Alan Simpson

Leadership & Staff

Jim Link Former staffer for Sen. Alan Simpson and Reps. Dickinson, Cheney; lobbyist for American Capitol Group

• Legislative assistant ('92→'95)

Elise Gemeinhardt-Burns Lobbyist and Former Legislative Assistant for Alan Simpson

• Legislative Assistant (?→'97)

Michael Tongour Former staffer for Sen. Alan Simpson; managing partner of TCH Group

• Chief Counsel/Staff Director (past)

Business Positions

BP America Inc

• Member, External Advisory Council ('10→?)

Tongour Simpson Holsclaw and Cooney LLC A government relations consulting firm.

• Lobbyist

Board Memberships

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Bipartisan deficit-reducing commission established by Obama in February 2010

• Co-Chairman (Feb '10→?)

Commission on Presidential Debates Nonprofit, bipartisan presidential election debate corporation

• Director

The Can Kicks Back

• advisory board member

Moment of Truth Project

• advisory board member

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget austerity think tank housed at New America Foundation

• Board Member

Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform

• member ('94)

Joe Foss Institute

• Advisory Board

Positions

Fix the Debt organization advocating fiscal austerity

• steering committee member ('12→?)

Senate Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee

• Position

Senate Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee of the Judiciary

• Position

Alfalfa Club Exclusive DC club for the rich and powerful since 1913

• President ('82→?)

Government Positions

Senate Special Committee on Aging

• Position

Social Security Subcommittee

• Position

Donations

George W Bush For President Presidential Campaign Organization

• Donation · 2,450 USD ('99→'04)

Friends of Dick Lugar Inc

• Donation · 1,000 USD ('00)

Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee PAC For 2000 Senate Campaign

• Donation · 500 USD ('99)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 4

Wyoming Republican Party Inc.

• 21 contributions · 11,650 USD ('96→'12)

Mitt Romney U.S. senator from Utah, former Massachusetts governor

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD ('12)

George W Bush 43rd U.S. president, ex-governor of Texas, son of George H. W. Bush.

• 3 contributions · 2,200 USD ('99→'04)

Craig Lyle Thomas US Representative and Senator from Wyoming (Republican)

• 3 contributions · 2,036 USD ('94→'06)

Barbara L Cubin US Representative from Wyoming

• 2 contributions · 1,338 USD ('96→'98)

Richard Green Lugar Former Republican US Senator from Indiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Janice D Stoney Nebraska business leader and Republican candidate for US Senate in 1994

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('94)

Frank Murkowski

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Rod Grams US Representative and Senator from Minnesota

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('99)

Don Nickles Chairman & CEO of the Nickles Group, LLC and Former US Senator from Oklahoma

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Campaign Donors

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Phillips Peter Lobbyist, Reed Smith

• 6 contributions · 3,000 USD ('89→Mar 27 '95)

Jack Welch Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric

• 4 contributions · 2,500 USD ('89→'90)

C Douglas Dillon Treasury Secretary 1961-1965; investment banker

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('90)

R. Earl Holding CEO, Sinclair Oil

• 3 contributions · 2,000 USD ('90→'94)

John M Harbert III Alabama civil engineer

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('89)

Larry J Hochberg Retired CEO, Sportmart

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('89→Jul 24 '89)

Armand Hammer Multi-millionaire industrialist

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('90)

Lewis Rudin New York city developer; Rudin Managment Company

• 3 contributions · 2,000 USD (Jun 6 '89)

Jack Valenti Public face of the movie and television production industry for 38 years

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('89→'95)

Peter M Flanigan advisor to UBS Securities; former Nixon aide

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('89)

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 15 '79→Jan 3 '97)

Wall Street Journal CEO Council 120 of the world’s most powerful chief executives

• Member

Rotary International Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders.

• Member

Iraq Study Group

• Member ('06→?)

Schools

University of Wyoming College of Law

• JD (?→'58)

University of Wyoming

• Bachelor's Degree (?→'54)

Social

Robert Reich former: Berkeley public policy professor, Clinton labor secretary

• Professional

Chuck Blahous Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute & Social Security reform crusader

• an ex-Legislative Director ('89→'96)