Russell Vought

Russell Vought Credentials Background Russell (Russ) T. Vought is director of the White House budget office. The Senate confirmed Vought in February 2025. Vought was also the deputy director […]

Prosperity Institute

Prosperity Institute Background The Prosperity Institute (PI) was founded as the Legatum Institute (LI) in 2007 by the Legatum Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dubai-based investment firm the Legatum Group. It named changed to The Prosperity […]

Paul Marshall 

Credentials Background Sir Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall is a multi-millionaire hedge fund manager and media mogul who is the owner of right-wing media outlets UnHerd and The Spectator,2Mark Sweney. “GB News investor Paul Marshall seals £100m […]

McCann

Background McCann is a global creative solutions company. It has worked for at least 11 fossil fuel industry clients, including Aramco, the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitter,2“Cumulative operational and product emissions from the largest carbon producers worldwide from 1854 to 2022,” Statista, […]

Kathleen Sgamma

Kathleen M. Sgamma Credentials Background Kathleen M. Sgamma is the president of the Western Energy Alliance (WEA), a group representing hundreds of oil and natural gas producers in the western United States that has historically lobbied against restrictions on the industry.1Eric Lipton and Hiroko Tabuchi. ”Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands,” The New […]

Chris Wright

Chris Wright Credentials Wright’s LinkedIn account also lists his graduate work under education: Background Chris Wright is a fracking executive nominated to run the Department of Energy (DOE) by President-elect Donald Trump. Wright is CEO of Colorado-based Liberty Energy and has founded and held […]

Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses Canada

Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses Canada (CCMBC) Background The Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada (CCMBC) was founded in 2016 and describes itself as “a growing and powerful voice advocating for a policy agenda that supports Canadian business competitiveness and keeps good jobs in Canada.”1Homepage, Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses Canada. […]

Montreal Economic Institute

Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) Background The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) — Institut Économique de Montréal (IEDM) — describes itself as an “independent public policy think tank” with its vision as “a world that is free and responsible, where voluntary exchange, respect for property rights, and entrepreneurship favour social mobility and prosperity for all.”1“WHO ARE WE?” […]

America First Policy Institute (AFPI)

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) Background The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is a nonprofit group (501(c)(3)) founded in 2021 by two senior […]

Cargill Aqua Nutrition

Background With a revenue of $177 billion in 2023, Cargill is one of the world’s largest agribusiness companies and the largest privately held company in the U.S.2Javier Blas, “Peek Inside America’s Largest Privately Owned Company,” Bloomberg, September 19, 2023. Archived May […]