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 […]

Michael Morgan

Michael Morgan Credentials Background Michael (Mike) Morgan is a Kansas-based lobbyist for Koch Industries. Morgan also sits on the Private Enterprise Advisory Council of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a “free market” organization designed to link state legislators with corporations and create template bills. ALEC has worked closely with the fossil fuel and tobacco […]

Mark Holden

Mark Holden Credentials Background Mark V. Holden is the senior vice president of Koch Industries, chairman of the board of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the board of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Holden began working for Koch Industries in 1995 […]

Kevin Gentry

Kevin Gentry Credentials Background Kevin Gentry is director of strategic development for Koch Industries, vice president of the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, and a top aide to Charles Koch and David Koch. He has also served as vice president for special projects at Koch Companies Public Sector (KCPS).1“Annual Meeting Bios A – L,” Philanthropy […]

George Pearson

George Pearson Credentials Background George H. Pearson was Charles Koch’s first chief aide in his political and policy agenda, starting in the 1960s. He was part of Robert LeFevre’s Freedom School movement along with Charles Koch and moved to Wichita to work along side Koch, operating within what became Koch Industries and through organizations Koch […]

Chris Fink

Chris Fink Credentials Background Chris Fink was the president of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) from 2009 until 2018. He currently serves as president of the Fink Family Foundation and Fink Solutions, and as the COO of the Human Rights Foundation. He is the son of Richard Fink, former executive vice president and member […]

Brian Hooks

Brian Hooks Credentials Background Brian Hooks became president of the Charles Koch Foundation as of July 1, 2014. Prior to working at the Charles Koch Foundation, Hooks was the chief operating officer and executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University where he “led strategy and oversaw all programs and operations.”1“President of the […]