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Department of Labor
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Charlotte Elizabeth Law departed Feb. 2, 2019
Labor (joined: Sept. 5, 2017)
Staff Assistant | $44,941 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Fox News Channel College Associat
Craig Leen
Senior Advisor | $161,900 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- City of Coral Gables City Attorney
- Florida International University College of Law Adjunct Professor
- University of Miami School of Law Adjunct Professor
Former Compensation Sources
- City of Coral Gables Chief legal officer and general counsel for the Cith of Coral Gables
- Florida International University College of Law Adjunct professor
Timothy L. Lineberger departed Dec. 16, 2017
Labor (joined: Jan. 22, 2017)
Special Assistant to the Secretary | $75,377 | Financial Disclosure »
Geoffrey MacLeay
Labor (joined: Aug. 19, 2018)
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Labor-Management Standards | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via Bloomberg:
Geoffrey MacLeay, a former attorney at the National Right to Work Foundation, will serve as policy adviser for the Office of Labor-Management Standards, a Labor Department spokesman confirmed to Bloomberg Law. MacLeay was most recently a professional staff member for Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, where he participated in oversight requests calling for stricter OLMS scrutiny of worker organizing centers. MacLeay is the second known politically appointed official at the OLMS since President Donald Trump took office. Last month, the agency appointed Arthur Rosenfeld, a former National Labor Relations Board general counsel, as its director. The office enforces a federal law requiring labor organizations, including international and local unions, to file annual financial reports detailing how membership dues are spent.
Patrick M. Mannix
Labor (joined: Jan. 22, 2017)
Special Assistant to the Secretary | $94,796 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Academic Success Academ Assistant Teacher
- Donald J Trump for President, Inc State Director (RI)/Field Officer ME-02
- Eastside Management Inc Guest Relations Specialist
Former Compensation Sources
- Academic Success Academy Teacher Assistant
- Donald J Trump for President Campaign Staff
John Robert Martin departed Jan. 7, 2018
Labor (joined: July 17, 2017)
Senior Policy Advisor | $131,767 | Financial Disclosure »
John K. Mashburn
Labor (joined: July 18, 2017)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for OCIA | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »
John K. Mashburn was a deputy cabinet secretary, who helps oversee the White House liaisons acting as the president’s eyes and ears at dozens of federal agencies. Mashburn, a prominent social conservative and congressional aide to the late Sen. Jesse Helms, worked for the Trump campaign as a policy director starting in April 2016. He also received $7,341 in consulting fees from the American Civil Rights Union this spring while he was employed by the White House. Started by a former Reagan administration official as a check to the American Civil Liberties Union, the nonprofit ACRU “monitors and counters organizations that threaten our constitutional rights and promotes election integrity,” among others things, according to its website. — ProPublica
Former Positions Outside Government
- American Civil Rights Union Consultant
- Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. Policy Director
- Trump for America, Inc. Senior Policy Advisor
Former Compensation Sources
- American Civil Rights Union Consultant
- Donald J. Trump for President Policy Director
- Trump for America, Inc. Senior Policy Advisor
Lobbied for
- AmeriDream Incorporated
- American Roaming Network, Inc.
- BNSF RAILWAY CO.
- Blackwater Worldwide
- CarolinaEast Health System
- Center for International Education, Inc.
- Ctr. for International Education dba The Visiting International Faculty Program
- Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- GeoVax Labs, Inc
- MECKLENBURG COUNTY
- Massilon Cable TV, Inc., Multichannel cable television provider
- Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (TCR Sports Broadcasting)
- National Corn Growers Association
- North Carolina Military Foundation
- RF MICRO DEVICES
- Red Star Yeast Company
- Reynolds American, Inc.
- Save Our Sets Coalition
- Securus Technologies
- Southern Research Institute
- Specialty Tobacco Council, Trade association protecting interests of specialty tobacco manufacturers and importers
- VIDANT HEALTH (f/k/a UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA)
- Versar, Inc.
- Wake County, North Carolina
Christopher McGuinn
Labor (joined: May 7, 2018)
Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via LinkedIn:
Team and operations leader with experience in the private and public sectors. Proven record of developing training programs and leveraging new technologies to produce quantifiable results.
Katherine Brunett McGuire
Labor (joined: Dec. 21, 2017)
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs | Financial Disclosure »
Former Compensation Sources
- Hultgren for Congress Campaign consultant (On leave or on personal time while providing campaign consulting.)
Lobbied for
Brandon F. McKee
Labor (joined: Dec. 18, 2017)
Confidential Assistant, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs | Financial Disclosure »
Nathan Paul Mehrens
Labor (joined: Jan. 20, 2017)
Special Assistant to the Secretary | Deputy Assistant Secretary For Policy | $158,297 | Financial Disclosure »
Nathan Mehrens was previously an executive at RWP Labor, a consulting firm for companies fighting employee efforts to unionize. The firm boasts “a 90% plus win rate” and “extensive bi-lingual experience” in combatting budding unions and decertifying existing ones. He was also president of the Americans for Limited Government Research Foundation, a conservative group that is critical of labor unions and has received funding from the National Restaurant Association, an industry trade group. Before that, Mehrens worked at the Labor Department during the George W. Bush administration. — ProPublica
Former Positions Outside Government
- Americans for Limited Government General Counsel, Director
- Americans for Limited Government Research Foundation President, Director
- Mehrens Enterprises Co-Founder
- RWP Labor LLC Executive Vice President
Former Compensation Sources
- Americans for a Limited Government Research Foundation President and Director
- RWP Labor, LLC Research, design, and manufacturing of laser-engraved products
Matthew Scott Miller departed Jan. 2, 2019
Labor (joined: May 1, 2017)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training Services (Policy) | $171,614 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Chief Policy Officer
Former Compensation Sources
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Chief Policy Officer of a Veteran Service Organization (non-profit)
Matthew Mimnaugh
Labor (joined: May 21, 2018)
Special Assistant, Occupational Safety and Health Administration | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via Bloomberg:
He joined the ranks in May as a special assistant at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, fresh off a stint at Wells Fargo. Mimnaugh was previously a law clerk for the Republican National Committee and earned his JD from Boston College Law School with a FedSoc membership card.
Former Positions Outside Government
- Republican National Committee Law Clerk
- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Clerk
- Wells Fargo Advisors Compliance Associate
Former Compensation Sources
Robert Minchin
Labor (joined: June 10, 2018)
Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Fellow
- American Journal Experts Freelance Editor
- Cactus Communications Freelance Editor
- Cambridge Proffreading Freelance Editor
- George Mason Law Review Executive Editor
- George Mason University Student
- George Mason University Research Assistant
- Harvard University Student
- Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center Legal Intern
- Writepath Ltd. Freelance Editor
Former Compensation Sources
- Alliance Defending Freedom None- this was a merit-based scholarship award with no obligations.
- American Journal Experts Freelance editing of academic research
- Cactus Communications Freelance editing of academic research
- George Mason University None- this was a merit-based scholarship award with no obligations.
Stephen R. Moffitt
Labor (joined: Jan. 29, 2019)
Senior Legislative Officer | $164,200
Lobbied for
- BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA MASON
- BIO-HYDRATION
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Medical Research
- CHEROKEE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
- Chesapeake Bay Commission, Environmental protection, reform
- Christopher Reeve Foundation, Stem cell and spinal cord injury research
- ENCAP, LLC
- Emergency Response Backup Utility System Inc., Humanitarian Technology Technology Solutions
- General Atomics
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Institute for Creative Technologies
- JOHN I. HAAS, INC
- LOGISTICS HEALTH, INC
- McKinley Reserve
- Northern California Institute for Research and Education
- OKLAHOMA CITY- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- Platypus Technologies
- SDN Global, Satellite Technology
- STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
- San Miguel Valley Corporation, Agricultural Ranch
- THE FEDERAL MANAGERS' ASSOCIATION, CHAPTER 34
- The Rhoads Group, Lobbying firm
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN
- University of Southern California
- VANCE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
- Wisconsin Procurement Institute, Bridge gap between Wisconsin businesses and the governent
Rachel Mondl
Labor (joined: April 23, 2018)
Deputy for Policy, Office of the Solicitor | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via U.S. Department of Labor:
Rachel Mondl is the Deputy Solicitor for Policy. Ms. Mondl joined the U.S. Department of Labor in April 2018. Ms. Mondl previously served as a professional staff member and counsel to the House Education and Workforce Committee under Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC). In that role, she worked on a wide array of labor and employment policy issues, including non-discrimination, pensions, wage and hour, workplace safety, and labor relations. Before joining the Committee, Ms. Mondl was in-house counsel to the Smithsonian Institution, where she focused on employment litigation and counseling. Prior to government service, Ms. Mondl worked for a number of years as an associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in its Washington, D.C. office. At Gibson, she represented companies in labor and employment and appellate matters. Ms. Mondl earned her B.M., summa cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and her J.D., with honors, from Emory University School of Law. While in law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the Emory Law Journal. Ms. Mondl clerked for the Honorable Frank Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Former Positions Outside Government
- Gibson, Bunn & Crutcher LLP Associate Attorney
Former Compensation Sources
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Legal Services
- FINRA Legal Services
- Ford Motor Company Legal Services
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Associate attorney at this firm.
- SIFMA Legal Services
- The Travelers Companies, Inc. Legal Services
- Total Gas & Power Limited Legal Services
- Total Gas & Power North America, Inc. Legal Services
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Legal Services
- UBS AG Legal Services
Lindsey Morton departed Sept. 2, 2017Transferred to White House Office
Labor (joined: June 5, 2017)
Deputy Director of Advance
Scott A. Mugno Nomination or Appointment Failed
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- American Transporation Research Institute, part of the American Trucking Associations Federation Research Advisory Committee Chairman
- American Transporation Research Institute, part of the American Trucking Associations Federation Member, Research Advisory Committee
- FedEx Ground Vice President, Safety, Sustainability & Vehicle Maintenance
- National Association of Manufacturers Member, OSHA Task Force
- National Association of Manufacturers Member, Occupational Safety and Health Steering Committee
- ORCHSE Strategies, LLC Member, Steering Committee, Occupational Safety and Health Group
- ORCHSE Strategies, LLC Member, Steering Committee, Occupational Safety and Health Legal Issues Group
- The National Academies' Committee on Developing a Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safey and Health in the 21st Century Member
- United States Chamber of Commerce Chairman, Labor Relations Committee
- Unites States Chamber of Commerce Chairman, OSHA Subcommittee
Former Compensation Sources
- FedEx Ground Vice President, Safety, Sustainability and Vehicle Maintenance.
Martha E. Newton
Labor (joined: Sept. 1, 2017)
Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs | $165,000 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Heath Strategies LLC Member
Former Compensation Sources
- Compania Inversora Corporativa facilitated and briefed meetings with trade associations and individuals re: energy reform in Mexico
- Guardian for Heroes Foundation Provided consulting services for non-profit organization
- Halifax International Security Forum Proveded consulting services re: Halifax Internaional Security Forum
- Shelters to Shutters Proveded consulting services to non-profit that assists multifamily compan with employment strategies for populations struggling with homelessness
- Showcall Providing consulting services for global security event
James O'ConnellTransferred to White House Office
Labor (joined: Jan. 22, 2017)
Special Assistant to the Secretary
Kate Siobhan O'Scannlain
Labor (joined: Dec. 21, 2017)
Solicitor | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP Partner
Former Compensation Sources
- AMCP Security Holdings/Centerra Group Legal counsel.
- Accel-KKR LLC Legal counsel.
- Accenture LLP Legal counsel.
- Aden & Anais, Inc. Legal counsel.
- AmSpec Holdco, LLC Legal counsel.
- AssuredPartners, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Atlas Partners LP Legal counsel.
- Audax Group Legal counsel.
- Avista Capital Partners, L.P. Legal counsel.
- Bain Capital Private Equity, LP Legal counsel.
- Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc. Legal counsel.
- C.B. Fleet Company, Incorporated Legal counsel.
- CAMP Global Holdings, LLC Legal counsel.
- CSL Capital Management, LLC Legal counsel.
- Cambridge International Holdings Corp. Legal counsel.
- CapVest Equity Partners II L.P. Legal counsel.
- Colson Ultimate Parent, Inc. Legal counsel.
- EDAC Technologies Corporation Legal counsel.
- Extraction Oil & Gas, LLC Legal counsel.
- FTV Capital Legal counsel.
- Francisco Partners LP Legal counsel.
- GG Foods Holdings Corporation Legal Counsel.
- GPI Capital, L.P. Legal counsel.
- GTCR, LLC Legal counsel.
- Golden Gate Capital Legal counsel.
- GrubHub, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Gryphon Investors Legal counsel.
- H.I.G. Capital Management, Inc. Legal counsel.
- HGGC, LLC Legal counsel.
- Halo Branded Solutions Legal counsel.
- Heritage Environmental Services LLC Legal counsel.
- Hyland Software, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Ichor Systems, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Idera, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Industrial Growth Partners, L.P. Legal counsel.
- Inteliquent Legal counsel.
- Jensen Hughes Holdings Corporation Legal counsel.
- KRG Capital Partners, LLC Legal counsel.
- Kinderhook Industries LLC Legal counsel.
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP Law firm partner providing legal advice and counsel to clients.
- Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. Legal counsel.
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Linden LLC Legal counsel.
- Lion Capital LLP Legal counsel.
- Madison Dearborn Partners, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Marlin Management Company, LLC Legal counsel.
- Medical Knowledge Group LLC Legal counsel.
- Milestone AV Technologies LLC Legal counsel.
- NEWSCYCLE Solutions Legal counsel.
- National Industrial Coatings, Inc. Legal counsel.
- New Mountain Capital Legal counsel.
- Olympus Partners Legal counsel.
- PLZ Aeroscience Corporation Legal counsel.
- Pregis TopCo Corp. Legal counsel.
- REL Acquisition Holdings, LP Legal counsel.
- Redwood Capital Investments, LLC Legal counsel.
- Robert F. Smith Legal counsel.
- SK Capital Legal counsel.
- Sentinel Capital Partners, L.P Legal counsel.
- Serent Capital Legal counsel.
- Solera, Inc. Legal counsel.
- Soundcore Capital Partners Legal counsel.
- Starr Principal Holdings, LLC Legal counsel.
- Summit Partners, L.P. Legal counsel.
- Swander Pace Capital Legal counsel.
- Sycamore Partners Management, LLC Legal counsel.
- Talen Energy Corporation Legal counsel.
- Technimark, LLC Legal counsel.
- Telular Corporation Legal counsel.
- Teva Pharmaceuticals North America Legal counsel.
- The Blackstone Group Legal counsel.
- The WeissComm Group Ltd. Legal counsel.
- Thoma Bravo, LLC Legal counsel.
- Thomas H. Lee Partners Legal counsel.
- Towerbrook Capital Partners LP Legal counsel.
- Tribune Publishing Company Legal counsel.
- Tronair Inc. Legal counsel.
- True Wind Capital Management, LLC Legal counsel.
- U.S. Silica Company Legal counsel.
- VWR International, LLC Legal counsel.
- Vector Capital Management, L.P. Legal counsel.
- Vista Equity Partners Legal counsel.
- Warburg Pincus, LLC Legal counsel.
- Wittur Holding GmbH Legal counsel.
- ZM Capital Advisors L.L.C. Legal counsel.
- rue21, inc. Legal counsel.
Shawn Michael Packer
Labor (joined: April 2, 2017)
Attorney Advisor | $94,796 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- George Mason University Adjunct
Wayne D. Palmer
Labor (joined: Jan. 20, 2017)
Senior White House Advisor | Chief of Staff | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Fontheim Partners PC, dba Fontheim International Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
- Global Works Foundation Executive Director
- Partnership for Public Service Senior Congressional Relations Manager
Former Compensation Sources
- Fontheim Partners PC, dba Fontheim International Governed all operations for global consultancy and launched ongoing series of bipartisan delegations of state & local elected officials
- Partnership for Public Service Equipped presidential transition with innovative tools to navigate the Senate confirmation process for PAS appointments
Andrew M. Patterson
Labor (joined: Jan. 20, 2017)
Special Assistant to the Secretary | $66,510 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Compensation Sources
- Republican Party of Pennsylvania Performed activies to help promote Republican candidates in Pennsylvania.