For Immediate Release
Friday, November 18, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces First Wave of Agency Landing Teams

Department of Defense
 
Mira Ricardel
Employer (current or most recent): M. Ricardel LLC
Funding source: Transition entity
 
Keith Kellogg
Employer (current or most recent): Cubic Corporation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Thomas Carter
Employer (current or most recent): Elbit Systems of America
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Michael Duffey
Employer (current or most recent): Republican Party of Wisconsin
Funding source: Volunteer
 
William Hartzog
Employer (current or most recent): Burdeshaw Associates, Ltd.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Justin Johnson
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Earl Matthews
Employer (current or most recent): United States Army
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Bert Mizusawa
Employer (current or most recent): United States Army
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Sergio de la Pena
Employer (current or most recent): de la Pena Consulting LLC
Funding source: Private
 
 
Department of State
 
Erin Walsh
Employer (current or most recent): Goldman Sachs (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Alexander Gray
Employer (current or most recent): Trump for America, Inc.
Funding source: Transition entity               
 
Jackie Wolcott
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Ashley Bell
Employer (current or most recent): Republican National Committee
Funding source: Transition entity
 
Charles Glazer
Employer (current or most recent): Fieldpoint Private
Funding source: Private
 
Christopher Burnham
Employer (current or most recent): Cambridge Global Capital, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer

 
National Security Council
 
Marshall Billingslea
Employer (current or most recent): Deloitte
Funding source: Private
 
Mark Scraba
Employer (current or most recent): 29K Leaders
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Thomas Higgins
Employer (current or most recent): First Data
Funding source: Private
 
Sven Kramer
Employer (current or most recent): Former DoD
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Tera Dahl
Employer (current or most recent): Trump for America, Inc.
Funding source: Transition entity
 
Kiron Skinner
Employer (current or most recent): Carnegie Mellon University
Funding source: Volunteer
 

Department of Justice
 
Brian Benczkowski
Employer (current or most recent): Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Zina Bash
Employer (current or most recent): Doctors’ Hospital at Renaissance
Funding source: Private
 
Greg Katsas
Employer (current or most recent): Jones Day
Funding source: Volunteer
 
James Burnham
Employer (current or most recent): Jones Day
Funding source: Volunteer
 
William Cleveland
Employer (current or most recent): City of Alexandria Public Schools
Funding source: Volunteer

November 21, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Commerce
Ray Washburne
Employer (current or most recent): Charter Holdings
Funding source: Volunteer
 
David Bohigian
Employer (current or most recent): Pluribus Ventures
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Joan Maginnis
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. Department of Commerce (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 

Social Security Administration
Tom Leppert
Employer (current or most recent): Kaplan, Inc. (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Department of the Treasury
William Walton
Employer (current or most recent): Rappahannock Ventures LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Curtis Dubay
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Judy Shelton
Employer (current or most recent): Self-Employed Economist
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Mauricio Claver-Carone
Employer (current or most recent): Cuba Democracy Advocates
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Federal Communications Commission
Jeff Eisenach
Employer (current or most recent): NERA Economic Consulting
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Mark Jamison
Employer (current or most recent): University of Florida
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Small Business Administration
Mary Anne Bradfield
Employer (current or most recent): Accelerated Development & Support Corp.
Funding source: Private
 
Department of Defense
Greg Gardner
Employer (current or most recent): NETApp
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Department of State
Steven Groves
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
 
Department of Justice
J. Patrick Rowan
Employer (current or most recent): McGuireWoods LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Jessie Liu
Employer (current or most recent): Morrison & Foerster LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Ronald Tenpas
Employer (current or most recent): Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
US Trade Representative
Dan DiMicco
Employer (current or most recent): Nucor Corporation (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Robert Lighthizer
Employer (current or most recent): Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Funding source: Private
November 28, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CJ Jordan
Employer (current or most recent): Jordan Management Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer


Department of Commerce

George Sifakis
Employer (current or most recent): Ideagen
Funding source: Volunteer

 
Department of Justice

David Higbee
Employer (current or most recent): Hunton & Williams LLP
Funding source: Volunteer

 
Department of State

Robert Blau
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. Department of State (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer

November 29, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Defense
 
Mark Albrecht
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. Space LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Kenneth Braithwaite
Employer (current or most recent): Vizient, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Craig Duehring
Employer (current or most recent): United States Air Force (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
David Trachtenberg
Employer (current or most recent): Shortwaver Consulting, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Dakota Wood
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
  
 
Department of Education
 
Williamson Evers
Employer (current or most recent): Hoover Institution
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Department of Energy
 
Travis Fisher
Employer (current or most recent): Institute for Energy Research
Funding source: Private

 
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Marie Meszaros
Employer (current or most recent): Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
Funding source: Volunteer
 
John Brooks
Employer (current or most recent): The MITRE Corporation
Funding source: Volunteer

 
Department of Homeland Security
 
Thomas DiNanno
Employer (current or most recent): International Assessment & Strategy Center
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Katharine Gorka
Employer (current or most recent): Council on Global Security
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Department of Housing and Urban Development
 
Jimmy Kemp
Employer (current or most recent): Jack Kemp Foundation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Shawn Krause
Employer (current or most recent): Quicken Loans
Funding source: Private
 

Department of State

 
Catharine O'Neill
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Formerly)
Funding source: Volunteer
 

Department of Treasury

 
Thomas Feddo
Employer (current or most recent): Alston & Bird LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 

Department of Veterans Affairs

 
Steve Buyer
Employer (current or most recent): Steve Buyer Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
  
Lynda Davis
Employer (current or most recent): Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Funding source: Private
 
Ellen Embrey
Employer (current or most recent): Stratitia, Inc.
Funding source: Private
 
J. Keith Kellogg
Employer (current or most recent): Cubic Corporation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Darin Selnick
Employer (current or most recent): Self-Employed Consultant
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Amber Smith
Employer (current or most recent): Self-Employed Author
Funding source: Volunteer
 

Federal Communications Commission

 
Roslyn Layton
Employer (current or most recent): Aalborg University
Funding source: Volunteer
 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 
Christopher Shank
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
  
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
 
Nova Daly
Employer (current or most recent): Wiley Rein LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Stephen Vaughn
Employer (current or most recent): King & Spalding LLP
Funding source: Volunteer

December 1, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Defense
 
Michael Egan
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Chris Hassler
Employer (current or most recent): Syndetics, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Kendell Pease
Employer (current or most recent): kendell LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Education
 
Thomas Wheeler
Employer (current or most recent): Frost Brown Todd, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Scott Gottlieb
Employer (current or most recent): American Enterprise Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Eric Hargan
Employer (current or most recent): Greenberg Traurig LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Nina Owcharenko Schaefer
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Department of Energy
 
Martin Dannenfelser, Jr.
Employer (current or most recent): Energy Innovation Reform Project (Formerly)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Labor
 
Nathan Mehrens
Employer (current or most recent): Americans for Limited Government Research Foundation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of State
 
Andrew Peek
Employer (current or most recent): Claremont McKenna College
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Herman Pirchner
Employer (current or most recent): American Foreign Policy Council
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Veterans Affairs
 
Bill Chatfield
Employer (current or most recent): Self-Employed Consultant
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Environmental Protection Agency
 
Amy Oliver Cooke
Employer (current or most recent): Independence Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
National Security Council
 
Lisa Marie Cheney
Employer (current or most recent): Innovative Business Group
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Yleem Poblete
Employer (current or most recent): Institute for Policy Research at The Catholic University of America
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of Management and Budget
 
Russ Vought
Employer (current or most recent): Heritage Action for America
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of Personnel Management
 
James Imoehl
Employer (current or most recent): Gloucester Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
 
Jeff Gerrish
Employer (current or most recent): Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP
Funding source: Volunteer

December 2, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Labor
 
Richard Manning
Employer (current or most recent): Americans for Limited Government
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 
Paul Becker
Employer (current or most recent): The Becker T3 Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Bryan Smith
Employer (current or most recent): Beacon Global Strategies LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
L. Roger Mason, Jr.
Employer (current or most recent): Noblis
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Brad Hansell
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Benjamin Powell
Employer (current or most recent): WilmerHale
Funding source: Volunteer
 
National Security Council
 
Brad Hansell
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Department of the Interior
 
Kathy Benedetto
Employer (current or most recent): Bioxy Research
Funding source: Volunteer
December 5, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Commerce
 
A. Mark Neuman
Employer (current or most recent): L Brands Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Energy
 
David Jonas
Employer (current or most recent): Fluet, Huber + Hoang, PLLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Jack Spencer
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Department of Health and Human Services
 
Kamran Daravi
Employer (current or most recent): United Nations
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Ed Haislmaier
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Maggie Wynne
Employer (current or most recent): Knights of Columbus
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Homeland Security
 
John Barsa
Employer (current or most recent): Goldbelt, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Lora Ries
Employer (current or most recent): CSRA Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
John Sanders
Employer (current or most recent): Pramantha Solutions, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Jonathan Spaner
Employer (current or most recent): McKinsey & Company
Funding source: Private
 
Hugo Teufel
Employer (current or most recent): Raytheon Company
Funding source: Volunteer
 
 
Department of the Interior
 
Scott Cameron
Employer (current or most recent): Koniag, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Daniel Jorjani
Employer (current or most recent): Freedom Partners
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Labor
 
Veronica Birkenstock
Employer (current or most recent): Practical Employee Solutions
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of State
 
Amy Bradshaw
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Department of the Treasury
 
Michael Friedman
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Department of Transportation
 
Bo Denysyk
Employer (current or most recent): Global USA Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
T. Finch Fulton
Employer (current or most recent): VOX Global
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Brigham McCown
Employer (current or most recent): Kilgore McCown, PLLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Veterans Affairs
 
Philip Spencer
Employer (current or most recent): The Boston Consulting Group
Funding source: Private
 
Ronald Thomas
Employer (current or most recent): ThomasRiley Strategies, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Environmental Protection Agency
 
David Kreutzer
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Austin Lipari
Employer (current or most recent): The Federalist Society
Funding source: Volunteer
 
David Schnare
Employer (current or most recent): Energy and Environment Legal Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
David Stevenson
Employer (current or most recent): Caesar Rodney Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
George Sugiyama
Employer (current or most recent): The Sugiyama Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
General Services Administration
 
Casey Coleman
Employer (current or most recent): Unisys Corporation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Charles James
Employer (current or most recent): Williams Mullen
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Kurt Stout
Employer (current or most recent): Colliers International
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Don Williams
Employer (current or most recent): Donald Williams Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 
Juan Zarate
Employer (current or most recent): Center for Strategic and International Studies
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of Management and Budget
 
Justin Bogie
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Karen Evans
Employer (current or most recent): KE&T Partners, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Pat Pizzella
Employer (current or most recent): Federal Labor Relations Authority
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Mark Robbins
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Paul Winfree
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Office of Personnel Management
 
John Mullins
Employer (current or most recent): The Millennium Group International, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer

December 9, 2016

President-Elect Trump Announces Additional Agency Landing Team Members

Department of Agriculture
 
Brian Klippenstein
Employer (current or most recent): Protect the Harvest
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Defense
 
David McCracken
Employer (current or most recent): Oak Ridge Strategies Group, Inc.
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Whitney Meyers
Employer (current or most recent): Defense Intelligence Agency (Formerly)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Education
 
Kathleen Madigan Rebarber
Employer (current or most recent): AccountabilityWorks
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Kent Talbert
Employer (current or most recent): Kent D. Talbert, PLLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Energy
 
William Greene
Employer (current or most recent): Safari Club International
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Mark Maddox
Employer (current or most recent): The Livingston Group, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Daniel Simmons
Employer (current or most recent): The Institute for Energy Research
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Homeland Security
 
Bradley Buswell
Employer (current or most recent): Morpho Detection, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of the Interior
 
Mary Bomar
Employer (current or most recent): National Park Service (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Karen Budd-Falen
Employer (current or most recent): Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Ned Mamula
Employer (current or most recent): Cato Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Justice
 
Michael Battle
Employer (current or most recent): Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Edmund Searby
Employer (current or most recent): BakerHostetler
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of Labor
 
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Employer (current or most recent): Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Funding source: Volunteer
 
F. Vincent Vernuccio III
Employer (current or most recent): Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Department of the Treasury
 
Keith Noreika
Employer (current or most recent): Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Edward O’Callaghan
Employer (current or most recent): Clifford Chance LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Kimberly Reed
Employer (current or most recent): International Food Information Council Foundation
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Todd Steggerda
Employer (current or most recent): McGuireWoods LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Mark Woolway
Employer (current or most recent): Zenefits
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Environmental Protection Agency
 
Christopher Horner
Employer (current or most recent): Competitive Enterprise Institute
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Harlan Watson
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
General Services Administration
 
George Nesterczuk
Employer (current or most recent): Nesterczuk & Associates
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Robert Tompkins
Employer (current or most recent): Holland & Knight LLP
Funding source: Volunteer
 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
 
Greg Autry
Employer (current or most recent): University of Southern California
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Jack Burns
Employer (current or most recent): University of Colorado
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Steve Cook
Employer (current or most recent): Dynetics, Inc.
Funding source: Private
 
Rodney Liesveld
Employer (current or most recent): National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Sandra Magnus
Employer (current or most recent): The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Jeff Waksman
Employer (current or most recent): U.S. House of Representatives (Formerly)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
National Security Council
 
Jennifer Arangio
Employer (current or most recent): Command Consulting Group
Funding source: Transition Entity
 
Office of Management and Budget
 
David Burton
Employer (current or most recent): The Heritage Foundation
Funding source: Private
 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
 
Matthew Lusco
Employer (current or most recent): Regions Financial Corporation
Funding source: Private
 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
 
James Hoskins
Employer (current or most recent): Scitor Corporation (Retired)
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
 
Rolf Lundberg
Employer (current or most recent): Lundberg Group LLC
Funding source: Volunteer
 
Small Business Administration
 
Anthony Parker
Employer (current or most recent): Parker Tide Corporation
Funding source: Volunteer