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PRESS RELEASE Embargoed Until: May 5, 2016 Contact: Virginia Coyne [email protected]

WASHINGTON LIFE MAGAZINE RELEASES 2016 “POWER 100” ISSUE 11th annual listing of Washington’s most influential people NOT working on Capitol Hill or for the administration

Washington Life Magazine’s annual listing of the 100 most powerful people in Washington outside of government includes influential lobbyists, journalists, union leaders, political fundraisers, campaign strategists and business and real estate moguls.

The criteria used to select individuals for the list remains the same each year: Knowledge is power, influence is power, access is power, the perception of power is power and money can translate into power, depending on how it’s used.

BY THE NUMBERS: There are 42 new names on the list this year, including ’ political operatives Tad Devine and Scott Goodstein, advisor Paul Manafort, Andrew Shapiro and Michael Allen of Beacon Strategies, who are advising both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on foreign policy, Emily’s List President Stephanie Schriock, Washington Nationals owners Ted and Mark Lerner and MGM National Harbor President Lorenzo Creighton.

48 are politicos, lobbyists, consultants and money influencers, including Tom Donohue and Scott Reed of the Chamber of Commerce, Guy Cecil of the Super PAC Priorities USA, right-wing pollster , lobbyist Tony Podesta and his brother and Clinton campaign manager , Democratic strategist Steve Elmendorf, the Blackstone Group’s Wayne Berman, the American Petroleum Institute’s Jack Gerard, SEIU’s Mary Kay Henry, Apple’s Cynthia Hogan, Google’s Susan Molinari and the leaders of dueling Jewish lobbies: J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami and AIPAC’s Howard Kohr.

20 are media notables, including ’s Fred Ryan and Marty Baron, CEO Robert Allbritton, Atlantic Media’s David Bradley, CNN’s and , Fox’s and Brett Baier, NBC’s , MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, ABC’s Martha Raddatz, CBS’s John Dickerson, PBS’s Gwen Ifill and , Media’s Jim Bankoff and Ezra Klein and The Huffington Post’s and Ryan Grim (who we describe as a “well-liked manager,” and made headlines over Correspondents’ weekend for engaging in a scuffle with a anchor.)

24 are business leaders, such as José Andrés, who is embroiled in a legal battle with Donald Trump for pulling out of the Trump Hotel and the chief executives of the Marriott, Hilton and Choice hotel chains. Four are defense contractors, five are real estate developers and six people are in the financial industry, including Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank, Goldman Sachs Executive Vice President John F.W. Rogers and Morgan Stanley Vice President Tom Nides, who has become emblematic of the revolving door between government and Wall Street.

28 (the most ever) are women, like Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Katie Walsh, communications executives Anita Dunn and Hilary Rosen, IMF Director Christine Lagarde and Hillary Clinton confidante Cheryl Mills.

Carlyle Group co-founder and Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein and Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter made our cover, and the pages feature not only our Power 100 list, but a special photo essay highlighting powerful mothers and fathers with their sons and daughters, including Ted and Zach Leonsis, and Evan Morgan, Jon and Mary Anne Huntsman, Sally Quinn and and Howard and Meredith Fineman. Sidebars highlight the pervasive Saudi Arabian influence in Washington and which interest groups are spending the most money on Capitol Hill.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: An interview with “Dark Money” author Jane Mayer, as well as an excerpt from the book; an opinion piece by Peabody Corporation President Mike Peabody and former Republican Congresswoman Connie Morella, now leaders of ISSUE ONE, a group dedicated to reducing the influence of money in politics; and a special feature on NSA whistleblowers Bill Binney, Kirk Wiebe and Thomas Drake that reflects the power of the intelligence community.

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED PDF FOR A FULL VERSION OF THE POWER 100 FEATURE, THE POWER FAMILIES PHOTO ESSAY, THE “DARK MONEY” EXCERPT AND JANE MAYER INTERVIEW, THE MONEY IN POLITICS OPINION PIECE AND THE STORY ON NSA WHISTLEBLOWERS.

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