David Thompson serves as Senior Vice President of Capitol Hill Consulting Group, where he represents clients on issues related to appropriations, energy, health care, high-technology, and financial services. Prior to joining Capitol Hill Consulting Group, Mr. Thompson served as a longtime aide to U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), where he started working in 1993. After serving many years in the personal office staffing the Congressman on the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Thompson moved to the Speaker’s policy office. He most recently served as Assistant to the Speaker for Policy, focusing on Agriculture, Energy, Environment, Judiciary, and Natural Resource issues. Mr. Thompson resides in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife and their four children.