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{{#badges:Climate change|CoalSwarm}} The June 2010 Meeting of the Koch Network - aka Koch Strategy Group was held June 27&28 in Aspen, Colorado.
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List of participants
Before June 2010 - politicians, Supreme Court justices
On Koch Industries page, see Koch strategy retreat "attendees" section, for information on politicians and Supreme Court justices who've attended earlier meetings.
June 2010
Note: the geographic locations provided below may contain inaccuracies.
The June 2010 Koch strategy meeting attendees were:[1]
| Name(s) | Industry | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Anderson and Rose Marie Anderson | Finance | Culver Corporation, Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Foundation - Financial Advisor |
| Neil Anderson and Amy Fisher-Smith | Runs Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Foundation | |
| Phil Anschutz and Nancy Anschutz | Investment | Industrialist, Owner, Weekly Standard , Examiner newspapers; Denver, CO |
| Cliff Asness | Investment | AQR Capital Management |
| Nate Bachman and Lynda Bachman | Finance | The Bachman Group, Cincinnati OH - Financial Advisor |
| Whitney Ball | Think Tank | Owner of DonorsTrust, a firm that enables anonymous gifts to front groups |
| Michael Barone | Media | Fox News |
| Frank Baxter and Kathy Baxter | Banking | Ambassador Frank E. Baxter is Chairman Emeritus of NYC-based Jefferies and Company , Inc., a global investment bank focusing on mid-cap companies. Overseer, Hoover Institution. Los Angeles CA |
| Steve Bechtel and Betty Bechtel | Engineering | Owns the Bechtel Group (Corporation), Largest engineering company in United States |
| Glenn Beck | Media | Fox News |
| E. Bernard Blasingame and Margaret Blasingame | Manufacturing | President and owner of Aqua Dynamics Systems (water purification), Adamsville, TN |
| Alan Boeckmann and Lisa Boeckmann | Oil/Engineering/Construction | CEO Fluor Corporation, Orange County, CA |
| Boysie Bollinger | Shipping/Commerce | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana and Texas (builds vessels for Coast Guard) |
| Patrick Broe and Paula Broe | Real Estate | Founder and CEO of Denver-based real estate asset management firm, The Broe Group |
| Arthur Brooks | Think Tank | President, American Enterprise Institute |
| David Brown and Ann Brown | Think Tank, funder | Heritage Foundation, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation |
| John Bryan | ||
| Bob Buford and Martha Buford | Oil | C. Robert Buford has been President and owner of Zenith Drilling Corporation, Wichita, KS |
| Tim Busch | Likely Irvine-based Timothy R. Busch, Pacific Hospitality Group CEO, Catholic University of America trustee, Legatus[1] (Catholic CEOs, Orange County & Napa chapters) | |
| Shelby Bush and Nell Bush | Energy | Vice President, Legal and Administration – Hillwood Energy (a Perot company) |
| Tim Carney | Media | Political Columnist, Washington Examiner |
| Charlies Chandler and Marla Chandler | Likely Charles Q. Chandler IV of Wichita KS-based Intrust Bank | |
| David Chavern | Lobbyist | Executive Vice President and COO at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
| John Childs | Investment | Chairman and CEO of J.W. Childs and Associates, Boston MA |
| Paul Clifton and Lea Clifton | Runs Robert and Marie Hansen Family Foundation | |
| Susie Coelhoe | Media | founder and CEO of Susie Coelho Enterprises Inc. |
| Bill Cooper and Kristin Tollefson | Finance/Banking | CEO of TCF Financial, Wayzata MI |
| Dino Cortopassi and Joan Cortopassi | Stockton businessman | |
| Joe Craft | Coal | Joseph W. Craft III is president, chief executive officer and director of Tulsa OK-based Alliance Resource Partners LP |
| Alex Cranberg | Energy | Denver-based Aspect Holdings , LLC – Chairman; University of Texas regent |
| Jeff Crank | Americans For Prosperity / Radio Pundit | AFP State Director |
| Karl Crow | Policy Analyst | Capital Research Center, Washington DC; Themis |
| Eric Crown and Isabella King | Finance (venture capital) | |
| Kevin Crutchfield | Coal | Kevin S. Crutchfield serves as Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Coal Sales Co., LLC, Latrobe PA near Pittsburgh |
| Ravenell Curry and Beth Curry | Likely Manhattan Institute trustee Ravenel Curry III. | |
| Jim Dannenbaum and Shirley Dannenbaum | Engineering | Mr. Dannenbaum, Chairman of Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation, Houston, TX |
| Veronique de Rugy | Think Tank | Senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center |
| Rich DeVos and Helen DeVos | Business | Founder and CEO of Amway, near Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Annie Dickerson | Real Estate/Finance | CB Richard Ellis analyst |
| Ned Diefenthal and Nancy Diefenthal | Metairie, LA-based former owner of Southern Recycling | |
| Jim Patterson and Dorothy Patterson | Oil | Gulf Stream Petroleum |
| Dan Peters and Kellie Peters | Non-for Profit | Daniel S. Peters is president of the Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Tom Petrie | Banking | Co-founder of BofA Merrill Lynch Petrie Divestiture Advisors |
| Dixon Doll and Carol Doll | Technology | Co-Founder and General Partner of Menlo Park CA-based Doll Capital Management(DCM) |
| Karl Eller and Stevie Eller | Advertising | The Eller Company billboards |
| Ron Erickson and Kris Erickson | Retail | Ronald A. Erickson is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holiday Companies |
| Melvyn Estrin and Suellen Estrin | Natural Gas | Director of WGL Holdings INC |
| Dick Farmer | Richard T. "Dick" Farmer is chairman of Cintas | |
| Peter Farrell | Biomed | Founder of Resmed |
| Jim Ferrell and Zibbie Ferrell | Fuel Oil | Ferrellgas Partners , L.P. engages in the distribution and sale of propane and related equipment primarily in the United States. |
| Dave Fettig | Natural Gas | Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy |
| Bob Fettig | Natural Gas | Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy |
| Steve Fettig | Natural Gas | Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy |
| Jerry Finger and Nanette Finger | Investment management | Managing Partner, Finger Interests LTD, Houston TX |
| Richard Fink | Koch Industries | Director of Georgia-Pacific , EVP of Koch Industries |
| Budd Florkiewicz and Lauri Florkiewicz | Manufacturing | Foam Fabricators, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Charlie Fote and Kaye Lynn Fote | Finance | Founder and CEO, Fotec Group LLC, Denver, CO |
| Randy Foutch and Jean Foutch | Oil | Chairman and CEO, Laredo Petroleum , Inc., Tulsa, OK |
| Foster Friess | Investment | Mr. Foster Stephen Friess is the Founder and Chairman of Friess Associates , LLC; was Executive Committee member for the far right Council for National Policy[2] |
| Steve Friess and Polly Friess | Son and daughter-in-law of Foster Friess | |
| Jerry Fullinwider and Leah Fullinwider | Energy/Petroleum | Vice Chairman, Hillwood International Energy, a Perot company (Ross Perot Jr. is Chairman) (in Texas, Kurdistan, Moscow, Amman) |
| Richard Gilliam and Leslie Gilliam | Coal | Richard Gilliam has been President of Norton, VA-based Cumberland Resources Corporation since 1993. |
| Susan Gore | Think Tank | Founder, Wyoming Liberty Group; her "multibillion dollar family company W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. developed the high performance fabric Gore-Tex... Her brother, David Gore, co-founded a similar think tank organization in Oregon called the Cascade Policy Institute in 1991"[2] |
| Oliver Jr. and Carolyn Grace Jr. | Med and Telecom | President and chief executive officer of Anderson Group , Inc., |
| Judson Green and Joyce Green | Energy and Med | Mr. Judson C. Green is the President and Chief Executive Officer of NAVTEQ Corp. |
| Ken Griffin and Anne Griffin | Investment Banking | Founder and CEO of Chicago-based Citadel Investment Group |
| Gretchen Hamel | Communications | Head of 501(c)(4) Public Notice, founder of PR firm Endeavour Global Strategies; former press assistant for J.C. Watts of Oklahoma |
| Fred Hamilton and Jane Hamilton | Oil | Mr. Frederic C. Hamilton served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of BHP Petroleum , Hamilton Oil Company and various Hamilton Oil Corporation subsidiaries and affiliates (Denver-based) |
| Bob Hawk and Mary Sue Hawk | Venture capital | President of Hawk Communications (also Venture Partner at Doll Capital Management (DCM); "director of Covad Communications , Centillium Communications, and several private high-technology companies." |
| Dick Haworth and Ethie Haworth | Retail | Head of Holland, MI-based Haworth Furniture , Multi-national corporation, 3rd largest corporate furniture company in US |
| Robin Hayes and Barbara Hayes | Government | Former North Carolina Congressman |
| Dan Heard and Carolyn Heard | Manufacturing | Executive Officer of Louisiana-based John H. Carter Co., |
| Diane Hendricks | Manufacturing | Husband of the late Ken Hendricks (ABC Supply Co., building materials) |
| Steve Hennessy and Regina Hennessy | Auto Sales | Auto Sales, Atlanta, GA |
| James Higgins and Heather Higgins | Think Tank | James Higgins is a fellow and trustee of the Claremont Institute, and a principal at NY-based investment mgmt firm New Vernon Capital LLC;
Heather Higgins is president and CEO of Independent Women's Voice, the 501(c)(4) sister organization of the Independent Women’s Forum |
| Paul Hill | Oil | Paul J. Hill serves as CEO and has been President of Harvard Developments Inc. since 1978; CEO and President of The Hill Companies; Regina, Saskatchewan |
| John Hotchkis and Joan Hotchkis | Education, Finance | Board of Directors for Teach for America UC Berkeley; Ramajal LLC, Hotchkis and Wiley |
| Allan Hubbard and Kathy Hubbard | Chemicals and Manufacturing | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, E & A Industries, Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Stan Hubbard and Karen Hubbard | Communications | Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, St. Paul, MI-based Hubbard Broadcasting , Inc. |
| Ethelmae Humphreys | Think Tank | Cato Institute |
| Manley Johnson and Mary Johnson | Political Consultant | Manuel H. "Manley" Johnson served as the vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the mid-1980s. Co-chairman and senior partner at DC-based financial market advisory firm Johnson Smick International |
| Merritt Johnson | ||
| Gerry O’Shaughnessy and Priscilla O’Shaughnessy | Oil | Gerald Eugene O’Shaughnessy Co-founded Geopark Holding Limited in 2002; Wichita, KS |
| Michael O’Shaughnessy | Technology | Petters Consumer Brands , LLC develops consumer electronics and appliances. |
| Tim O’Shaughnessy | Media | Hungry Machine , Inc., doing business as LivingSocial.com, is a social discovery and cataloging network. |
| Marshall Johnson | ||
| Kyle Johnstone and Kirsten Johnstone | ||
| Mike Kasser and Beth Kasser | Real Estate | President, Holualoa Inc |
| Ken Kendrick and Randy Kendrick | Education/Technology | Chairman, Datatel |
| Phil Kerpen and Joanna Kerpen | Advocacy Group/Think Tank | VP of Policy, Americans for Prosperity |
| Gerry Kingen and Kathryn Kingen | Restauranteur | Red Robin, Happy Guests International, Seattle WA |
| Scott Kirkpatrick | Investor | Owner/Partner of Jackson, WY-based Teton Capital Advisors |
| Charles Koch and Liz Koch | Koch Industries | |
| Chase Koch and Annie Koch | Koch Industries | |
| David Koch and Julia Koch | Koch Industries | |
| Elizabeth Koch | Koch Industries | |
| Bob Koch and Cindy Koch | Koch Industries | |
| Bob Kohlhepp | Manufacturing/Services | Vice Chairman, Cintas Corp. |
| Dennis Kuester | Banking, Paper | Dennis J. Kuester, retired CEO of Marshall & Ilsley Bank (M&I) in Milwaukee, WI; director of Wausau Paper |
| Andrew Kupersmith | Consultant | MD, Cardiology Consultants |
| Andre Lacy | Investment | Chairman, Lacy Diversified Industries, Indianapolis IN; board member, Patterson Companies(vet,dental,rehab) |
| Ken Langone and Elaine Langone | Retail | Invemed, Home Depot |
| Jay Lapeyre and Sally Lapeyre | Services | Laitram Corp |
| Ken Levy and Frayda Levy | Investment | JLM Investment Mgmt |
| Tom Love | Retail | CEO, President, Love’s Country Stores |
| Bob Luddy | Manufacturing | President, Captive Aire Systems |
| Fred Malek and Marlene Malek | Investment Management | Thayer Capital Partners |
| Elaine Marshall | Homemaker | |
| Pierce Marshall | Administrative Management | MAROPCO |
| Preston Marshall | ||
| Bill Mayer | Health Care | MD, Mayer & Cope Family Practice, NY |
| Glen Meakem and Diane Meakem | Business Solutions | CEO, Freemarkets Inc. |
| Ed Meese | Think Tank | Heritage Foundation |
| Lew Meibergen and Suzy Meibergen | Goods/Services | President, Johnston Enterprises/WG Johnston Grain Co |
| Don Meyers and Deede Meyers | Attorney | Self Employed |
| Jerry Milbank and Caroline Milbank | Investment Management | CEO/Principal, Milbank Winthrop & Co. |
| Jack Miller and Goldie Miller | Retail | CEO/President, Quill Corp. |
| Mark Mix | Advocacy Group | President, National Right to Work Committee |
| Joe Moeller and Mary Moeller | Koch Industries | Vice Chairman |
| Steve Moore | Media | member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board |
| David Murfin | Energy | President, Murfin Drilling Co. |
| Walter Negley and Suzette Negley | Director of the Brown Foundation (from George Brown of Houston's Brown & Root construction) | |
| Mina Nguyen | ||
| Larry Nichols and Polly Nichols | Energy | Executive Chairman, Devon Energy Corp |
| Sean Noble | (??)Front Group Political consulting | (??)Americans for Prosperity Noble Associates (specializing in Campaign Management, Crisis Communications, Developing the Message, Grassroots Development & Deployment...), Phoenix AZ; Koch-supported Americans for Limited Government[3] |
| Tim Oelke and Teresa Oelke | Advocacy Group/Construction | Teresa – State Director of Americans for Prosperity , Tim – Crossland Construction Corp |
| Eric O’Keefe | Front Group | Sam Adams Alliance |
| Kurt Pfotenhauer and Nancy Pfotenhauer | Media | President of MediaSpeak Strategies/former political commentator on Fox News , CNN and MSNBC and former Senior Policy Advisor and National Spokesperson with the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign |
| Tim Phillips | Advocacy Group | president, Americans for Prosperity |
| Ramesh Ponnuru | Media | Columnist, National Review (magazine) |
| Art Pope and Kathy Pope | Goods/Services | Senior Exec, Variety Wholesaler; board member, Americans for Prosperity and John Locke Foundation; Pope Foundation |
| Russ Roberts | Attorney? (wrong man, I think; Economist.) | Roberts, Ashby & Parrish(if the attorney); George Mason University economics professor |
| Corbin Robertson and Barbara Robertson | Energy | Coal baron; President, Quintana Minerals Corp and Natural Resource Partners; director of global warming inaction front groups (& media campaign) CO2 Is Green and Plants Need CO2 |
| Richard Roder and Karin Hsu | Construction Management | CEO, Cmt-Construction Management, Addison TX |
| Gary Rogers and Kathleen Rogers | Goods | Former CEO, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream |
| Durk Rorie | Manufacturing | United Air Specialists air purification systems, Cincinnati |
| Chris Rufer | Goods/Manufacturing | Morningstar Company (harvests, processes, cans, and ships most California tomatoes.) |
| Peter Schiff and Martha O’Brien | Investor | Schiff : Euro Pacific Capital Inc. (son of Irwin Schiff of the United States tax protester movement) |
| Steve Schwarzman and Christine Schwarzman | Financial Services | CEO/founder, Blackstone Group |
| Rick Sharp and Sherry Sharp | Retail | Former CEO, Circuit City |
| Mike Simmonds and Lin Simmonds | Services | CEO, Simmonds Restaurant Mgm |
| Peter Smith | Services | CEO, Services Group of America, Scottsdale AZ |
| Dick Strong | Investment Services | Strong/Corneliuson Capital Mgmt |
| Michael Sullivan | Investment Services (???) | CR Intrinsic Investors or not; since a "Michael Quinn Sullivan is president and CEO of Empower Texans, and its premier project, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility." |
| Ray Thompson and Ladeline Thompson | Manufacturing | President/CEO, Semitool; Raymon F. Thompson owns the airplane that Tea Party Patriots Jenny-Beth Martin and Mark Meckler flew in to rallies, in 2010[4] |
| Lynn Tilton | Investment Management | CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC |
| Dave True and Melanie True | Oil | Partner, True Oil, LLC |
| Steve Twist | Services | VP and General Counsel for Services Group of America, Scottsdale, AZ
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| Jim Ehr and Gayla Von Ehr | Research/Development | CEO, Zyvex Corp |
| Rick Waller and Debra Waller | Manufacturing | Rick Waller owns Rollmeister Inc in Neenah, WI, serving the paper industry;
Debra Waller is CEO of Wisconsin-based underwear maker Jockey International, and spent five years on the Board of Directors for Marshall & Ilsley Bank[5] in Milwaukee, WI |
| Peter Wallison | Think Tank | Fellow, American Enterprise Institute |
| Bill Walton and Sarah Walton | Real Estate | Allied Capital Corp |
| Lew Ward and Myra Ward | Oil | Ward Petroleum Corporation owns and operates wells. It engages in oil and gas exploration and production. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Enid, Oklahoma. |
| Dick Weekley | Real Estate | Weekley Properties; chairman, Texans for Lawsuit Reform |
| Fred Wehba and Susie Wehba | Real Estate | LA-based private real estate investment firm BentleyForbes |
| Nestor Weigand and Darcy Buehler | Real Estate | JP Weigand & Sons Real Estate, Wichita, KS |
| Dick Weiss and Mary Beth Weiss | Life | Wells Fargo and Hawthorne Ranch, near Chicago IL |
| Howard Wilkins and Rhonda Wilkins | (??) Insurance | C. Howard Wilkins Jr. founded Maverick Development Corporation (restaurant management), Wichita KS [3]; earlier, Pizza Hut, and ambassador to Netherlands
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| Don Wills and Sue Wills | Oil, Banking | Partner in Wills Oil Company and Adams-Wills Oil Company, Texas |
| Larry Winnerman and Lorraine Winnerman | Real Estate | Win Win Enterprises, Aspen CO |
| Joe Woodford | Manufacturing | Woodford Manufacturing, Woodford Foundation, Colorado Springs |
| Earl Wright | Finance | AMG National Trust, Alliance for Choice and Education (ACE) trustee, Colorado |
| Karen Wright and Tom Rastin | Energy/Manufacturing | Tom Rastin, vice president of marketing and engineering, Ariel Corp (natural gas compressors, Ohio) – Karen Wright, Ariel CEO |
| Cliff Yonce and Susan Yonce | Investment Banking | Goldman Sachs |
| Fred Young and Sandra Young | Manufacturing | Fred Young Jr., Former Owner, Young Radiator Company of Racine, WI ; Cato Institute board member, trustee of the Reason Foundation |
Attendees' actions
Climate confusion - silent directorships
Coal baron attendee Corbin Robertson was a silent partner in a media and web disinformation campaign involving climate disinformation groups Plants Need CO2 and CO2 Is Green.
Tea Party - airplane provided
Tea Party Patriot leaders flew around the country to rallies in an airplane owned by attendee Raymon F. Thompson of Semitool.[4]
Americans for Prosperity - speech
"...underwear executive Debra Waller -- the Chief Executive Officer of Jockey International, Inc. -- revealed a lot about her opinions at the most recent annual convention of "Americans for Prosperity" (AFP) for its chapter in Wisconsin. ..."[5]
Campaign contributions - $35+ million
"Invitees to the June 2010* Koch Brothers meeting of conservative donors, media, and political figures have contributed at least $35 million to federal candidates, parties, and political committees over the past 20 years, according to Campaign Money Watch analysis of data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics."[6]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ Lee Fang (2010-10-20). MEMO: Health insurance, banking, oil industries met with Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck to plot 2010 election. Climate Progress. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
- ↑ Tom Morton (2010-06-20). Beware government growth, liberty group says. Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved on 2011-03-30.
- ↑ Kenneth P. Vogel and Ben Smith (2011-02-11). Kochs brothers' plan for 2012: raise $88 million. Politico.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-31. “Sean Noble, another top Koch operative, has been hired by Americans for Limited Government, another group that sources say received donations from Koch conference attendees for its efforts to attack Democrats during the 2010 midterm campaign.”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stephanie Mencimer (2010-10-28). A Secret Tea Party Donor Revealed. Mother Jones. Retrieved on 2010-11-12. “Who's paying for the plane?...Using publicly available flight-tracking information on the Internet and the schedule posted on the Tea Party Patriots website, we were able to determine the owner of "Patriot One." As Temple suggested, he is not exactly what you'd call a "grassroots" donor. His name is Raymon F. Thompson, and he's the founder and former CEO of Semitool, a semiconductor company he recently sold for $364 million.”
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lisa Graves (2011-03-29). Is Your Underwear Undermining Your Values? What Is Jockey's CEO Doing at a Tea Partiers' Convention and with David Koch?. Center for Media and Democracy. Retrieved on 2011-03-30. “underwear executive Debra Waller -- the Chief Executive Officer of Jockey International, Inc. -- revealed a lot about her opinions at the most recent annual convention of "Americans for Prosperity" (AFP) for its chapter in Wisconsin.”
- ↑ No byline (2010). Koch Meeting Invitees Have Donated $35 Million to Federal Candidates, PACs, and Party Committees. Campaign Money Watch. Retrieved on 2011-03-30.
Related SourceWatch Articles
External resources
- Charles Koch (2010-09-24). Koch letter of invitation to Jan. 2011 meeting in Rancho Mirage, CA. Koch Industries (posted on ThinkProgress). Retrieved on 2010-10-02.
