This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new information that is not included here.
Think Tanks
Conservative think tanks and other policy-focused nonprofits have long been a fixture in Washington's political scene. They help shape discourse and craft policy agendas. The Trump White House has adopted many of their proposals, with a January 2018 analysis by the Heritage Foundation finding that the administration has enacted nearly two-thirds of its policy recommendations so far.
The Heritage Foundation (36)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Bradley E. Bishop
I was a Senior Media Associate. In this position, I worked to book our analysts on various types of media platforms. I also worked with our analysts to control our messaging platforms. → went to White House Office - Rebecca Buchheit
Policy outreach → went to Defense - Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow → went to Transportation - William James Gribbin Jr.
Speechwriter, op-ed writer, editor, and special project coordinator. → went to White House Office - Benjamin Hobbs
Graduate Fellow, Welfare Studies. Policy analyst. → went to Housing and Urban Development - Justin Thomas Johnson
Senior Policy Analyst for Defense Budget → went to Defense - Andrew R. Kloster
→ went to Transportation - David W. Kreutzer
Research fellow → went to Environmental Protection Agency - John Laird Ligon
Analyst and Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Lori K. Mashburn
Salary → went to Interior - Gerren McHam
Managed Congressional fellowship and outreach programs → went to Education - John Marshall Mitnick
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary → went to Homeland Security - Jean Angela Morrow
Research Assistant → went to Education - Janet R Naughton
→ went to Energy - Ryan C. Nichols
Salary for full time job as Associate Director of Coalition Relations. → went to Interior - Michael Rigas
Deputy Director, Coalition Relations → went to Personnel Management - Nina Schaefer
Director of Domestic Policy → went to Health and Human Services - Roger Thomas Severino
Director of a six person research center (counting me) within a larger public policy think tank. → went to Health and Human Services - Charles Douglas Stimson
Chief of Staff, Senior Legal Fellow, and Manager, National Security Law Program → went to Defense - Caitlin Thompson
Congressional Outreach Program Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Todd Matthew Thurman
Email and Digital Media Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Laura Clay Trueman
Director of Strategic Operations: Health Policy, Budget, Tax, Entitlements → went to Health and Human Services - Tim C. Wang
→ went to Commerce - David Nicholas Yonkovich
Staff Accountant → went to Transportation
Held position at this organization
- Brittany Balmer
Employee → went to State - Bradley E. Bishop
Senior Media Associate → went to White House Office - Steven Gill Bradbury
Member of National Security Law Working Group (uncompensate d) → went to Transportation - Rebecca Buchheit
Employee → went to Defense - Anthony Campau
Multiple (Editor and Development Writer, Editor and Staff Writer, Associate Manager of Donor Relations, Manager of Major Gifts, Manager of Major Gift Planning and Corporate Relations, and Consultant) → went to Management and Budget - Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow → went to Transportation - Grant A. Cooper
Intern → went to White House Office - Andrew L. Fink
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Intern → went to Transportation - John Gray
Policy Advisor → went to Management and Budget - William James Gribbin Jr.
Writer and Special Projects Coordinator → went to White House Office - Steven A. Groves
Employee → went to White House Office - Steven A. Groves
Employee → went to White House Office - Tina-Maria G. Henry
Scheduler/Assistant → went to Commerce - Benjamin Hobbs
Graduate Fellow, Welfare Studies → went to Housing and Urban Development - Justin Thomas Johnson
Employee → went to Defense - Andrew R. Kloster
Legal Fellow → went to Transportation - David W. Kreutzer
Senior Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change → went to Environmental Protection Agency - John Laird Ligon
Senior Policy Analyst and Research Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Lori K. Mashburn
Associate Director, Coalition Relations → went to Interior - Gerren McHam
Congressional Fellowship and Outreach Program Manager → went to Education - John Marshall Mitnick
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary → went to Homeland Security - Owen R. Morgan
Intern → went to Transportation - Jean Angela Morrow
Research Assistant → went to Education - Janet R Naughton
Senior Advisor → went to Energy - Jessica Marie Newman
Special Assistant to the Executive Vice President → went to Education - Ryan C. Nichols
Associate Director, Coalition Relations → went to Interior - Elinor Renner
Assistant Director, Program Associate → went to Interior - Michael Rigas
Deputy Director, Coalition Relations → went to Personnel Management - Ory S. Rinat
Employee → went to State - Ory S. Rinat
Employee → went to White House Office - Nina Schaefer
Director, Domestic Policy → went to Health and Human Services - Roger Thomas Severino
Director → went to Health and Human Services - Alexandra Jane Seymour
Intern → went to Defense - Charles Douglas Stimson
Chief of Staff → went to Defense - Caitlin Thompson
Congressional Outreach Program Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Todd Matthew Thurman
Email and Digital Media Manager → went to Housing and Urban Development - Laura Clay Trueman
Director of Strategic Operations: Health Policy, Budget, Tax, Entitlements → went to Health and Human Services - Tim C. Wang
Program Manager → went to Commerce - Paul Winfree
Director → went to White House Office
Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce (19)
Arlington, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Erin Paige Agostin
For services as a Policy Advisor. → went to Education - Edward Ajaeb
Research and analysis consulting → went to Office of National Drug Control Policy - Brittany L. Baldwin
Deputy Director of Writing → went to White House Office - Natalie Boyse
Advertisement Development & Project Management → went to Education - Andrew P. Bremberg
Policy Consultant → went to White House Office - Kellyanne E. Conway
Consulting Services → went to White House Office - Ann M. Donaldson
Legal Services → went to White House Office - Samantha Dravis
Serve as legal counsel to 501(c)(6) organization. → went to Environmental Protection Agency - Stephen J. Ford
Director of Writing → went to Office of the Vice President - Andrew D. "Andy" Koenig
Vice President of Policy, Senior Policy Advisor → went to White House Office - Gary Michael Lawkowski
Previous Employer → went to Interior - Donald F. "Don" McGahn II
Legal Services → went to White House Office - Michael P. McKeown
Analyst → went to Homeland Security - Pamela D. Pryor
Coalition building around initiatives relat ed to government spending, healthcare, ener gy. → went to State - Michael A. "Mike" Roman
Vice-President, Research → went to White House Office - Reed Darrow Rubinstein
Provide legal Services. → went to Agriculture - Bethany S. Scully
Deputy Director Member Relations → went to White House Office - Cooper James Smith
Researched candidate-based, organization-based, opposition, and political research, provided advice on ad buy and targeted outreach. → went to Housing and Urban Development
Held position at this organization
- Erin Paige Agostin
Policy Advisor → went to Education - Edward Ajaeb
Analyst → went to Office of National Drug Control Policy - Brittany L. Baldwin
Deputy Director of Writing → went to White House Office - Luke Alexander Beckmann
Analyst → went to Homeland Security - Samantha Dravis
Legal Counsel → went to Environmental Protection Agency - Stephen J. Ford
Director of Writing → went to Office of the Vice President - Andrew D. "Andy" Koenig
Vice President of Policy - I developed policy positions on all federal issues, oversaw strategy to educate the public on all policy issues, and oversaw Freedom Partner's policy staff., Senior Policy Advisor - Advised senior Freedom Partners employees on federal policy and Congress. → went to White House Office - Gary Michael Lawkowski
Legal Counsel → went to Interior - Michael P. McKeown
→ went to Homeland Security - Michael A. "Mike" Roman
Vice-President → went to White House Office - Bethany S. Scully
Deputy Director Member Relations → went to White House Office - Marc Short
President → went to White House Office - Cooper James Smith
Research Associate → went to Housing and Urban Development
American Enterprise Institute (16)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Scott Gottlieb
Resident Fellow → went to Health and Human Services - Kevin Allen Hassett
Perform economic research and supervise scholars. → went to White House Office - Kyle Hauptman
I worked in development (fundraising) for this non-profit. → went to Treasury - Kirsten Dawn Madison
Deputy Director and Resident Fellow for Foreign and Defense Policy → went to State - Andrew Olmem
Panelist Stipend → went to White House Office - Michael Joseph Pratt
, Director, Digital Strategy → went to Health and Human Services - Mark Schneider
Researcher/writer → went to Education - Andrew Wade Smith
Research associate → went to Health and Human Services
Held position at this organization
- Elisabeth P. "Betsy" DeVos
Trustee → went to Education - Lewis Eisenberg
National Council Chair → went to State - Scott Gottlieb
Resident Fellow → went to Health and Human Services - Kevin Allen Hassett
State Farm James Q. Wilson Chair in American Politics and Culture and Director of Research for Domestic Policy → went to White House Office - Kyle Hauptman
Senior Development Manager → went to Treasury - Adam Lerrick
Visting Scholar → went to Treasury - Kirsten Dawn Madison
Deputy Director and Resident Fellow for Foreign and Defense Policy → went to State - John McInnis
Employee → went to State - Anthony M. Paranzino
Program Manager → went to Small Business Administration - Anthony M. Paranzino
Program Manager → went to White House Office - Stephen T. Parente
Adjunct Scholar → went to Health and Human Services - Michael Joseph Pratt
Director, Media Relations and Marketing, Director, Digital Strategy → went to Health and Human Services - Andrew F. Puzder
National Council Co-Chair → went to Labor - Mark Schneider
Visiting Scholar → went to Education - Andrew Wade Smith
Research Associate → went to Health and Human Services - Keith Zimmerman
Intern → went to Education
Americans for Prosperity (8)
Arlington, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Erin Paige Agostin
For services as a Senior Policy Advisor. → went to Education - Natalie Boyse
Advertisement Development & Project Management → went to Education - Andeliz N. Castillo
Spearheaded the merger of several grassroots organizations → went to Office of the Vice President - Kellyanne E. Conway
Consulting Services → went to White House Office - Christine Diane Harbin
→ went to Energy - Donald F. "Don" McGahn II
Legal Services → went to White House Office - John Baylor Myers
Served as the deputy director overseeing a staff of around 20 across the state of Ohio → went to Treasury
Held position at this organization
- Erin Paige Agostin
Senior Policy Advisor → went to Education - Matthew Aquino
Intern → went to Defense - Andeliz N. Castillo
Senior Vice President of Grassroots Business Integration → went to Office of the Vice President - Christine Diane Harbin
Vice President of External Affairs → went to Energy - John Baylor Myers
Deputy State Director → went to Treasury
Texas Public Policy Foundation (5)
Austin, Texas
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Douglas Domenech
Directed a research project called the Fuelling Freedom Project → went to Interior - James Richard Perry
speeches → went to Energy - Kathleen Hartnett White
Consultant and public policy expert on environmental, natural resource, private property and energy matters. → went to White House Office
Held position at this organization
- Susan Combs
Visiting Senior Fellow → went to Interior - Douglas Domenech
Director, Fueling Freedom Project → went to Interior - Caroline Espinosa
Employee → went to State - Kathleen Hartnett White
Distinguished Senior Fellow- In-Residence & Director, Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment → went to White House Office
Hudson Institute (4)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Jeffrey Hagen Anderson
Senior fellow -- develops and comments on domestic policy initiatives → went to Health and Human Services - Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow → went to Transportation - Melissa E. Fwu
→ went to Transportation - Tim C. Wang
→ went to Commerce
Held position at this organization
- Jeffrey Hagen Anderson
Senior Fellow → went to Health and Human Services - Elaine L. Chao
Distinguished Fellow → went to Transportation - Melissa E. Fwu
Research Assistant → went to Transportation - Tina-Maria G. Henry
Scheduler/Assistant → went to Commerce - Tim C. Wang
Program Manager → went to Commerce
FreedomWorks for America (4)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Kellyanne E. Conway
Consulting Services → went to White House Office - Ann M. Donaldson
Legal Services → went to White House Office - William "Bill" McGinley
Legal services → went to White House Office - Stephen Alexander Vaden
Legal services → went to Agriculture
Competitive Enterprise Institute (4)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Hans Bader
Senior Attorney → went to Education - Derek Lyons
Legal services → went to White House Office - Matthew Sheehan
Legal services → went to Justice
Held position at this organization
- Hans Bader
Senior Attorney → went to Education - Christian Rodrick
Intern → went to Environmental Protection Agency
Concerned Veterans for America (4)
Arlington, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Darin Selnick
Consultant - Senior Advisor → went to Veterans Affairs - William Joseph Turenne
Served as Director of Communications until June, 2015. → went to Energy - James B. Wilkinson Jr.
Served as Regional Director overseeing 8 employees in 8 states. → went to Transportation - Richard A. Youngblood
Ohio State Director, responsible for managing field operations. → went to Housing and Urban Development
Held position at this organization
- Darin Selnick
Senior Advisor → went to Veterans Affairs - William Joseph Turenne
Director → went to Energy - James B. Wilkinson Jr.
Regional Director → went to Transportation - Richard A. Youngblood
Ohio State Director → went to Housing and Urban Development
Americans for Economic Freedom (4)
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Ann M. Donaldson
Legal Services → went to White House Office - Stanley Gerdes
Director of Scheduling → went to Energy - Donald F. "Don" McGahn II
Legal Services → went to White House Office - Stefan C. Passantino
Legal Services → went to White House Office
Held position at this organization
- Stanley Gerdes
Employee → went to Energy
Federalist Society (4)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Eric S. Dreiband
Legal Services (client of Jones Day) → went to Justice - Jonathan F. Mitchell
Honoraria for speaking engagements → went to Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Held position at this organization
- Jeffrey Bossert Clark
Chair of the Environment and Property Rights Practice Group → went to Justice - Eric S. Dreiband
Chair - regulatory reform project → went to Justice - Paula Stannard
Executive committee member → went to Health and Human Services
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (3)
Arlington, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Kellyanne E. Conway
Consulting Services → went to White House Office - Eli Henry Miller
Financial operations → went to Treasury - Patrick Burke Shaheen
Field staffer at non-profit. → went to Education
Held position at this organization
- Eli Henry Miller
Senior Development Officer → went to Treasury - Patrick Burke Shaheen
Field Staffer → went to Education
Alliance Defending Freedom (3)
Scottsdate, Ariz.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Matthew Scott Bowman
Senior Counsel → went to Health and Human Services - Robert Minchin
None- this was a merit-based scholarship award with no obligations. → went to Labor - Jonathan F. Mitchell
Legal services performed through James Otis Law Group → went to Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Held position at this organization
- Matthew Scott Bowman
Senior Counsel → went to Health and Human Services - Robert Minchin
Legal Fellow → went to Labor
Manhattan Institute (3)
New York, N.Y.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Manage Manhattan Institute’s Washington office. Coordinate the Shadow Open Market Committee meetings and publications. Write papers, books, articles, and columns on a variety of economic issues. → went to Transportation - Paul I. Howard
Manhattan Institute – senior fellow and director of health policy for the Manhattan Institute, which includes writing my own op-eds, issue briefs, white papers, and monographs, directing the research of our other health policy team members (in consultation with our senior executive staff), convening health policy working groups of expert stakeholders/academics and hosting public conferences with other experts and policymakers, commissioning independent research for MI publication, and conducting policy briefings for policymakers based on published research materials (books, op-eds, white papers, issue briefs). → went to Health and Human Services
Held position at this organization
- Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Senior Fellow and Director, E21 → went to Transportation - Paul I. Howard
Director and Senior Fellow, Health Policy → went to Health and Human Services - David Malpass
Trustee → went to Treasury
Center for Strategic and International Studies (3)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Held position at this organization
- Kimberly Breier
Director → went to State - Rex W. Tillerson
Trustee → went to State - David Trachtenberg
consultant → went to Defense
National Rifle Association (3)
Fairfax, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Sean Cairncross
Attorney → went to White House Office - Kellyanne E. Conway
Consulting Services → went to White House Office - Donald F. "Don" McGahn II
Legal Services → went to White House Office - Michael H. McGinley
Legal Services → went to White House Office
Bipartisan Policy Center (3)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Callista L. Gingrich
Communications Consulting → went to State - George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue
Service as member of the Governor's Council to help formulate bipartisan policy as well as honorarium. → went to Agriculture - Dennis Shea
public policy consulting → went to U.S. Trade Representative
Held position at this organization
- George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue
Council Member → went to Agriculture
Hoover Institution (3)
Stanford, Calif.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Benjamin S. Carson
Public Speaker → went to Housing and Urban Development - James N. Mattis
Distinguished Visiting Fellow → went to Defense - Jonathan F. Mitchell
Visiting Fellow → went to Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Held position at this organization
- James N. Mattis
Distinguished Visiting Fellow → went to Defense - Jonathan F. Mitchell
Visiting Fellow → went to Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Cato Institute (2)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Richard Grenell
Public affairs and communications consulting → went to State
Held position at this organization
- Matthew Aquino
intern → went to Defense
State Policy Network (2)
Arlington, Va.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Steven A. Engel
Legal Services → went to Justice - James Richard Perry
speech → went to Energy
American Council for Capital Formation (2)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- George David Banks
→ went to White House Office - Michael J. Catanzaro
Consulting → went to White House Office
Held position at this organization
- George David Banks
Executive Vice President → went to White House Office
Alabama Policy Institute (2)
Birmingham, Ala.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Kellyanne E. Conway
Speaking Engagement → went to White House Office
Held position at this organization
- Cliff Sims
Board Member → went to White House Office
R Street Institute (2)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- George David Banks
Policy analyst/Senior Fellow - 2015 payment for contract work from previous year → went to White House Office - Christina Delgado
→ went to Commerce
Held position at this organization
- Christina Delgado
Policy Manager → went to Commerce
Cause of Action Institute (2)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Daniel Z. Epstein
Founder, first President and Executive Director of public interest law firm. Set the vision, oversaw management and operations, and led client, case development and litigation financing. → went to White House Office - Henry Kerner
Assistant Vice President for Investigations → went to Office of the Special Counsel - Reed Darrow Rubinstein
Senior Vice President for Litigation, responsible for strategic litigation and related activity, employee training, case management., Provide legal services. → went to Agriculture
Held position at this organization
- Daniel Z. Epstein
Director and Executive Director → went to White House Office - Henry Kerner
Asst VP → went to Office of the Special Counsel - Reed Darrow Rubinstein
Senior Vice President for Litigation → went to Agriculture
Thomas B. Fordham Institute (2)
Washington, D.C.
Appointees formerly compensated or employed by this organization went to work at these agencies
Provided compensation to
- Michael Jason Brickman
National Policy Director → went to Education - Chad Andrew Readler
Legal services → went to Justice
Held position at this organization
- Michael Jason Brickman
National Policy Director → went to Education