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Rising Lobby Stars
Denise Davis Davis Kaufman, Former Chief of Staff to House Speaker Joe Straus, Former House 1 Parliamentarian and General Counsel, Former General Counsel to Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff, Former Texas Senate Jurisprudence Committee General Counsel, Former Public Information Assistant to Lt. Governor Bill Hobby, Former Baker Botts Law Firm Member Deirdre Delisi Delisi Communications, Former Texas Transportation Commission Chair, Former Chief of 1 Staff and Campaign Manager for Governor Rick Perry, Wife of Veteran GOP Consultant Ted Delisi Craig Chick Capitol Partners Consulting CoFounder, Former Senior Advisor to House Speaker Joe 3 Straus, State Senator Kyle Janek and State Rep. Fred Bosse, Former Texas Association of Realtors Political Affairs Director Mark Miner McGuireWoods Senior Vice President, Former Communications Director and Chief 4 Spokesman for Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore and the Republican National Committee, Perry Presidential Campaign Press Secretary Gardner Pate Locke Lord, Chief Campaign Finance Advisor and Attorney for Texas Attorney General Greg 5 Abbott Campaign, Campaign Finance Advisor to Comptroller Susan Combs and Numerous Texas Legislators Lisa Kaufman Davis Kaufman, Former Budget & Policy Director for House Speaker Joe Straus, Former 6 General Counsel to State Senator Robert Duncan, Former Texas Civil Justice League Executive Director and General Counsel, Former U.S. Senate and House Attorney David White Comptroller Susan Combs Campaign Consultant and Former Senior Policy Advisor, Former 7 Governor Rick Perry Political Director, Former State Rep. Wayne Christian Chief of Staff, Former Young Conservatives of Texas State Chairman Jim Dow 8 Cross Oak Group, Former Texas 20/20 PAC Executive Director, Former Texas House Aide, Former Texas Official for Obama White House Office of Public Engagement Chris Keffer 9 Eppstein Group, Son of State Rep. Jim Keffer Whitney Whitmire 10 Association of Women in Energy Board, AT&T External Affairs Consultant, Former School Teacher, Daughter of Texas Senate Dean John Whitmire Haley Cornyn 11 HillCo Partners, Daughter of U.S. Senator John Cornyn Chris Hosek 12 Texas Star Alliance, Former Chief of Staff to Elizabeth Ames Jones at the Texas Railroad Commission and Texas House Holly Deshields 13 McGuireWoods, Former Chief of Staff to State Senator Mike Jackson, Young Texans Against Cancer Founder Bruce Scott 14 Former Senior Advisor to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Former Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee Legislative Director under David Sibley Jason Smith 15 Cross Oak Group, Former Advisor to State Senator Tommy Williams, Former National Deputy Political Director for the Perry Presidential Campaign Jennifer Brown 16 Daughter and Lobby Associate of former State Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown Walt Smith http://capitolinside.com/members/lobby13-risingstars.htm 1/2 8/24/2015 Texas Lobby Power Rankings 2013 17 Locke Lord, Former Aide to Congressmen Henry Bonilla, Chet Edwards and Larry Combest, President George W. Bush Appointee Jenni Sellers 18 Former Chief of Staff to State Reps. Dan Flynn and Brandon Creighton Scott Stewart 19 Texas Lobby Solutions, Former Aide to State Representatives Jim Murphy and Ralph Sheffield, Former Austin Wranglers Arena Football League Media Relations Director Todd Kerchival 20 Former Chief of Staff to State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran Eddie Solis HillCo Partners, Former Special Assistant for Legislative and Border Affairs at the Texas 21 Comptroller's Office, Former Texas Municipal Retirement System Director of Government Affairs Gregg Knaupe 22 Congress Avenue Partners, Former Texas Railroad Commission and Texas House Aide Tyler Rudd 23 Son of Former Texas House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Rudd Jay Arnold 24 Arnold Public Affairs, Former Aide to State Senator Bob Deuell, Former Texans for Rick Perry Campaign Staff, Son of Veteran GOP Consultant Jim Arnold J.P. Urrabazo 25 Longbow Partners, Former Texas Senate Aide
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