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BGR Government Affairs has hopped on Anheuser-Busch Cos.’ Washington lobbying team, providing strategic guidance and counsel on issues impacting the St. Louis-based brewer.
Bob Wood, BGR GA president and former chief of staff to Tommy Thompson when he served as Wisconsin governor and Dept. of Health & Human Services secretary, spearheads the five-member lobbying team.
He’s joined by Dave Boyer, former lobbyist at Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America; Brent Del Monte, aide to former Virginia Republican Senator John Warner; John Stone, former staffer for Michigan Republican Congressman Fred Upton; and Rob Walton, ex-aide to Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.
A-B spent $1.3M in first-quarter lobbying for issues such as Anheuser-Bush InBev's merger with SABMiller, tax reform and the Craft Beverage Modernization Act.
The brewer has used the firms of Missouri politicos Kit Bond (ex-Republican Senator of the Show Me State) and Dick Gephardt (former Democratic Congressman from St. Louis).
Haley Barbour, former Republican National Committee chairman and Mississippi Senator, founded BGR.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
