Office of the Vice President | Assistant to the Vice President and Counsel | Provided legal services to Samsung, an AFPM member. |
| Mark Steven Lillie | Transportation | Chief Counsel | Provided legal services to BP and ExxonMobil, both ACC, AFPM and API members, and Miller Chemical & Fertilizer, a chemical company. |
| Mark Wesley Menezes | Energy | Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary | Provided legal services to Southern Company Services, which has been a UARG member, and a former vice president at Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, an energy company with fossil fuel interests. |
| Marshall Billingslea | Treasury | Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing | Provided consulting services to Chevron, an ACC, AFPM and API member, through Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Mary-Sumpter Lapinski | Health and Human Services | Counselor for Public Health and Science | Previously employed by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Matthew Button Kellogg | Treasury | Assistant Secretary (Legislative Affairs) | Former general counsel for the Independent Petroleum Association of America. |
| Matthew Joseph Turpin | Commerce | Senior Advisor for China, Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets | Received compensation from Deloitte Consulting, an ACC member. |
| Matthew Sheehan | Justice | Counsel | Provided legal services to ExxonMobil, an ACC, AFPM and API member. |
| Matthew Z. Leopold | Environmental Protection Agency | General Counsel | Provided legal services to BASF Corporation, an ACC and AFPM member. |
| Michael Jordan Karem | White House | Special Assistant and Deputy Director of Advance | Former chief of staff for Pinnacle West, which has been a UARG member. |
| Nancy Beck | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention | Former senior director for regulatory science policy at American Chemistry Council, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Natalie Boyse | Education | Confidential Assistant | Former advertisement development and project manager for NAM, an RMP Coalition member, and Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| Nathan Alexander Sales | State | Coordinator for Counterterrorism | Provided legal services to UARG members FirstEnergy Corp. and PPL Corp and to Arch Coal, a coal company. |
| Nazakhtar Nikakhtar | Commerce | Assistant Secretary for Industry and Analysis | Provided legal services to ACC members Chemours and MexiChem; to Arkema Chemical, a member of both ACC and AFPM; and Honeywell, a member of ACC, AFPM and API. |
| Nicholas T. Matich | White House | Deputy General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget | Former attorney for Syngenta Corp., a pesticide corporation. |
| Pamela Dixon | General Services Administration | Press Secretary | Provided legal services to the American Council of Engineering Companies, an industry group with chemical interests. |
| Patrick Burke Shaheen | Education | Confidential Assistant, Office of the General Counsel | Former field staffer for Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed group. |
| Patrick Traylor | Environmental Protection Agency | Deputy Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance | Provided legal services to American Petroleum Institute, an RMP Coalition member; to Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, an API member; to Koch Minerals, an AFPM member; and to utility companies with fossil fuel interests NRG Energy and Southern California Edison Co. |
| Paul Dabbar | Energy | Under Secretary for Science | Provided advice on purchasing or selling companies to TransCanada Corp., an API member, and to companies with natural gas interests including Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp., Centerpoint Energy Inc., Sempra Energy and SourceGas Holdings LLC. |
| Paul I. Howard | Health and Human Services | Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration | Former senior director for health policy at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a Koch-backed group. |
| Paul J. Ray | Labor | Counselor to the Secretary | Provided legal services to RMP Coalition members ACC, AF&PA, AFPM, NAM and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; to Bayer, an ACC and API member; to ExxonMobil, a member of ACC, AFPM and API; to International Paper Company, an AF&PA member; to industry groups with chemical interests including American Coke and Chemicals Institute, American Foundry Society and the American Wood Council; to industry groups with fossil fuel interests including Consumer Energy Alliance and Lignite Energy Council; and to energy companies with fossil fuel interests NRG Energy and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. |
| Peter Hoekstra | State | Ambassador, Netherlands | Provided consulting and lobbying services to Bayer Corporation, an ACC and API member, and Core Energy, an oil and gas company. |
| Peter Wright | Environmental Protection Agency | Assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management | Former senior lawyer for Dow Chemical Company, an ACC and AFPM member, for 19 years. |
| Randall G. Schriver | Defense | Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs | Provided consulting services to Mitsubishi Corporation, an API member. |
| Raymond Anthony Casler | Energy | Director of Advance, Office of Scheduling and Advance | Received compensation from SECO Energy, a utility with fossil fuel interests. |
| Rebecca Kathleen Wood | Health and Human Services | Chief Legal Counsel FDA | Provided legal services to the American Chemistry Council, an RMP Coalition member; to Bayer, an ACC and API member, and Duke Energy Corporation, which has been a UARG member. |
| Rebeckah Adcock | Agriculture | Senior Advisor | Provide legal services to CropLife America, a pesticide industry lobbying group. |
| Reed Darrow Rubinstein | Agriculture | Senior Counsel | Provided legal services to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member, and to Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Robert Charrow | Health and Human Services | General Counsel | Provided legal services to Samsung, an AFPM member. |
| Robert Emmet Lighthizer | U.S. Trade Representative | U.S. Trade Representative | Provided legal services to U.S. Steel Corporation, an API member. |
| Robert J. Babcock | General Services Administration | Regional Administrator Region 7 Fort Worth Texas | Provided government relations consulting for Southern Company Services Inc., which has been a UARG member. |
| Roman Jankowski | Homeland Security | Advisor | Provided consulting services to Black Mesa Energy, an oil and gas company. |
| Rosario Anthony Palmieri | White House | Senior Counselor to the Administrator, Office of Management and Budget | Was policy vice president for National Association of Manufacturers, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Ryan Donley Brady | Treasury | Executive Secretary | Provided legal services to AECOM Corporation, an API and AFPM member; to ASK Chemicals GmbH, a chemical company; and to corporations with fossil fuel interests Blue Water Energy and EIG Global Energy Partners. |
| Sara Broadwater | Education | Special Assistant | Former employee of Proctor & Gamble Company, an ACC, AF&PA and AFPM member. |
| Scott Anthony Angelle | Interior | Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement | Provided board member services to Sunoco Pipeline LP and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, subsidiaries of Sunoco, an API member. |
| Scott Gottlieb | Health and Human Services | Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration | Received compensation from Merck, an ACC member, and Synthesis Energy, a chemical company. |
| Scott Stewart | Justice | Counsel | Provided legal services to BP, an ACC, AFPM and API member. |
| Sean Branley Cunningham | Energy | Executive Director, Office Energy Policy and Systems Analysis | Provided legal services to Southern Company Services, Inc., which has been a UARG member. |
| Stephen J. Ford | Office of the Vice President | Special Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting for the Vice President | Former director of writing for Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a Koch-backed group. |
| Stephen Paul Vaughn | U.S. Trade Representative | General Counsel | Provided legal services to U.S. Steel Corporation, an API member. |
| Steven A. Engel | Justice | Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Legal Counsel | Provided legal services to General Electric Company, an API member. |
| Steven E. Winberg | Energy | Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary | Received compensation from Pennsylvania Coal Alliance, a coal group. |
| Steven Gill Bradbury | Transportation | General Counsel | Provided legal services to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an RMP Coalition member. |
| Suzanne Jaworowski | Energy | Senior Advisor, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | Previously employed by Hallador Energy/Sunrise Coal LLC, a coal company |
| Thomas B. Modly | Defense | Under Secretary of the Navy, Office Of The Under Secretary Of The Navy | Former managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, an ACC member. |
| Thomas Fiorentino | Transportation | Consultant, Immediate Office of the Secretary | Provided consulting services to HDR, Inc., a corporation with chemical interests. |
| Travis Scott Fisher | Energy | Assistant to the Secretary, Office Of The Secretary ; Senior Advisor, Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability | Former economist for Institute for Energy Research, an industry group with fossil fuel interests. |
| Troy Lyons | Environmental Protection Agency | Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations | Former lobbyist for BP, an ACC, AFPM and API member, and Hess Corporation, an API member. |
| Vincent Devito | Interior | Counselor for Energy Policy | Received compensation from Eversource Energy, a utility company with fossil fuel interests. |
| William J. Emanuel | National Labor Relations Board | Board Member | Provided legal services to PPG Industries, Inc., an ACC member. |
| William L. Wehrum | Environmental Protection Agency | Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation | Provided legal services to RMP Coalition members AF&PA, AFPM, API and UARG; to Koch Industries, an AFPM member; to Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power district, which has been a UARG member; and to Spectra Energy Corp., a natural gas company. |
