LittleSis: John A Allison IV

John Allison was the President and CEO of the Cato Institute until April 2015. Prior to joining Cato, Allison was Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, the 10th largest financial services holding company headquartered in the United States. During his tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets. He was recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 most successful CEOs in the world over the last decade. Allison has received the Corning Award for Distinguished Leadership, been inducted into the North Carolina Business Hall of Fame, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Banker. He is a former Distinguished Professor of Practice at Wake Forest University School of Business, and serves on the Board of Visitors at the business schools at Wake Forest, Duke, and UNC-Chapel Hill. Allison is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his master’s degree in management from Duke University, and is also a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Donor	Common Recipients
James G Martin	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Patrick McHenry, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Harold Johnson
Robert H Pickens	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Robert Hurt
Michael Miller	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Rand Paul
Nancy Ann Hunt	Richard Burr, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Sandra Adams, Martha Roby, Steve Southerland, Ilario Gregory Pantano
Augusta Petrone	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Ilario Gregory Pantano
Paul Reid	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Stephen Fincher, Rand Paul
Lewis Lehrman	Michele Bachmann, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Stephen Fincher, Sandra Adams
George G Daniels	John McCain, Patrick McHenry, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Sandra Adams, Rand Paul
Roddey Dowd Jr	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Patrick McHenry, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
Ernest Mario	Richard Burr, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Robert Hurt, Martha Roby, Steve Southerland
Richard S Griffith	Michele Bachmann, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Rand Paul, Ilario Gregory Pantano
Mercedes Cecchi	Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Stephen Fincher, Robert Hurt, E Scott Rigell
Dana K Anderson	Michele Bachmann, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Stephen Fincher, Rand Paul
Donna Stephenson	Richard Burr, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sandra Adams, Steve Southerland
Michael W Haley	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
Ken Griffin	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Patrick McHenry, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
James Goodnight	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, Patrick McHenry, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
Richard H Kimberly	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Steve Southerland
James E Hyland	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Patrick McHenry, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Robert Hurt, E Scott Rigell
Kelly Roberts	Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle

Donor

Common Recipients

James G Martin

Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Virginia Ann Foxx, John McCain, Patrick McHenry, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney, Harold Johnson

Robert H Pickens

Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, Lauch Faircloth, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Robert Hurt

Michael Miller

Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Rand Paul

Nancy Ann Hunt

Richard Burr, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Daniel Webster, Mitt Romney, Sandra Adams, Martha Roby, Steve Southerland, Ilario Gregory Pantano

Augusta Petrone

Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, John McCain, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Senate Conservatives Fund, Mitt Romney, Sharron E Angle, Ilario Gregory Pantano