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    Led NASA efforts on Trump transition team

    Chris Anderson

    Office of Senator Steve Daines

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    Jeff Anderson

    The American Main Street Initiative

    Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics

    Michael Anton

    Hillsdale College

    Deputy assistant to the President for Strategic Communications on the National Security Council

    EJ Antoni

    The Heritage Foundation

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    Andrew Arthur

    Center for Immigration Studies

    Panel member at the Federal Labor Relations Authority

    Paul Atkins

    Patomak Global Partners

    Adviser for financial regulations on Trump transition team

    Julie Axelrod

    Center for Immigration Studies

    Senior adviser to the associate policy director for the Environmental Protection Agency
    Operations director for the Presidential Personnel Office Worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign
    Special assistant to the president in the Domestic Policy Council

    Stewart Baker

    Steptoe and Johnson LLP

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    Erik Baptist

    Alliance Defending Freedom

    Lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency

    Brent Bennett

    Texas Public Policy Foundation

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    John Berlau

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

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    Russell Berman

    Hoover Institution

    Senior policy adviser in the State Department

    Sanjai Bhagat

    University of Colorado, Boulder

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    Stephen Billy

    Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America

    Senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget

    Brad Bishop

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Deputy assistant communications secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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    Josh Blackman

    South Texas College of Law

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    Jim Blew

    Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies

    Assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development at the Department of Education

    Robert Bortins

    Classical Conversations

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    Rachel Bovard

    Conservative Partnership Institute

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    Matt Bowman

    Alliance Defending Freedom

    Deputy general counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services

    Steven G. Bradbury

    The Heritage Foundation

    Deputy transportation secretary, briefly transportation secretary in Jan. 2021

    Preston Brashers

    The Heritage Foundation

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    Chief speechwriter to the attorney general

    Kyle Brosnan

    The Heritage Foundation

    Served senior roles at the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security

    Patrick T. Brown

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    Robert Burkett

    ACLJ Action

    Held positions in the Department of Defense, Commerce and Labor

    Michael Burley

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Special assistant to the president and associate director of presidential personnel

    Jonathan Butcher

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Mark Buzby

    Buzby Maritime Associates, LLC

    Margaret Byfield

    American Stewards of Liberty

    No known connection

    National deputy director in the Department of Commerce Consultant for Trump transition team

    Anthony Campau

    Center for Renewing America

    Chief of staff and counselor of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget Member of Trump transition team

    Frank Carroll

    Professional Forest Management

    No known connection

    Oren Cass

    American Compass

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    Brian J. Cavanaugh

    American Global Strategies

    Special assistant to the president for national security affairs on the National Security Council

    Spencer Chretien

    The Heritage Foundation

    Special assistant to Trump, associate director of presidential personnel

    Claire Christensen

    American Cornerstone Institute

    No known connection

    Victoria Coates

    The Heritage Foundation

    Held senior positions in the Department of Energy and the National Security Council Worked on Trump transition team for National Security Council

    Ellie Cohanim

    Independent Women’s Forum

    Deputy special envoy to combat anti-Semitism at the Department of State
    Acting under secretary of defense for intelligence and security in the Department of Defense

    Elbridge Colby

    Marathon Initiative

    Deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy and force development
    Deputy chief of staff for policy and director of the office of policy & strategy planning in the Department of Commerce

    Lisa Correnti

    Center for Family and Human Rights

    Delegate to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women

    Monica Crowley

    The Nixon Seminar

    Assistant public affairs secretary for the Department of Transportation

    Laura Cunliffe

    Independent Women’s Forum

    Chief of staff to the ambassador to the United Nations, associate director for education, income maintenance and labor at the Office of Management and Budget

    Tom Dans

    Amberwave Partners

    Counselor to the under secretary for international affairs at the Department of Treasury
    Deputy assistant defense secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Member of the Department of Defense transition team and surrogate for Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Chris De Ruyter

    National Center for Urban Operations

    No known connection

    Corey DeAngelis

    American Federation for Children

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    Caroline DeBerry

    Paragon Health Institute

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    Arielle Del Turco

    Family Research Council

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    Irv Dennis

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Chief financial officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

    David Deptula

    Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

    No known connection

    Chuck DeVore

    Texas Public Policy Foundation

    No known connection

    James Di Pane

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Matthew Dickerson

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Michael Ding

    America First Legal Foundation

    Deputy White House liaison for Export-Import Bank

    David Ditch

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Natalie Dodson

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    Dave Dorey

    The Fairness Center

    Deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention at the Department of Homeland Security

    Max Eden

    American Enterprise Institute

    No known connection

    Chief financial officer for the Department of Homeland Security

    Joseph Edlow

    The Heritage Foundation

    Deputy director for policy at Citizenship and Immigration Services

    Jen Ehlinger

    Booz Allen Hamilton

    Communications strategist at the State Department

    John Ehrett

    Office of Senator Josh Hawley

    No known connection

    Kristen Eichamer

    The Heritage Foundation

    Deputy press secretary for NASA

    Robert S. Eitel

    Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies

    Senior counselor to the secretary of education

    Will Estrada

    Parents Rights Foundation

    No known connection

    Farnaz Farkish Thompson

    McGuireWoods

    No known connection

    Jon Feere

    Center for Immigration Studies

    Senior adviser to the Director and chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign, member of Trump transition team

    Baruch Feigenbaum

    Reason Foundation

    No known connection

    Travis Fisher

    The Heritage Foundation

    Adviser in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy

    George Fishman

    Center for Immigration Studies

    Deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security

    Leslie Ford

    The Heritage Foundation

    Special assistant to Trump for domestic policy

    Aharon Friedman

    Federal Policy Group

    Senior adviser to the assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury Department

    Bruce Frohnen

    Ohio Northern University College of Law

    No known connection

    Director of the office of external affairs and communications at the Economic Development Administration
    Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Transportation Member of Department of Transportation transition team

    Caleigh Gabel

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Special assistant at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Christopher Gacek

    Family Research Council

    No known connection

    Alexandra Gaiser

    River Financial Inc.

    Lawyer for the Treasury Department

    No known connection

    Patty-Jane Geller

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Andrew Gillen

    Texas Public Policy Foundation

    No known connection

    James S. Gilmore

    Gilmore Global Group LLC

    Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

    Vance Ginn

    Vance Ginn Economic Consulting, LLC

    Associate director for economic policy at the Office of Management and Budget

    Alma Golden

    The Institute for Women’s Health

    Deputy assistant administrator for the Agency for International Development

    Chadwick R. Gore

    Defense Forum Foundation

    No known connection

    David Gortler

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    Brian Gottstein

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Dan Greenberg

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    Senior policy adviser to the labor secretary

    Rob Greenway

    Hudson Institute

    Senior director of the National Security Council

    Rachel Greszler

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    DJ Gribbin

    Madrus Consulting

    Special assistant to the president for infrastructure at the National Economic Council

    Garrison Grisedale

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Speechwriter for the housing and urban development secretary

    Joseph Grogan

    USC Schaeffer School for Health Policy and Economics

    Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council

    No known connection

    Jeffrey Gunter

    Republican Jewish Coalition

    Special assistant to the assistant administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development
    Michigan state co-chair for Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Amalia Halikias

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Richard Hanania

    Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology

    No known connection

    Simon Hankinson

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Senior counsel to the assistant administrator for air and radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency

    Derek Harvey

    Office of Representative Devin Nunes

    Middle East director on the National Security Council

    Jason Hayes

    Mackinac Center for Public Policy

    No known connection

    No known connection

    Deputy press secretary at the Office of Management and Budget

    Troup Hemenway

    Personnel Policy Operations

    Associate director for National Security in the Presidential Personnel Office Member of Trump transition team and Trump’s 2016 campaign policy team

    Nathan Hitchen

    Equal Rights Institute

    No known connection

    Ambassador to the Netherlands

    Gabriella Hoffman

    Independent Women’s Forum

    No known connection

    Tom Homan

    The Heritage Foundation

    Acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    Member of the Trump transition team overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency

    Mike Howell

    The Heritage Foundation

    Oversight counsel at the Department of Homeland Security

    Valerie Huber

    The Institute for Women’s Health

    Chief of staff for the assistant health secretary

    Andrew Hughes

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Chief of staff for the housing and urban development secretary

    Joseph Humire

    Center for a Secure Free Society

    No known connection

    Christopher Iacovella

    American Securities Association

    No known connection

    Melanie Israel

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Ken Ivory

    Utah State Representative

    No known connection

    Roman Jankowski

    The Heritage Foundation

    Acting chief of staff at the privacy office of the Department of Homeland Security

    James Jay Carafano

    The Heritage Foundation

    Primary aide in State Department transition team

    No known connection

    Emilie Kao

    Alliance Defending Freedom

    No known connection

    Jared M. Kelson

    Boyden Gray & Associates

    Attorney-adviser in the legal counsel’s office at the Department of Justice

    Aaron Kheriaty

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    Ali Kilmartin

    Alliance Defending Freedom

    Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Labor

    Julie Kirchner

    Federation for American Immigration Reform

    Ombudsman of citizenship and immigration services at the Department of Homeland Security Immigration adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Dan Kish

    Institute for Energy Research

    No known connection

    Kenneth A. Klukowski

    Schaerr Jaffe

    Held positions in the Department of Justice and Office of Management and Budget Senior adviser for Constitutional rights on the Trump transition team

    Adam Korzeniewski

    American Principles Project

    Counsel at the Treasury Department

    Bethany Kozma

    Keystone Policy

    Deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development
    Chief information officer of the intelligence community in the office of the director of national intelligence

    Julius Krein

    American Affairs

    No known connection

    Stanley Kurtz

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    David LaCerte

    Baker Botts, LLP

    Deputy associate director of the Office of Personnel Management

    Paul J. Larkin

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Paul Lawrence

    Lawrence Consulting

    Under secretary for benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs

    James R. Lawrence III

    Envisage Law

    Deputy general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, chief counsel of the Food and Drug Administration

    Nathan Leamer

    Targeted Victory

    No known connection

    David Legates

    University of Delaware

    Deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Marlo Lewis

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    No known connection

    Ben Lieberman

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    No known connection

    Policy adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Evelyn Lim

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, deputy chief of staff in the office of the homeland security secretary

    Morgan Lorraine Viña

    Jewish Institute for National Security of America

    Chief of staff for international security affairs for the under secretary of defense

    Mario Loyola

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    Associate director for regulatory reform at the White House Council on Environmental Quality

    John G. Malcolm

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Joseph Masterman

    Cooper & Kirk, PLLC

    No known connection

    Earl Matthews

    The Vandenberg Coalition

    Acting general counsel of the Department of the Army Served on Trump’s Department of Defense transition team

    Dan Mauler

    Heritage Action for America

    No known connection

    Drew McCall

    American Cornerstone Institute

    No known connection

    Trent McCotter

    Boyden Gray & Associates

    Deputy associate attorney general

    Micah Meadowcroft

    The American Conservative

    White House liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency

    Edwin Meese III

    The Heritage Foundation

    Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Trump

    Jessica Melugin

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    No known connection

    Frank Mermoud

    Orpheus International

    No known connection

    Mark Miller

    Office of Governor Kristi Noem

    No known connection

    Cleta Mitchell

    Conservative Partnership Institute

    Joined the call in which Trump asked Georgia’s top election official to find votes for him
    Assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs

    Caitlin Moon

    American Center for Law & Justice

    No known connection

    Clare Morell

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    Special assistant in the Office on Violence Against Women

    Mark Morgan

    The Heritage Foundation

    Acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Hunter Morgen

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Special assistant to Trump, White House senior adviser for policy and strategy Worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign and Trump transition team

    Rachel Morrison

    Ethics and Public Policy Center

    No known connection

    Jonathan Moy

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Iain Murray

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

    No known connection

    Ryan Nabil

    National Taxpayers Union

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    Michael Nasi

    Jackson Walker LLP

    No known connection

    Lucian Niemeyer

    The Niemeyer Group, LLC

    Assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment
    Assistant secretary for industry and analysis in the International Trade Administration
    Director of defense research and engineering for research and technology in the Department of Defense

    Kathy Nuebel Kovarik

    Sagitta Solutions, LLC

    Policy and strategy chief at Customs and Immigration Services

    Caleb Orr

    Boyden Gray & Associates

    No known connection

    Nina Owcharenko Schaefer

    The Heritage Foundation

    Senior counselor to the health and human services secretary Served on Trump’s landing team for the Department of Health and Human Services

    Matt O’Brien

    Immigration Reform Law Institute

    No known connection

    Chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media
    Chief innovation officer and director of the Innovation, Technology, Research Hub in the U.S. Agency for International Development

    Michael Pillsbury

    The Heritage Foundation

    Chair of the Defense Policy Board at the Department of Defense Trump said in 2018 that he was the “leading authority on China”

    Patrick Pizzella

    Leadership Institute

    Robert Poole

    Reason Foundation

    No known connection

    No known connection

    Kevin Preskenis

    Allymar Health Solutions

    Chief of staff to the assistant secretary and chief financial officer at the Department of Commerce

    Pam Pryor

    National Committee for Religious Freedom

    Senior bureau official for international organization affairs at the State Department Led faith outreach initiative during Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Thomas Pyle

    Institute for Energy Research

    No known connection

    John Ratcliffe

    American Global Strategies

    Director of national intelligence

    Paul Ray

    The Heritage Foundation

    Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

    Joseph Reddan

    Flexilis Forestry, LLC

    No known connection

    Jay W. Richards

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Jordan Richardson

    Heise Suarez Melville, P.A.

    Special assistant to Trump for domestic policy

    Jason Richwine

    Center for Immigration Studies

    Deputy director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Shaun Rieley

    The American Conservative

    No known connection

    Lora Ries

    The Heritage Foundation

    Acting deputy chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Served on Trump’s transition team

    No known connection

    Mark Robeck

    Energy Evolution Consulting LLC

    Deputy general counsel for energy policy
    Deputy chief of staff at the Department of Commerce lowa communications director for Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Mark Royce

    NOVA-Annandale College

    No known connection

    Reed Rubinstein

    America First Legal Foundation

    Deputy associate attorney general

    William Ruger

    American Institute for Economic Research

    Trump nominated him to serve as the ambassador to Afghanistan, though the nomination was returned

    Austin Ruse

    Center for Family and Human Rights

    No known connection

    Brent D. Sadler

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Jon Sanders

    John Locke Foundation

    No known connection

    Carla Sands

    America First Policy Institute

    Ambassador to Denmark Economic adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign

    No known connection

    Brett D. Schaefer

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Matt Schuck

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Special communications adviser at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (now known as U.S. Agency for Global Media) Communications director on Trump’s 2016 campaign in Wisconsin
    Deputy general counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency

    Jon Schweppe

    American Principles Project

    No known connection

    Marc Scribner

    Reason Foundation

    No known connection

    Darin Selnick

    Selnick Consulting

    Senior adviser to the veterans affairs secretary

    Josh Sewell

    Taxpayers for Common Sense

    No known connection

    Kathleen Sgamma

    Western Energy Alliance

    No known connection

    Matt Sharp

    Alliance Defending Freedom

    No known connection

    Judy Shelton

    Independent Institute

    Served as an adviser on Trump’s transition team Trump nominated her to the Board of the Federal Reserve, but her nomination stalled in the Senate

    Nathan Simington

    Federal Communications Commission

    Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission

    Loren Smith

    Skyline Policy Risk Group

    Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Transportation Served on Trump’s landing team for the Department of Labor

    Zack Smith

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Jack Spencer

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Adrienne Spero

    U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security

    Senior counselor to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

    Thomas W. Spoehr

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Peter St Onge

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Chris Stanley

    Functional Government Initiative

    Chief of congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Census Bureau

    Paula M. Stannard

    Attorney

    Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services Led health care reform on Trump’s transition team

    Parker Stathatos

    Texas Public Policy Foundation

    No known connection

    William Steiger

    Consultant

    Chief of staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development

    Kenny Stein

    Institute for Energy Research

    No known connection

    Robby Stephany Saunders

    Coalition for a Prosperous America

    No known connection

    Corey Stewart

    Stewart PLLC

    Virginia state chair of Trump’s 2016 campaign, was later fired

    Mari Stull

    American Opportunity Foundation

    Senior adviser to the State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs

    Katharine T. Sullivan

    1792 Exchange

    Principal deputy assistant attorney general

    Brett Swearingen

    Miller Johnson

    No known connection

    No known connection

    Special assistant to the deputy assistant defense secretary for stability and humanitarian affairs
    Senior counsel on the White House Council on Environment Quality

    Katy Talento

    AllBetter Health

    Health care policy adviser on the White House Domestic Policy Council Health care policy adviser for Trump’s 2016 campaign

    Tony Tata

    Tata Leadership Group, LLC

    Senior adviser to defense secretary Trump nominated him to be defense under secretary for policy, but the confirmation was canceled and nomination was withdrawn

    Todd Thurman

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Digital strategy specialist and White House liaison at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Brett Tolman

    Tolman Group

    Adviser to White House on pardons and commutations, secured a pardon for Jared Kushner’s father

    Kayla M. Tonnessen

    Recovery for America Now Foundation

    Chief of staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

    Joe Trotter

    American Legislative Exchange Council

    No known connection

    Tevi Troy

    Mercatus Center

    No known connection

    Special adviser at the Department of Commerce

    Erin Valdez

    Texas Public Policy Foundation

    No known connection

    Mark Vandroff

    Fincantieri Marine Group

    Senior director for defense policy at the National Security Council

    Jessica M. Vaughan

    Center for Immigration Studies

    No known connection

    John Venable

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Andrew N. Vollmer

    Mercatus Center

    No known connection

    Greg Walcher

    Natural Resources Group, LLC

    No known connection

    Counsel to the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission

    David M. Walsh

    Takota Group

    No known connection

    Erin Walsh

    The Heritage Foundation

    Assistant commerce secretary, director general of the United States Commercial Service Co-led Trump’s State Department transition team

    Jacklyn Ward

    American Cornerstone Institute

    No known connection

    Emma Waters

    The Heritage Foundation

    No known connection

    Alexander William Salter

    Texas Tech University

    No known connection

    Michael Williams

    American Cornerstone Institute

    Principal deputy general counsel in the Department of Housing and Urban Development

    No known connection

    Acting Principal at the office of the assistant labor secretary for policy
    Assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security
    Senior White House adviser to the Department of Homeland Security

    Cesar Ybarra

    FreedomWorks

    No known connection

    John Zadrozny

    America First Legal Foundation

    Acting chief of staff of Customs and Immigration Services

    No known connection

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