David Leiter

Lobbyist | Former Cheif of Staff, John Kerry

David has more than 30 years of experience as a senior manager, political strategist and policy advisor at the federal, state and local levels of government. As the principal executive in the Washington, DC office of ML Strategies, he works to build relationships with key decision-makers on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch, and focuses on issues related to technology, higher education, and energy funding and policy. David served as a presidential appointee in the Clinton-Gore Administration, where he was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to joining the Department of Energy, David served for seven years as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, directing all operations in the Washington, DC and state offices. Prior to his work with Senator Kerry, he served as Chief of Staff to Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Richard Licht. Previously, David served as Legislative Assistant and principal advisor on budget and appropriations issues to U.S. Senator Wendell Ford of Kentucky. In 1980, Ford became the ranking member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and David managed the Democratic staff. Education B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Providence College Masters of Public Administration with a concentration in policy analysis and budgeting from American University

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Tony Podesta	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Michael Everett Capuano, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Daniel B Wofford, Maine Democratic State Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Robin Carnahan, Jay Rockefeller, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln, Hillary for America
Victor H Fazio	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Jay Inslee, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Ira S Shapiro, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jill Lynette Long Thompson, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Lisa Kountoupes	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Jay Inslee, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Jill Lynette Long Thompson, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Robin Carnahan, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Charles M Brain	Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Michael Everett Capuano, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Ira S Shapiro, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Jill Lynette Long Thompson, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Woody Kaplan	Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Michael Everett Capuano, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Richard A Licht, Maine Democratic State Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Elizabeth Warren, Robin Carnahan, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Setti Warren
James C Free	Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Jay Inslee, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, John William Conway, Mark Begich, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Kate Moss	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, John William Conway, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Robin Carnahan, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Blanche L Lincoln
David Castagnetti	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Michael Everett Capuano, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Daniel B Wofford, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Setti Warren, Blanche L Lincoln
Lawrence F O'Brien III	Shelley Berkley, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Michael Everett Capuano, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Tom PAC, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
John D Raffaelli	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Harry Teague, Tom PAC, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Daniel C Tate Jr	Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Jill Lynette Long Thompson, John William Conway, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Steven M Champlin	Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Tom PAC, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Blanche L Lincoln
Norm Brownstein	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Marty Meehan, Bob Menendez, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Blanche L Lincoln
Heather Podesta	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Timothy H Bishop, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Michael Everett Capuano, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Dick Durbin, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Peter Visclosky, Tom Daschle, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Al Franken, John William Conway, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Jeffrey R Gural	Evan Bayh, Timothy H Bishop, Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Paul David Tonko, Maine Democratic State Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Tom Downey	Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Timothy H Bishop, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Paul David Tonko, Maine Democratic State Committee, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine
Frederick Graefe	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Marty Meehan, Kendrick B Meek, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Tom PAC, Richard Paul Weiland, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Max Baucus, Robin Carnahan, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Melissa Schulman	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Barney Frank, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Linda T Sánchez, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, M-PAC, Jill Lynette Long Thompson, Mark Begich, Daniel B Maffei, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Donnelly, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Kirsten Gillibrand, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Lisa Murkowski, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Tim Kaine, Blanche L Lincoln
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Evan Bayh, Shelley Berkley, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod Brown, Maria Cantwell, Lois Capps, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, A B Chandler, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Byron Dorgan, Dick Durbin, Eliot Engel, Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Doris Okada Matsui, Claire McCaskill, Bob Menendez, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Tom Daschle, Max Cleland, Robert Guy Torricelli, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Al Franken, Mark Begich, Jeanne Shaheen, Michael Bennet, Max Baucus, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Chris Coons, Blanche L Lincoln

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Aliases	David J Leiter

David Leiter

Lobbyist | Former Cheif of Staff, John Kerry

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