We Have Met The Enemy

...thanks to a leak to ThinkProgress and support by RawStory re the list of invitees to a secret strategy meeting last June called by the infamous Koch brothers to plan GOP strategy for the 2010 midterms and 2012 election.

The original list is in alphabetical order by person. For those of you who want to steer your consumer dollars away from these businesses, here is the list sorted by industry:

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Name(s)	Industry	Notes
Jack and Rose Marie Anderson	Financial Advisor	Culver Corp, Rose Marie and Jack R. Anderson Foundation- Financial Advisor
Nate and Lynda Bachman	Financial Advisor	The Bachman Group-Financial Advisor
Ken and Frayda Levy	Investment Mgmt	JLM Investment Mgmt
Cliff Asness	Investment	AQR Capital Management
Fred and Marlene Malek	Investment Mgmt	Thayer Capital Partners
Jerry and Caroline Milbank	Investment Mgmt	CEO/Principal, Milbank Winthrop & Co.
Peter Schiff and Martha O’Brien	Investment Mgmt	Schiff: Euro Pacific Capital Inc.,
Scott Kirkpatrick	Investment	Teton Capital
Jerry and Caroline Milbank	Investment Management	CEO/Principal, Milbank Winthrop & Co.
Steve and Christine Schwarzman	Financial Services	CEO/founder, Blackstone Group
Earl Wright	Finance	AMG National Trust
Cliff and Susan Yonce	Investment Banking	Goldman Sachs
Frank and Kathy Baxter	Banking	Ambassador Frank E. Baxter is Chairman Emeritus of Jefferies and Company, Inc., a global investment bank focusing on mid-cap companies.
Bill Cooper and Kristin Tollefson	Finance/Banking	CEO of TCF Financial
Tom Petrie	Banking	Co-founder of BofA Merrill Lynch Petrie Divestiture Advisors
Dennis Kuester	Banking	Retired CEO of M&I Bank
Jerry and Nanette Finger	Banking	Managing Partner, Finger Interests LTD
Charlie and Kaye Lynn Fote	Finance	Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fotec Group LLC
Dick Strong	Investment Services	Strong/Corneliuson Capital Mgmt
Michael Sullivan	Investment Services	CR Intrinsic Investors
Lynn Tilton	Investment Management	CEO, Patriarch Partners LLC
Neil Anderson and Amy Fisher-Smith		Runs Rose Marie and Jack R. Anderson Foundation
Dan and Kellie Peters	Not-for Profit	Daniel S. Peters is president of the Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio
Foster Friess	Investment	Mr. Foster Stephen Friess is the Founder and Chairman of Friess Associates, LLC
Andre Lacy	Investment	Chairman, Lacy Diversified Industries
Bill and Sarah Walton	Real Estate	Allied Capital Corp
Dick Weekley	Real Estate	Weekley Properties
Fred and Susie Wehba	Real Estate	Bentley Forbes Real Estate
Annie Dickerson	Real Estate	CBRE analyst
Nestor Weigand and Darcy Buehler	Real Estate	JP Weigand & Sons Real Estate
Larry and Lorraine Winnerman	Real Estate	Win Win Enterprises
Patrick and Paula Broe	Real Estate	Founder and CEO of Denver-based real estate asset management firm, The Broe Group
Mike and Beth Kasser	Real Estate	President, Holualoa Inc
Dick and Mary Beth Weiss	Life Insurance	Wells Fargo, Hawthorne Rances
Howard and Rhonda Wilkins	Insurance	Diversified Insurance
John Childs	Insurance	Chairman and CEO of J.W. Childs and Associates

Of course there are the usual suspects--Goldman, Merrill, Blackstone. But remember Peter Schiff? He was the "it" fund manager of 2008 for predicting the 2008 crash. He wasn't right about the result (he predicted investors would flock to foreign companies like the ones in his fund; instead they flocked to U.S. treasuries), but he got a lot of points for calling the fall.

Cliff Asness at AQR straddles the worlds of retail and academic finance. The Q in AQR is Quantitative, as in the long-term, growth-oriented, academically based investing that benefits both the economy and investors--the opposite of short-term speculative investment that evaporates money from the economy into bankers' pockets. And yet here is Asness included in the speculators' club. Hmmm.

What you have here is people who can not only influence thought about the economy, particularly the market, but manipulate the market to make it conform to their predictions.

RETAIL

Name(s)	Industry	Notes
Rich and Helen DeVos	Retail	Founder and CEO of Amway
Ron and Kris Erickson	Retail	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holiday Companies
Dick and Ethie Haworth	Retail	Head of Haworth Furniture, Multi-national corporation, 3rd largest corporate furniture company in US
Ken and Elaine Langone	Retail	Invemed, Home Depot
Tom Love	Retail	CEO, President, Love’s Country Stores
Jack and Goldie Miller	Retail	CEO/President, Quill Corp., the largest mail-order office supply retailer in the United States with revenues of $1.3B per year and EBITDA of over 20%
Rick and Sherry Sharp	Retail	Former CEO, Circuit City
Gerry and Kathryn Kingen	Retail	Red Robin restaurants, Happy Guests Int’l
Mike and Lin Simmonds	Retail	CEO, Simmonds Restaurant Mgmt
Steve and Regina Hennessy	Retail	Auto Sales

GOVERNMENT & OTHER

Name(s)		Industry	Notes
Robin and Barbara Hayes	Government		Former NC Congressman
John and Joan Hotchkis	Education		Board of Directors for Teach for America UC Berkeley
Ken and Randy Kendrick	Education/Technology		Founder, Chairman, co-owner Datatel, pvt co providing software pkg for higher ed.
Don and Deede Meyers	Attorney		Self Employed
Russ Roberts	Attorney		Roberts, Ashby & Parrish

Teach for America is a well-respected organization that sends young college grads to teach in the most challenging public schools--a model of public service. I can't quite imagine what that org is doing on this list. Perhaps toward privatization of education?

I think the researchers who identified these people were in a bit of a hurry because some of the notes are incomplete or outdated. I added on to a few, but be on notice as you look at these.

MEDIA

Name(s)		Industry					Notes
Stan and Karen Hubbard		Media					Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.
Phil and Nancy Anschutz		Media					Industrialist, Owner, Weekly Standard, Examiner newspapers
Kurt and Nancy Pfotenhauer		Media						President of MediaSpeak Strategies/former political commentator on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC and former Senior Policy Advisor and National Spokesperson with the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign
Steve Moore		Media					member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board
Ramesh Ponnuru		Media					National Review magazine
Michael Barone		Media					Fox News
Glenn Beck		Media					Fox News
Tim Carney		Media					Political Columnist, Washington Examiner
Glen and Diane Meakem				Media	Radio talk host and technology multimillionaire
Tim O’Shaughnessy			Media			Hungry Machine, Inc., doing business as LivingSocial.com, is a social discovery and cataloging network.
Susie Coelho		Media						founder and CEO of Susie Coelho Enterprises Inc.
Bob and Mary Sue Hawk	Communications							President of Hawk Communications
Karl and Stevie Eller		Advertising
Karl Crow		Think Tank					Policy Analyst Capital Research Center
Veronique de Rugy		Think Tank					Senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center
Arthur Brooks		Think Tank					President, American Enterprise Institute
Peter Wallison		Think Tank					Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Ed Meese		Think Tank					Heritage Foundation
David and Ann Brown		Think Tank					Heritage Foundation
Susan Gore		Think Tank					Founder, Wyoming Liberty Group
James and Heather Higgins		Think Tank					Independent Women’s Forum
Ethelmae Humphreys		Think Tank					Cato Institute
Tim Phillips		Front Group					president, Americans for Prosperity
Phil and Joanna Kerpen		Front Group					VP of Policy, Americans for Prosperity
Jeff Crank		Front Group/Media					Radio Pundit and Americans For Prosperity State Director
Sean Noble		Front Group					Americans for Prosperity
Eric O’Keefe		Front Group					Sam Adams Alliance
Teresa Oelke		Front Group					State Director of Americans for Prosperity,
Mark Mix		Advocacy Group					President, National Right to Work Committee
David Chavern		Lobbyist					Executive Vice President and COO at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Steve Twist		Consultant					Rose & Allyn PR Consultants
Manley and Mary Johnson		Political Consultant
Andrew Kupersmith		Consultant					MD, Cardiology Consultants
Whitney Ball		Consultant					Owner of a firm that helps corporations give anonymous gifts to front groups (Money Launderer)

I love how they identify Amer for Prosperity as a front group. The "money launderer" description is mine. The Fox News people are less surprising, but the WSJ editorial board member is a clear signal (if its content wasn't clear enough) that the WSJ is no longer unbiased and no longer deserves to be respected.

ENERGY

Name(s)			Industry		Notes
David Murfin			Energy		President, Murfin Drilling Co.
Larry and Polly Nichols			Energy		Executive Chairman, Devon Energy Corp
Karen Wright			Energy/Manufacturing		Ariel CEO
Tom Rastin			Energy/Manufacturing		vice president of marketing and engineering, Ariel Corp
Shelby and Nell Bush		Energy			Vice President, Legal and Administration – Hillwood Energy
Corbin and Barbara Robertson	Energy				President, Quintana Minerals Corp
Alex Cranberg		Energy			Aspect Holdings, LLC – Chairman
Richard Fink	Koch Industries				Director of Georgia-Pacific, EVP of Koch Industries
Charles and Liz Koch	Koch Industries
Chase and Annie Koch	Koch Industries
David and Julia Koch	Koch Industries
Elizabeth Koch	Koch Industries
Bob and Cindy Koch	Koch Industries
Joe and Mary Moeller	Koch Industries				Vice Chairman
Richard and Leslie Gilliam	Coal				President of Cumberland Resources Corporation
Joe Craft		Coal			president, chief executive officer and director of Alliance Resource Partners LP
Kevin Crutchfield	Coal				Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Coal Sales Co., LLC.
Bob and Martha Buford		Oil			President and owner of Zenith Drilling Corporation
Alan and Lisa Boeckmann		Oil			CEO Fluor Corporation
Jim and Dorothy Patterson	Oil				Gulf Stream Petroleum
Fred and Jane Hamilton		Oil			President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of BHP Petroleum, Hamilton Oil Company and various Hamilton Oil Corporation subsid/affiliates
Dave and Melanie True			Oil		Partner
Lew and Myra Ward			Oil		Ward Petroleum Corporation engages in oil and gas exploration and production.
Don and Sue Wills			Oil
Randy and Jean Foutch				Oil	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
Paul Hill				Oil	Chief Executive Officer and President of Harvard Developments Inc. since 1978.
Gerry and Priscilla O’Shaughnessy				Oil	Co-founded Geopark Holding Limited in 2002.
Jerry and Leah Fullinwider				Energy/ Petroleum	Vice Chairman, Hillwood International Energy, L.P.
Jim and Zibbie Ferrell				Fuel Oil	Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. engages in the distribution and sale of propane and related equipment primarily in US
Melvyn and Suellen Estrin				Natural Gas	Director of WGL Holdings INC
Dave Fettig				Natural Gas	Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy
Bob Fettig				Natural Gas	Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy
Steve Fettig				Natural Gas	Tank Craft, Duracraft Fuel energy

GENERAL BUSINESS

Name(s)	Industry	Notes
Peter Smith	Business Conglomerate	CEO, Services Group of America
Bernard and Margaret Blasingame	Manufacturing	President and owner of Aqua Dynamics Systems, Inc
Budd and Lauri Florkiewicz	Manufacturing		Foam Fabricators
Dan and Carolyn Heard	Manufacturing		Executive Officer of John H. Carter Co.,
Allan and Kathy Hubbard	Chemicals and Manufacturing			Founder and Chief Executive Officer, E & A Industries, Inc.
Michael O’Shaunessy	Mfg Technology			Petters Consumer Brands, LLC develops consumer electronics and appliances.
Diane Hendricks	Manufacturing		Husband of Ken Hendricks
Steve and Betty Bechtel	Engineering	Owns the Bechtel Group (Corporation), Largest engineering company in United States
Jim and Shirley Dannenbaum	Engineering	Mr. Dannenbaum, Chairman of Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation
Tim Oelke	Construction	Crossland Construction Corp
Boysie Bollinger	Shipping/Commerce	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Shipyards
Eric Crown and Isabella King	Technology Sales	Sell Technology Equipment
Dixon and Carol Doll	Technology		Co-Founder and General Partner of DCM

Name(s)	Industry	Notes
Bob Kohlhepp	Manufacturing/Services	Vice Chairman, Cintas Corp. Revenue in 2007 was $3.7 billion and net income was $335 million
Bob Luddy	Manufacturing	President, Captive Aire Systems
Ray and Ladeline Thompson	Manufacturing	President/CEO, Semitoolworld leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of high performance, precision chemical processing equipment.
Rick and Debra Waller	Manufacturing	Owner, Rollmeister Inc
Durk Rorie	Manufacturing	United Air Specialists
Pierce Marshall	Administrative Management	MAROPCO
Art and Kathy Pope	Goods/Services	Senior Exec, Variety Wholesaler
Lew and Suzy Meibergen	Food production	President, Johnston Enterprises/WG Johnston Grain Co
Chris Rufer	Food production	Morningstar Company, Ag processor
Gary and Kathleen Rogers	Food production	Former CEO, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream
Richard Roder and Karin Hsu	Construction Management	CEO, Cmt-Construction Management
Jim and Gayla Von Ehr	Research/Development	CEO, Zyvex Corp
Jay and Sally Lapeyre	Services	Laitram Corp
Fred and Sandra Young	Services		Diversified Search, LLC provides senior-level executive and corporate board search services in the United States and internationally. It provides recruitment services for various organizations in consumer and industrial, education, not-for-profit, arts and culture, financial and professional services, business, healthcare and human services, life sciences, media and entertainment, sports and leisure, energy and utilities, private equity, retail, and technology and communications industries.

HEALTH CARE

Name(s)	Industry		Notes
Oliver and Carolyn Grace Jr.	Med and Telecom		President and chief executive officer of Anderson Group, Inc.,
Judson and Joyce Green	Energy and Med		Mr. Judson C. Green is the President and Chief Executive Officer of NAVTEQ Corp.
Peter Farrell		Biomed	Founder of Resmed
Bill Mayer		Health Care	MD, Mayer & Cope Family Practice

UNIDENTIFIED

Name(s)		Notes
Charlies and Marla Chandler
Paul and Lea Clifton		Runs Robert and Marie Hansen Family Foundation
Joe Woodford
Walter and Suzette Negley
Mina Nguyen
Preston Marshall
Elaine Marshall		Homemaker
Ned and Nancy Diefenthal
Tim Busch
Dino and Joan Cortopassi
Ravenell and Beth Curry
Marshall Johnson
Kyle and Kirsten Johnstone
Merritt Johnson
Gretchen Hamel
Steve and Polly Friess
Dick Farmer
John Bryan