Heather Zichal

Heather R. Zichal Credentials Background Heather R. Zichal is the former Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2013. In that role, she served as President Barack Obama’s top White House advisor on energy and climate change. She also worked as the Policy Director to the Obama Campaign, where […]

U.S. Grains Council

U.S. Grains Council Background The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is a trade association that โ€œdevelops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related productsโ€ including dried grains and ethanol. Its website states that โ€œexports are vital to global economic development and U.S. […]

Foundation for Independence

Foundation for Independence Background The Foundation for Independence (FFI) is a pro-Brexit business pressure group launched in March 2020. The FFI seeks to highlight โ€œthe benefits of leaving the EU and regaining […]

Global Vision

Global Vision Background Global Vision (also known as Global Vision UK) is a Brexit-focused media outlet that provides โ€œan online homeโ€ for โ€œall those wanting to follow the next chapter as the UK begins the process of negotiating our future relationship with both the EU and the wider world,โ€ according to its website.1โ€œAbout Us,โ€ Global Vision. […]

TCW Defending Freedom (formerly The Conservative Woman)

Background The Conservative Woman (CW) is a conservative blog established in 2014 as a โ€œcounter-cultural offensive against the forces of Leftism, feminism and modernism.โ€ The CW aims to challenge what it describes as โ€œthe left-liberal cultural zeitgeistโ€ and the โ€œanti-family, authoritarian identity politics and […]

Peter Allgeier

Peter Allgeier Credentials Background Peter Allgeier is a former top trade official for the US government, serving as Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR) under President George W Bush from 2001-2009 and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Since 2009, Allgeier has worked as a private lobbyist representing US corporate interests, including the tobacco […]

National Pork Producers Council

National Pork Producers Council Background The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is a Washington, DC-based trade body representing the US pork industry. The NPPC represents โ€œthe federal and global interestsโ€ of over 60,000 pork producers in 42 states across the US and has an annual revenue of around $15 million.1โ€œNational Pork Producers Council Comments on […]

National Chicken Council

National Chicken Council Background The National Chicken Council (NCC) is a Washington DC-based trade association representing the US poultry industry. The NCC seeks to influence US legislation and regulatory policies and โ€œaffect domestic and international trade policyโ€ to benefit its members, as well as โ€œmaintain and expandโ€ foreign markets for US-produced chicken.1โ€œOverview,โ€ National Chicken Council. […]

Media Intelligence Partners

Media Intelligence Partners Background Media Intelligence Partners (MIP) is a London-based PR firm which works with an โ€œinternational range of think tanks, companies, campaign groups, political figures and high net-worth individualsโ€ to provide services including โ€œpublic affairsโ€ and โ€œcampaigns and advocacyโ€. MIP has โ€œearned […]

Toby Young

Toby Young Credentials Background Toby Young is a writer, journalist, and social commentator, most notable for being an associate editor at The Spectator and the London associate editor of Quillette, an online โ€œplatform for free thoughtโ€.1 โ€œToby Young,โ€ Spectator. Archived July 16, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/jkWpy 2 โ€œAbout,โ€ Quillette. Archived July 16, 2020. Archive.fo URL: […]