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JENNIFER NOLAND GENERAL COUNSEL

Jennifer Noland, General Counsel (worked for Patty Murray and Norm Dicks - she was there at the startup 2002)

Jennifer has been involved with McBee Strategic since its inception, and officially joined the firm in November 2002. Jennifer handles all legal matters, and also serves as the company’s financial manager. Prior to joining McBee Strategic, Jennifer practiced corporate law at Cooley Godward, LLP in Reston, Virginia. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School in 2001, where she was an Editor on the Stanford Law Review. Before law school, Jennifer worked in Washington, DC for both Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks. Jennifer graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington in 1995 with a degree in Human Behavioral Studies
http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/generalcounsel.asp

STEVE McBEE PRESIDENT & CEO (SENIOR AIDE TO NORM DICKS - father was a gov lobbyist for years, campaign money)

Steve McBee, President & CEO. (Senior Aide to Norm Dicks)
Steve McBee is the founder of McBee Strategic Consulting, LLC, which provides bespoke advisory services, risk mitigation advice, and governmental advocacy on a national scale. The firm’s client roster includes numerous Fortune 100 corporations, institutional investors, the venture capital community, and start-ups that display a high potential for rapid growth. Launched eight years ago with a staff of two, McBee Strategic now includes more than 50 professionals, spread across three offices on both the east and west coasts of the US. The company’s rapid growth notched industry-high 18% revenue growth, far outpacing its peers.

Though McBee Strategic advises numerous household-name firms such as Google, General Electric, The Boeing Company, American Airlines, Time Warner Cable, and Federal Express, it has developed a well-deserved reputation for helping renewable energy and clean technology companies navigate Washington and the global capital markets. This reputation has yielded tangible results: Over the past three years, McBee clients have landed more than $2.6 billion in U.S. Department of Energy awards.

Mr. McBee’s clients include some of the most advanced and visionary companies in the business, such as Tesla Motors and BrightSource Energy.

Mr. McBee’s success hasn’t gone unnoticed in the popular press: A recognized thought leader in Washington, on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, the former Capitol Hill staff member has built a reputation for identifying global trends in public policy long before his competitors do. Hailed by Roll Call in 2009 as one of the most effective players in Washington, Mr. McBee has also been recognized as “Best in the Business” for three years running by influential Beltway publication The Hill.

In 2007, Mr. McBee created McBee Strategic Capital Markets, which provides investors with sophisticated advice and analysis to help them identify and manage political and regulatory risk. As part of the work in this unit, McBee Strategic provides deep Washington analysis under a co-branding arrangement with Sanford C. Bernstein, the largest and most venerated sell-side research firm on Wall Street. Beneficiaries of this intelligence include clients such as Deutsche Bank, UBS, Bank of America, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, BLACKROCK (interesting - bronxville), the Royal Bank of Canada, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/president.asp

This guy (wiith Jennifer Noland) started the company and it started making billions within the first few years...These are BIG companies and they hired a startup company...

MIKE SHEEHY: Executive Vice President (security advisor to Nancy Pelosi):-

Mike Sheehy joined McBee Strategic in March of 2009, after more than thirty years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives. For six years, Mike was the national security advisor for Speaker of the House NANCY PELOSI. In that capacity, he served as the Speaker’s principal advisor on all matters affecting the security of the United States including defense, foreign policy, energy security, homeland security, and intelligence. Prior to joining the Speaker’s staff, Mike served for thirteen years as Democratic staff director and chief counsel on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence where he was responsible for the committee’s work in authorizing funding for, and overseeing the conduct of, the nation’s intelligence activities. Before joining the Intelligence Committee, he was chief of staff for Congressmen Richard Neal (D-MA) and Edward Boland (D-MA). Mike served in the Navy for five years before beginning his career on Capitol Hill. He holds a B.A. from Marquette University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/sheehy.asp

ELIZABETH “Betsy” PHILLIPS, EXECUTIVE VP (wked for Dicks - see note below)

Elizabeth “Betsy” Phillips, Executive Vice President. (worked 27 yrs in gov/moves to McBee in Sept., 2010... WHY?
Betsy joined McBee Strategic in September of 2010, after more than 27 years of government service. Prior to joining McBee Strategic, Betsy was a 25-year member of the professional staff of the House Appropriations Committee where she served on various Subcommittees. Betsy’s area of expertise encompasses the national security enterprise including defense and intelligence programs, security assistance, and diplomatic policy.

While on the professional staff of the Appropriations Committee, Betsy worked for both Democrat and Republican Subcommittee Chairmen, including Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Congressman NORM DICKS (D-WA), Congressman Bill Young (R-FL), and Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-CA). Her program and budget expertise ranges from Department of Navy shipbuilding programs to federal building programs of the General Services Administration. Betsy briefly left the Committee staff in 2007 to serve at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq where she developed and managed the civilian portion of the Joint Campaign Plan, providing strategic advice and consultation to the Ambassador and other members of the national security team in Baghdad and Washington, DC. Throughout the years Betsy has conducted oversight of many of the federal government agencies, including the Departments of Defense and State as well as the Office of Management and Budget, providing a wealth of information on the functioning of the executive branch and its interaction with the legislative branch.
http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/phillips.asp

27 years in gov - 25 yrs Appropriation Com. and she leaves at the end of last year just as the investigation began.

Rick Desimone, Executive Vice President. (Murry’s Chief of Staff):-

Rick Desimone joined McBee Strategic in 2007. A Washington state native, Rick Desimone has served at the nexus of politics and government in Washington State for over 16 years. Rick’s political experience includes working on both of President Clinton’s successful campaigns in Washington State, managing Senator PATTY MURRAY’s (D-WA) successful re-election campaign in 1998, and contributing as a senior advisor to Senator MURRAY’S 2004 re-election effort. The 1998 effort resulted in Senator Murray being elected with the highest percentage vote for a U.S. Senate candidate in Washington State in over 20 years.

In government, Rick has worked for the City of Seattle, held an appointment during the Clinton Administration, and has served as Senator Murray’s Chief of Staff for the last 8 years. During Rick’s tenure as Senator Murray’s Chief of Staff, he played a key role in support of Senator Murray’s efforts to lead the Senate Democratic Caucus’ electoral strategy as she served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 2000 and 2002 election cycles, respectively. Rick also advised Senator Murray in her efforts to advance within the Senate Democratic Caucus where she now serves in the elected leadership as Conference Secretary.
http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/desimone.asp

CLIENT LIST:
http://new.mcbeestrategic.com/allclients.asp

STEVE McBEE’s **FATHER** DENNY is a well-known longtime lobbyist in DC and a large donor to both Dicks and Murray -
DENNY MILLER McBEE ASSOCIATES Inc.
http://projects.publicintegrity.org/lobby/profile.aspx?act=firms&year=2003&lo=L001534

Boeing protests ‘skewed process’ in tanker bidding
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004290476_webboprotest18.html

Old news BUT but why did EAD really win the contract over Boeing? (don’t have time to check - anyone know):-

If Rep. Dicks takes lead on Defense panel, Boeing may benefit
By Roxana Tiron - 02/09/10 09:59 PM ET

Dicks’s links to K Street come through Denny Miller (McBEE - bronxville)Associates. The firm has longstanding ties to Washington state, represents a large number of defense contractors and has hired several former DICKs (exphas - bronxville) staffers.

Meanwhile, McBee Strategic was started by STEVE McBEE McBee, a former POLICY AIDE FOR DICKS (my emphasis). McBee Strategic has expanded far beyond defense. Defense clients are only a small portion of the firm’s roster.

Dicks was among other members of the House Appropriations Defense panel who were INVESTIGATED (my emphas - bronxville) last year by the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) for directing earmarks to defense companies that had hired the NOW DEFUNCT (did they get loans - bronxville) lobby shop PMA Group, whose founder is under federal investigation for fraudulent campaign contributions. The OCE closed its investigation into Dicks, finding no cause to continue.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/80479-if-rep-dicks-takes-top-position-on-defense-panel-boeing-may-benefit

It needs to be reopened!

Lobbyists are Sen. Murray’s biggest donors

Top lobbyist donors

On Murray’s list of top-10 contributors are two lobbying firms. Employees at DENNY MILLER (McBEE - bronxville) Associates of Washington, D.C., have given $84,200 since 2005. Miller lobbies on behalf of a wide range of clients in Washington state, including Boeing, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and Swedish Medical Center, as well as defense contractors.

The other firm is McBee Strategic Consulting, whose founder, STEVE McBEE (bronxville), once worked for U.S. Rep. Norm DICKS, D-Bremerton. The firm’s president of Northwest operations is RICK DESIMONE, MURRAY’s former chief of staff. McBee has given $58,600 since 2005 to Murray’s campaign and to her PAC.

M-PAC is the 16th-largest leadership PAC in the Senate, with $435,000 in contributions between January 2009 and April 2010.

Murray has dipped into M-PAC to support a host of Democratic candidates and groups. Recipients include REID, the Senate majority leader; Senate Policy Chairman Sen. Byron DORGON; AND THE POLITICAL-ACTION COMMITTEE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

Murray’s Washington state colleague in the Senate, MARIA CANTWELL, IS ONE OF 13 SENATORS WHO DO NOT OPERATE A DEADERSHIP PAC (bronxville).

McGehee, the campaign-finance expert, believes that leadership PACs represent influence peddling at its worst: Donors give to curry favors with a lawmaker, who for the same reason then funnels the money to fellow politicians.
Murray voted for the landmark 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign-finance bill, which sought to regulate large contributions from corporations and unions to political organizations. She also is one of 47 co-sponsors of the DISCLOSE Act, a legislative counterattack to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned parts of McCain-Feingold.

McGehee, though she credits MURRAY’s votes, FAULTS HER and many other Democrats for paying only lip service to curbing money’s influence on politics.

Murray spokeswoman Glass said the only thing that sways Murray is the needs of Washington residents. And the biggest part of that job, Glass said, is bringing jobs and federal dollars home.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012287293_murray06m.html

Silicon Valley - COOLEY linked to McBee (person of interest Renu Gupta - joined the firm in 2010 ?month - just when the money was expected to flow)

Over the past five years, Cooley has handled more than 400 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, ranging in size from less than $4 million to more than $4 billion, making our practice one of the most active in the country.
http://www.cooley.com/mergersacquisitions

RENU GUPA SPECIAL COUNSEL (joined firm just as the money was being released (**2010**):
http://www.kronishlieb.com/rgupta
http://www.cooley.com/cleanenergytechnologies
http://www.cooley.com/mergersacquisitions
http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/renewable-energy-solar/15233917-1.html
http://aasquared.org/gallery/GuptaAward
Fed guarantee helps BrightSource Energy plan (Gupta’s husband)

BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY (link to McBee) - haven’t had time to investigate)

BrightSource Energy Inc. of Oakland won $1.37 billion in FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES Monday to build solar power plants in the Mojave Desert, becoming the latest Bay Area green-tech company to receive major financial backing from the U.S. government.

The money will help BrightSource build the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a collection of three solar-thermal power plants that will use mirrors to focus sunlight and generate electricity. Together, the three plants near the NEVADA border will produce enough power for 140,000 homes.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-02-23/business/17951804_1_renewable-energy-loan-guarantees-california-energy-commission

BECHAL - Outside Directors (linkage):
http://www.bechtel.com/leadership.html
BRIGHTSOURCE:
http://www.brightsourceenergy.com/about_us/management_team/
INVESTORS:
http://www.brightsourceenergy.com/about_us/investors/
http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-02-23/business/17951804_1_renewable-energy-loan-guarantees-california-energy-commission

Vantage Enterprises LLC: Private Company Information – BusinessWeek (no time to dig – it’s probably the big daddy)
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=20700999

I didn’t have too much time but think I made it self-explanatory. It’s done half-assed but one can see a pattern and also know there’s lots more of these hungry beasts. One can now understand why the closed the doors during their sessions over the Healthcare Bill. Some of these big companies are into Medical Equip etc. If you read Gupta’s husbands link...it might be the reason we don’t have a regular lightbulb for much longer. I found it interesting that the father’s last name McBee wasn’t used by the media yet it’s what’s documented by the government. How many more family members are hiding their identity and feeding from the trough of our hard-earned money? And now we know why this “jobs bill” MUST pass...

This must stop and people need to go to jail.