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CAROL MCGARAH

(Texas)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Carol McGarah represents several Fortune 500 companies and is well-known and regarded for her experience and knowledge of various topics including: education, energy, environmental issues, financial institutions, IT, and transportation.

20+ years

Previously, McGarah served as the Committee Director of the powerful Senate Natural Resources Committee. During her 10 years with this committee she established solid relationships with key members of the legislature and various environmental agencies, and developed a thorough knowledge of Texas' air, water, and waste issues.

McGarah dedicated countless hours to the preparation and passage of groundbreaking pieces of legislation, including Senate Bill 1 in 1997 and Senate Bill 2 in 2001. Both of these bills dealt with state water management measures and greatly impacted the state.

McGarah was also instrumental in the development and passage of SB 5 in the 75th Legislature, which created the Texas Emissions Reduction Program. This program has served as a model for numerous other states across the country, and has been a vital component in assisting Texas meet the Federal Air Quality Standards.

Matthew Bentley is a government relations consultant working for associations, companies, local governments and non-profit organizations in Texas. His practice is focused on environmental management, energy and utility regulations, private property interests, natural resources, infrastructure projects, economic development and alcohol issues.

With over ten years of policy and campaign experience, Matthew is known for his hard work, integrity, resourcefulness and passion for his clients.

6-10 years

2019 Capitol Inside Texas Lobby Power Rankings - "Rising Star"

Texas Legislature
Texas Governor's Office
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Railroad Commission of Texas
Texas Water Development Board
Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Animal Health Commission
Texas Department of Insurance
Texas Facilities Commission
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texas General Land Office
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Texas Department of Public Safety

Matthew Bentley is a government relations consultant working for associations, companies, local governments and non-profit organizations in Texas. His practice is focused on environmental management, energy and utility regulations, private property interests, natural resources, infrastructure projects, economic development and alcohol issues. Matthew focuses his guidance on public positioning, issue management and government relations. His success relies greatly on his extensive relationships with elected officials and staff throughout the legislative and executive branches of state government. His work has resulted in the development and implementation of public policy; formulation of strategy with key government officials; and improved communication between legislative and business leaders at the highest level.

Matthew began independent lobbying during the 83rd Legislative Session (2013). Among others, he currently represents the country's largest telecommunications company, the state's leading utility association, a mining operation, a Class A water utility, a conservative tort reform organization, a multi-national transportation infrastructure company, a mid-sized manufacturer seeking regulatory rule changes, an association involved with the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, a group of Texas wineries, a residential developer and a non-profit cancer research foundation. Previous clients have included the state's two largest waste and recycling businesses, several landowner groups, an oil and gas trade association, special purpose districts, a leading power generation company and other major infrastructure projects. Matthew was recently named a Top Ten "Rising Star" by Capitol Inside, a bi-partisan publication covering Texas politics and government.

Throughout the 82nd Texas Legislature (2011), Matthew was under contract to Reggie Bashur, Cliff Johnson, Clay Pope and Luis Saenz, working on their clients' interests before the Texas Legislature and agencies throughout the state. During the 81st Legislative Session (2009), he worked for Commissioner Todd Staples at the Texas Department of Agriculture, as the Commission underwent the Sunset Advisory Commission review process.

Matthew also previously served as Business Development Manager for Procurement Strategy Group, Inc. This Austin-based government relations firm was well respected by government and business leaders for brokering mutually beneficial procurement solutions, until it dissolved due to retiring partners in 2012. Matthew helped companies target and win projects with federal, state and local governments.

Matthew has considerable experience and great success in working on political campaigns throughout Texas and the United States. In 2018, Matthew had a one hundred percent win rate as he consulted on Cody Harris' campaign for the Texas House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman Lance Gooden's open seat race for Congress and judicial races throughout East Texas. Matthew also served as Campaign Manager for State Representative Byron's Cook successful 2016 campaign for re-election. That race was among the highest profile and most seriously contested races that cycle. Matthew started his campaign work with Commissioner Todd Staples' statewide Agriculture Commissioner campaign and Governor Rick Perry's 2010 gubernatorial and 2012 presidential races. Matthew is very involved with the Texas GOP's Mighty Texas Strike Force, having served as the Virginia Co-Captain for the 2016 General Election.

Matthew presently serves on the Advisory Council for Texan by Nature, a non-profit organization founded by Former First Lady, Laura Bush, which focuses on safeguarding the environment with respect to private property interests and economic development. Matthew graduated from The University of Texas at Austin.

JAMEEL AALIM-JOHNSON

(Federal)
Clients:

ROBERT BURGAN

(Texas)
  • (404)4421680

  • 3500 Lenox Rd NESuite 1400AtlantaGA30326

TERRY CAMPBELL

(Federal)
  • 1100 New York Avenue, NWSuite 310, East LobbyWashingtonDC20005

Clients:

JESSICA MANDEL

(Federal)

JEFFREY MILLER

(Federal)
Clients:

1) 1X TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

2) A16Z CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.)

3) ACCIONA INFRASTRUCTURE USA CORP

4) AKZO NOBEL N.V.

5) ALEX VON FURSTENBERG

6) ALTANA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

7) ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

8) ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION

9) ALZHEON, INC.

10) AM GENERAL LLC

11) AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION

12) AMGEN, INC.

13) ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, LLC

14) APPLE INC.

15) ARCHER AVIATION INC.

16) ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY

17) ASHBRITT, INC.

18) ASPECT HOLDINGS, LLC

19) ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

20) AVENTIV TECHNOLOGIES

21) AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS, LLC

22) BAUGHMAN KROUP BOSSE PLLC ON BEHALF OF GEMINI SPACE STATION, INC.

23) BLACKSTONE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PARTNERSHIPS L.P.

24) BLINK HEALTH INC.

25) BOTANICALS FOR BETTER HEALTH AND WELLNESS

26) BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

27) BROADCOM LIMITED

28) CAL-MAINE FOODS

29) CARNIVAL CORPORATION

30) CF SECURED LLC

31) CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

32) CINTAS

33) COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.

34) COLOSSAL BIOSCIENCES INC.

35) COMCAST CORPORATION

36) CORECIVIC, INC.

37) CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE

38) COSTAR GROUP, INC.

39) COUPANG, INC.

40) COVETRUS, INC.

41) CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE, INC.

42) CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

43) DEEL

44) DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

45) DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

46) EBAY INC.

47) ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS COALITION

48) ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P.

49) ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS, L.P.

50) ENGINE NO. 1 LP

51) ENVIVA, LLC

52) FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION

53) FALCONX INC.

54) FINSECA

55) FLINT COOPER, LLC

56) FMX

57) FORIS DAX, INC. D/B/A CRYPTO.COM

58) GBX GROUP LLC

59) GENENTECH USA, INC.

60) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

61) GENERAL MOTORS LLC

62) GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

63) GLOBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE

64) GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE, INC.

65) GOBRANDS, INC.

66) GOEL INVESTMENTS, LLC

67) GRAIL LLC

68) GREY ROCK NET ZERO OPPORTUNITIES FUND I, LP

69) GREYSTAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC

70) HADRIAN AUTOMATION, INC.

71) HCBS ADVOCACY, LLC

72) HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE ("HPE")

73) HILLWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC

74) ILLUMINA, INC.

75) INVENERGY LLC

76) J C BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LTD.

77) JBS USA FOOD COMPANY HOLDINGS (FKA JBS USA FOOD COMPANY)

78) JETZERO, INC.

79) JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

80) KALSHI, INC

81) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP ON BEHALF OF KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION

82) KOCH GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

83) KPS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP

84) LAC MANAGEMENT LLC

85) MASTERBRAND CABINETS, LLC

86) MERCHANTS FOR AMERICA, INC.

87) MORGAN STANLEY

88) NAREIT

89) NASDAQ, INC.

90) NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR CARE AT HOME

91) NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION

92) NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

93) NEPHRON NITRILE LLC (DBA AMERICAN ARMOR GLOVES)

94) NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL, L.L.C.

95) NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.

96) NEXUS HOSPICE OF THE HIGH DESERT LLC

97) NIKE, INC.

98) NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION

99) NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC.

100) NUCOR CORPORATION

101) NUSCALE POWER, LLC

102) OAK VIEW GROUP, LLC

103) OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

104) OCEANS ACQUISITION, INC.

105) OCHSNER HEALTH

106) OGLE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, LLC

107) ONONDAGA COUNTY

108) OPENAI

109) ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

110) PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

111) PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.

112) PAUL, WEISS LLP, ON BEHALF OF AD HOC GROUP OF MAJORITY MEMBER PREPA BONDHOLDERS

113) PEPTIDE SCIENCES

114) PERFORMANCE DRONE WORKS, LLC

115) PERNOD RICARD USA

116) PERSHING SQUARE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

117) PFIZER INC.

118) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

119) PLANET LABS PBC

120) PLAYPOWER, INC.

121) RED CHAMBER GROUP

122) REGATTA HCRP I LP

123) RISEPOINT

124) RTW INVESTMENTS, LP

125) SEISMIC SOFTWARE, INC.

126) SENTINEL MIDSTREAM, LLC

127) SHIELD AI

128) SIBELCO NORTH AMERICA, INC.

129) SIG SAUER, INC.

130) SOFTBANK GROUP CORPORATION

131) SOUTHERN COMPANY

132) SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

133) STANLEY BLACK & DECKER

134) STEPHENS SHARED SERVICES, LLC

135) STONEPEAK PARTNERS LP

136) STRIPE, INC.

137) SUNSET LAKES WEST ASSOCIATES LLLP

138) SWEET OAK PARENT LLC

139) TEGNA INC.

140) THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

141) THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY

142) THE MAJORITY GROUP ON BEHALF OF CONNECTED COMMERCE COUNCIL

143) THE RENCO GROUP, INC.

144) THE UNITED COMPANY

145) TIDES MEDICAL

146) TILE COUNCIL OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

147) TPT RESEARCH LLC

148) TRANSDIGM GROUP INC.

149) TRICOCI UNIVERSITY OF BEAUTY CULTURE, LLC

150) TWG CADILLAC FORMULA 1 TEAM HOLDINGS, LLC

151) TYPE ONE ENERGY GROUP, INC.

152) UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

153) UBICQUIA, INC.

154) ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

155) UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION

156) VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION

157) VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

158) WASTE CONNECTIONS US, INC.

159) WELLHIVE

160) YOCHA DEHE WINTUN NATION

161) ZENO POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

162) ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.

163) ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

LAURA NOLAN

(Federal)
  • 202-912-3062

  • 1100 New York Avenue, NWSuite 310, East LobbyWashingtonDC20005

Clients:

JOSHUA SCHULMAN

(Texas)
  • (646)3564465

  • 485 Lexington Ave, Floor 11New YorkNY10017

Clients: