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.
Special Government Employees
Experts, consultants and other advisers who serve in the federal government on a temporary basis are classified as special-government employees, or SGEs, a category of employee created by Congress in 1962. Some are paid, others are not. Many keep their full-time jobs while working in government. They can work for no more than 130 days during any calendar year.
Bohdan Shatinsky
Transportation (joined: Jan. 22, 2017)
Consultant, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy Compliance | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Michael Sheetz
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (joined: Sept. 17, 2017)
Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes Member | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures | Resume »
George Bryan Slater departed Oct. 4, 2017Transferred to Labor
Transportation (joined: Feb. 13, 2017)
Assistant Secretary | Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Freedom Partners Shared Services Director of Operations (Last day was 2/10/17)
Former Compensation Sources
Cheryl Small departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Hans von Spakovsky
General Services Administration (joined: July 11, 2017)
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Jeff Sparrow departed Oct. 1, 2017
Homeland Security (joined: March 22, 2017)
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (FEMA) | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Wendy L. Teramoto departed Sept. 8, 2018
Commerce (joined: July 31, 2017)
Senior Advisor | Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via Bloomberg:
Ms. Wendy Teramoto serves as the Managing Director and Partner of WL Ross & Co. LLC. Ms. Teramoto focuses on private equity investments in the rail, shipping and natural resource industries. Her responsibilities include bankruptcy, reorganization, international restructuring, merger and acquisition advisory services and valuation analyses. Ms. Teramoto served as Senior Vice President at Nexeo Solutions, Inc (WL Ross Holding Corp). since March 2014. She serves as an Assistant Secretary at ICG merger sub Inc. and Anker Merger Sub Inc. She serves as a Sole Manager and Chief Executive Officer at CoalQuest. Prior to joining W. L. Ross & Co., she worked in the restructuring advisory group at Rothschild Inc. which she joined in 1997. She previously served as a Vice President of W.L. Ross & Co. LLC since its inception in April 2000 and also served as its Assistant Vice President. Ms. Teramoto served as a Secretary of ICG, Inc., from October 2004 to April 2005. Her background includes accounting experience at Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young. She serves as a Director of Diamond S Shipping Group, Inc. She serves as a Director of DSS Holdings GP Limited and Nautical Bulk Holding Limited. She served as a Director at Navigator Holdings Ltd. from November 21, 2014 to July 2017. She served as a Director at The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. since June 2009 until March 31, 2017. She served as a Director of International Coal Group, Inc. from April 2005 to June 2011. She served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Anker. She served as Director of CoalQuest Development LLC and Phoenix International Holding. She has experience in analyzing financial issues and with manufacturing and other heavy industry companies to the board of directors. Ms. Teramoto holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Former Positions Outside Government
- DSS Holdings GP Limited Director
- Diamond S Shipping, Inc. Director
- Invesco Managing Director
- NT Suez GP LLC Manager
- NT Suez Holdco LLC Authorized Representative
- NT Suez One LLC Authorized Representative
- Nautical Bulk Holding Limited Director
- Navigator Holdings Ltd. Director
- SWS VLLC GP LLC Director
- TRF/Solus GP LLC Director
- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. Director
- WL Ross & Co. LLC Managing Director
- WL Ross Holding Corp. Senior vice President
- WLR/TRF Shipping GP LLC Director
- Wagon PLC Director
Former Compensation Sources
- Invesco, Ltd. I serve as Managing Director and Partner of WL Ross & Co, LLC.,a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco, Ltd. I received my salary and bonus from Invesco Group Services.
Donald G. Todd
Federal Labor Relations Authority
FSIP Member | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Steven LeRoy Vanausdle
Education (joined: March 2, 2017)
Member, Office of Postsecondary Education | $26,000 | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
F. Vincent Vernuccio
Federal Labor Relations Authority
FSIP Member | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
James Waskom
Homeland Security (joined: Sept. 1, 2017)
Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Jeffrey R. Westling
Federal Communications Commission (joined: Nov. 13, 2017)
Legal Fellow, Commissioner Carr | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Christopher Willis departed Aug. 8, 2017
Federal Communications Commission (joined: Feb. 15, 2017)
Privacy Law Fellow, EB Telecom Consumers Division | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures
Leonard Wolfson
Housing and Urban Development (joined: May 16, 2017)
Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations | Assistant Secretary | Expert | $161,900 | Financial Disclosure »
Former Positions Outside Government
- Mortgage Bankers Association Associate Vice President
Former Compensation Sources
- Mortgage Bankers Association I was responsible for formulating and implementing the mortgage industry’s legislative agenda, and representing MBA’s more than 2,200 members on Capitol Hill on a wide array of issues including housing finance reform, the Dodd-Frank Act, and tax policy.
Lobbied for
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff departed Feb. 1, 2018Transferred to White House Office
Office of the Vice President (joined: Jan. 26, 2017)
Volunteer Senior Advisor to the First Lady
Christopher Yoo
Federal Communications Commission (joined: April 6, 2017)
Committee Member, Broadband Development Advisory Committee | Special-government employees are not required to submit publicly-available financial disclosures