He was Bush’s lead staff liaison to the U.S. business community. Since joining the firm, Kirk has focused on firm management and new client development, while providing strategic counsel to the firm’s clients.

Previous to his Presidential appointment, Kirk served in several key positions, including: Director of External Affairs, Philip Morris Companies Inc.; Special Assistant to Chairman Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee; and Special Assistant to U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.

Kirk served as the National Chairman for Young Professionals for John McCain during the 2008 Presidential election. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of The Fund for American Studies, a member of the Board of Governors of the Bryce Harlow Foundation, a member of the Economic Club of Washington D.C. and Co-Chair St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School Capital Campaign – Saints Together, Our Campaign for Community.

The Atlanta, Georgia native is a graduate of Auburn University.

During her tenure as a liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives, Kirsten focused on numerous issues including education, agriculture, tax and trade. In this capacity, she served as the primary point of contact for the President and senior White House staff to the House Republican leadership and the Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways & Means committees for these issues. Kirsten managed the day-to-day White House legislative strategy for several major pieces of legislation in the 107th and 108th Congresses, including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (HR 1), the Trade Act of 2002 (HR 3009) and the Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003 (HR 2). Kirsten co-chaired the interagency task force charged with passing the Trade Promotion Authority Act in 2001-2002.

Prior to joining the Administration, Kirsten was a Principal at the law firm of O’Brien Calio, LLP. From April to August 2000, she was the Deputy Assistant Convention Manager for Public Liaison at the Republican National Convention. Kirsten also served in the George H. W. Bush Administration in 1992 and as a volunteer on the gubernatorial campaign of Governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts.

The Boston, Massachusetts native is a graduate of Penn State University.

Mike was the senior policy advisor for legislative matters. In addition, he managed Pickering’s activities on the Energy and Commerce Committee and his roles as the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Wireless Telecommunications Caucus and the Congressional Electricity Caucus.

Before joining Pickering’s staff, Mike was the Office Manager and Press Aide to Mississippi Congressman Roger Wicker. He worked on the presidential campaign for Senator Phil Gramm during the 1996 election cycle. Mike also served at the RNC in 1994, when Republicans took back majority control in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The McComb, Mississippi native graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Patrick previously served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President for Operations under President Trump. As the principal liaison for the Chief of Staff’s Office, he directed the day-to-day management of seven offices responsible for ensuring efficient delivery of operational support to the President. He also served as a principal negotiator and planner of the President’s high-profile international missions to include numerous bilateral state visits, a covert trip to Iraq, the Singapore Summit with North Korea, the G7, G20, APEC, ASEAN, and World Economic Forum.

Prior to his role in the White House, Patrick served as a senior political aide to U.S. Senator Rob Portman, coordinating the Senator’s national and state-wide political activities during one of the most closely watched campaigns of the 2016 cycle. He previously worked on a number of political finance campaigns, including the NRSC’s historic nine-seat gain during the 2014 cycle.

On Capitol Hill, Kate served as Staff Director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Subcommittee on Aging, and led efforts to address the nation’s nursing shortage. Prior to that, she spent four years as Senior Legislative Assistant to Senator Tim Hutchinson. She advised the senator on a wide variety of issues, including health care, aging, taxes, budget and small business. Kate was a key negotiator in the 2002 bioterrorism conference committee, the Patient’s Bill of Rights debate and the 1997 legislation to reform the Food and Drug Administration. Before joining Hutchinson’s staff, she worked on the legislative staff of Senator Bill Cohen.

At Fierce Government Relations, Kate manages a diverse portfolio of health care clients, ranging from insurers, hospitals and home care providers to the generic drug industry. She offered key strategic advice and guidance to clients throughout the 2009/2010 health care reform debate and during consideration of key health legislation such as the Medicare Modernization Act, the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act. Kate also serves as Executive Director of the Corporate Health Care Coalition, a group of the country’s leading employers that provide self-insured health benefits to their employees.

The Maine native graduated from the College of William and Mary, in Virginia.

Immediately after graduating from the University of Richmond Billy joined the office of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as a special assistant and served in a variety of capacities over the next many years. From late 2002 until his departure, he held the position of Chief of Staff for Leader McConnell. In this role he oversaw McConnell’s staff in Washington, D.C. and Kentucky, as well as serving as his principal political advisor.

During his tenure with McConnell, Billy was involved in a variety of important legislative and political accomplishments. For several years, he led the senator’s efforts to draft, pass and implement legislation dealing with the complex issues surrounding elimination of the chemical weapons stockpile at the Bluegrass Army Depot and the cleanup of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. He also served as a crucial liaison between Leader McConnell and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, as well as directly with campaigns and candidates across the country. This was just one of the many reasons that McConnell referred to Billy as the “indispensable man.”

The Kentucky native graduated from the University of Richmond.

Prior to joining the State Department, Jake spent four years as Policy Director for Chairwoman Elise Stefanik at the House Republican Conference. In this capacity he interfaced daily with senior leadership and committee staff to advance a unifying legislative and communications agenda for all House Republicans. He also served as Conference parliamentarian, advising the Chairwoman, Speaker, and Speaker pro tempore on procedure and the application of House and Conference rules for internal leadership elections.

In the first Trump Administration, Jake served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council where he prepared all national security-related documents for the President and two National Security Advisors. Jake collaborated with internal senior White House staff, Federal departments, and independent agencies to facilitate the national security decision-making process and executed presidential travel to Japan, South Korea, France, Switzerland, and India.

Jake’s prior Capitol Hill experience included four years as Staff Director of the House Republican Policy Committee under Chairman Luke Messer and four years at the House Homeland Security Committee advising both Chairman Peter King and Chairman Michael McCaul on matters of parliamentary procedure.