Stand Together

Stand Together Background Stand Together, describing itself as a “philanthropic community,” is the new face of The Seminar Network/Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce. The Seminar Network previously encompassed a group of entities funded by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers that was formed roughly three years prior. The Washington Post reported […]

Chad Guzmán

Chad Guzmán Credentials Background Chad R. Guzmán is an Arizona lobbyist who has worked in the energy and water utilities sectors. As of at least 2023, Chad Guzmán is listed as affiliated with a business called Fillmore Strategy on the Valley Young Professionals Board web page. 1“VYP Board of Directors,” Greater Phoenix Chamber. Archived July 28, […]

Richard Tice

Richard Tice Credentials Background Richard Tice is a multi-millionaire property developer, financier, deputy chairman and MP for Reform UK, having been elected in Boston and Skegness in the July 2024 general election. […]

Ann Widdecombe

Ann Widdecombe Credentials Background Ann Widdecombe is a former MEP for the South West of England, having represented the Brexit Party, led by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, until Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. She was previously a Conservative minister under Prime Minister John Major.1“Brexit Party’s Ann Widdecombe wins South West seat,” BBC News, May […]

Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Credentials Background Mitch McConnell is the Republican senior Senator for Kentucky, having first been elected in 1984. McConnell has been the Senate Majority Leader since 2015, having served as Minority Leader from 2007. 2“Majority and Minority Leaders,” United States Senate. […]

Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst Credentials Background Joni Ernst is the Republican junior United States Senator for Iowa as of 2014, making her the first woman to represent Iowa in the United States Congress. Ernst was in the Iowa Senate for a term between 2011 and 2014, and prior to entering politics served in the Iowa Army National […]

James Lankford

James Lankford Credentials Background James Lankford is the Republican junior Senator for Oklahoma as of 2015, having served as U.S. Representative for Oklahoma’s 5th congressional district between 2011 and 2015. Lankford has received donations from the fossil fuel industry, including the billionaire Koch brothers. During […]

Sterling Varner

Sterling Varner (Deceased) Credentials Background Sterling Verl Varner was president of Koch Industries from 1974 to 1987. He had served on the board of directors since 1967 and was vice chairman of the board from 1987 to 1990. Varner died in 2009, aged 89.1 “Former Koch executive Sterling Varner dies,” Wichita Business Journal, September 30, […]

Sean Noble

Sean Noble Credentials Background Sean Noble is a rightwing political strategist who founded and runs consulting firms, including DC London, Noble Associates, and Compass Strategies, along with the non-profit group dubbed American Encore. American Encore was formerly known as the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR), originally set up to funnel money to oppose the Affordable Care Act and […]

Nancy Pfotenhauer

Nancy Pfotenhauer Credentials Background Nancy M. (Mitchell) Pfotenhauer is the president of MediaSpeak Strategies, a DC-based communications firm. She has played a major role in a wide range of Koch organizations and connected groups. Pfotenhauer was president and CEO of the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) from […]