Barre Seid
Barre Seid Credentials Background Barre Seid is an American Industrialist and past chairman and CEO of Trippe Lite (formerly Trippe Manufacturing Company), a surge protector manufacturer. He has also controlled Fiber Bond of Michigan City, Indiana and is the founder of the Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation.1“Tripp Lite Appoints New President,” CIO. September 22, 2011. Archived August […]
David Dilley
David Dilley Credentials Background David Dilley is currently the President and Chief Research Scientist of Global Weather Oscillations, Inc. (GWO), which he formed in 1992. According to its website, Global Weather Oscillations was founded “with the clear understanding that most weather and climate […]
C. Boyden Gray
C. Boyden Gray Credentials Background C. Boyden Gray (Clayland Boyden Gray) was an attorney and lobbyist and founding partner at the lobbying firm Boyden Gray & Associates in Washington, DC. He had been a lobbyist for a variety of corporations, including Exelon, First Energy Corporation, Amgen, Geneva […]
Thomas Pyle
Thomas Pyle Credentials Background Thomas Pyle is President of both the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance (AEA).1 “Thomas J. Pyle: President,” Institute for Energy Research. Archived October 19, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vtwzz 2 “Thomas Pyle: President,” American Energy Alliance. Archived October 19, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/uqRyS Prior […]
Charles Drevna
Charles Drevna Credentials Background Charles T. Drevna was the President and CEO of Fueling U.S. Forward, a pro fossil fuel organization funded by Koch Industries and other oil and gas companies that launched in August, 2016 and shut down in September 2017. Drevna described the group as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit business association, allowing for both […]
Lamar Smith
Profile image of Lamar Smith speaking at the Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC12), screenshot via YouTube. Lamar S. Smith Credentials Background Representative Lamar S. Smith is a U.S. Republican Representative for Texas’s 21st congressional district and Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology. Smith announced he would be […]
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM)
American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Background The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is a national trade association representing 98 percent of oil refining capacity in the United States. The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers describes itself as the “trade association representing high-tech American manufacturers of virtually the entire U.S. supply of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, other […]
Ethical Oil Institute
Ethical Oil Institute Background The Ethical Oil Institute has been described as a nonprofit “astroturf” organization that started as a joint project of Ezra Levant and Alykhan Velshi. The Ethical Oil Institute was officially incorporated on March 9, 2011, and […]
Knowledge and Progress Fund
Knowledge and Progress Fund Background The Knowledge and Progress Fund (KPF) is one of several Koch Family Foundations, and is controlled by Koch company director Richard Fink (President). Charles Koch, his wife Elizabeth B Koch, and his son, Charles (Chase) Koch, are all on the KPF board. The Koch brothers are co-owners of Koch Industries, […]
America Rising LLC | PAC | America Rising Squared | Definers Public Affairs
America Rising America Rising and Affiliated Entities Background on America Rising America Rising LLC and America Rising PAC were founded in Spring of 2013, in response to perceived Democratic superiority in the field of opposition research. The related but distinct corporate entities are both commonly referred to as America Rising, and the entities are often confused. Most […]
