Advocates-Turned-Regulators

Original posting, January 2006

A large number (100) of once high-level officials under President Bush now help govern industries they once represented as lobbyists, lawyers or company advocates, a Denver Post analysis shows. Here is a selection of some of the appointees, what their jobs are now and positions previously held.

COMMERCE

• Samuel Wright Bodman, Deputy Secretary (left for treasury Post) background: chairman and CEO, Cabot chemicals and metals company.
• Joseph Bogosian, deputy assistant secretary for transportation and machinery. Background: lobbyist for health care and energy companies. CSX freight transport Corp.
• Donald L. Evans, Secretary. Background: CEO, Tom Brown energy company Michael B. Gallagher, assistant secretary for communications and information and administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
• Kenneth I. Juster, undersecretary, bureau for industry and security. Background lawyer, Arnold and Porter, for international investments and arbitrations.
• Bruce Mehlman, assistant secretary for technology policy (left office). Background: lobbyist for Cisco Systems Inc.
• Nancy Victory, assistant secretary for communications and information (now at FCC). Background: lobbyist for personal communications industry.

DEFENSE

• Thomas F. Hall, assistant secretary for reserve affairs. Background: lobbyist Naval Research Association.
• Gordon R. England, Navy secretary. Background: Executive Vice President, General Dynamics Corp.
• Douglas J. Feith, undersecretary for policy. Background: lobbyist for Loral Spacecom, Northrop.
• Powell Moore, assistant secretary for legislative affairs. Background: lobbyist Loral Corp. And communications.
• Paul Michael Parker, assistant army secretary for Office of Civil Works (left office). Background: lobbyist, CSX freight transportation.
• Richard Perle, chairman, Defense Policy Board (left office). Background: consultant, Global Crossing.
• James Roche, Air Force secretary. Background: Vice President, Northrop Grumman defense company.
• Marvin R. Sambur, assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition. Background: CEO of ITT defense.
• Peter Teets, Air Force undersecretary for space-operations procurement. Background: president, Lockheed Martin

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

• Marianne L. Horinko, assistant administrator for Office of Solid Waste in Emergency Response. Background: president, Clay Associates (Global Environment & Technology Foundation).

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

• Kathleen Abernathy, commissioner. Background: lobbyist for AirTouch and US West.
• Michael Powell, chairman. Background: telecommunications law with O'Melveny & Myers.

HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Sydney Taurel, member. Background: chairman, Eli Lilly.

INTERIOR

• David L. Bernhardt, director of congressional and legislative affairs. Background: lobbyist for Delta Petroleum Corp., Timid-Titanium Metals Corp.
• Kit Kimball, director of intergovernmental and external affairs. Background: lobbyist, Western Regional Council for business interests.
• Gail Norton, Secretary. Background: lobbyists, NL Industries chemical company.
• Bennett William Raley, assistant secretary for water and science. Background: lobbyist with Trout and Raley in Denver representing water districts.
• Patricia Lynn Scarlett, assistant secretary and chief financial officer. Background: president of Reason Foundation, funded by American Forest and Paper Association, the American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, Dow Chemical, others.

JUSTICE

• Thomas Sansonetti, assistant attorney general for environment and natural resources. Background: lobbyist national mining association and energy companies.

LABOR

• David Daniel Lauriski, assistant secretary, mine safety and health. Background: executive with East Mining Company.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

• Stephen Hatley, deputy national security adviser (now with Agency for International Development). Background: lawyer-lobbyist, represented Lockheed Martin.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

• Mitch Daniels, director (reside, running for Indiana Gov.). Background: senior vice president, Eli Lilly.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

• Harvey Pitt, chairman (left office). Background: lawyer at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson for accounting firms.

TRANSPORTATION

• Jeffrey Shane, undersecretary for policy. Background: lawyer representing airline interests.
• Read Van de Water, assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs (left for National Science Foundation). Background: lobbyist for Northwest Airlines, Business Roundtable.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

• Ann Veneman, Secretary. Background: lawyer-lobbyist for food companies

VETERANS AFFAIRS

• Anthony Principi, Secretary. Background: head of QTC Medical Services Inc., with VA contracts.

WHITE HOUSE STAFF

• Doug Badger, senior health policy adviser and now deputy assistant trade representative. Background: lobbyist for pharmaceutical companies.
• Randall Tobias, coordinator for international AIDS assistance. Background: chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly.