In January, Capitol Hill opened its doors to lobbyists once again after pandemic restrictions were lifted. That means corporate lobbyists, hired guns, association leaders and grassroots activists are back in full force, and these top lobbyists have had to navigate a divided Congress — and not just the traditional Republican and Democratic divisions.

As legislating ground to a halt amid debt ceiling battles and the historic Speaker ouster, K Street set their sights on behemoth must-pass packages including the farm bill, Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization and the National Defense Authorization Act as vehicles to advance their policy priorities.

Top lobbyists have also helped their clients navigate the flood of regulatory activity from the Biden administration, which has started pushing billions of dollars in funding, grants and tax credits out the door as major legislative packages— namely the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and CHIPS and Science Act — come online.

The federal lobbying bench is deep, with more than 12,500 actively lobbying so far in 2023, and not everyone on this list is a registered lobbyist. These impactful advocates stand out for the results they’ve delivered for their clients, companies, trade associations and advocacy groups in the nation's capital.

Corporate

• Gina Adams and Lance Mangum, FedEx Corp.
• Mayealie Adams, Danaher Corporation
• Molly Ahearn Allen, 7-Eleven
• Kira Alvarez, Ed Hill and Keith Murphy, Paramount
• Angela Ambrose and Jesse Tolleson, GM Defense
• Bryan Anderson and Jeanne Wolak, Southern Company
• Kevin Avery, ConocoPhillips
• Valerie Baldwin, Leidos
• Jesse Barba, Chegg
• Ken Barbic, Farmers Business Network
• Andrew Barnhill, IQVIA
• Jana Barresi, Lowe’s
• Gabrielle Batkin, Northrop Grumman
• Michael Beckerman, TikTok
• Scott Bennett, Boehringer Ingelheim
• Laura Berkey-Ames, BASF Corporation
• Karan Bhatia and Mark Isakowitz, Google
• Laricke Blanchard, USAA
• Maria Luisa Boyce, United Parcel Service
• Mike Boyd and Chuck Clapton, Gilead Sciences
• Pace Bradshaw, Visa
• Mimi Braniff, ExxonMobil
• Dan Bryant and Sara Decker, Walmart
• Dawn Buth, NCAA
• Sean Callinicos, Sonova USA
• Jim Carlisle, Bank of America
• Anais Carmona, T-Mobile
• Jessica Carter and Christopher Smith, Ford Motor Co.
• Dave Cetola, Solvay America
• Jay Cho, VMware
• Stephen Ciccone, Toyota Motor Corp.
• Peter Cleveland, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
• Nicole Collier, Procter & Gamble
• Michael Collins, Starbucks
• Ashley Coneff, Inspire Brands
• Maryam Khan Cope, ASML US
• Tim Daly and Jillian Pevo Coughenour, Western Union Co.
• Steve Danon, Restaurant Brands International
• Franklin Davis, American Beverage
• Mike Dendas, Zillow
• John Deoudes, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Marjorie Dickman, BlackBerry
• Jim Dodrill, Progressive
• Kevin Donahue, Andrea Niethold and David Woodruff, Canadian National Railway
• Quardricos Driskell, The Health Management Academy
• Terri Fariello, United Airlines
• Kate Farr, Occidental Petroleum
• James Farrell, Matt Gelman and Fred Humphries, Microsoft Corp.
• Bob Filippone, Merck
• Robert Fisher and Marcela Zamora, Verizon Communications
• Camille Fleenor, Atlas Air Worldwide
• Tucker Foote and Amanda Slater, Mastercard
• Kathryn Fulton, BlackRock
• Maggie Gage, One Main Financial
• Christopher Gahan, Northwestern Mutual
• Belinda Garza, Instacart
• Tom Geier, 3M
• Kate Geldaker, Alaska Airlines
• Katherine Getty, Emergent BioSolutions
• Ed Gillespie, AT&T
• Guillermo Godoy, Hollyn Schuemann and Omar Vargas, General Motors
• Daniel Grattan, Regions Bank
• Sharon Hardie and Chelsey Thomas, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Steve Haro, TelevisaUnivision
• Rich Haselwood and Shashrina Thomas, Reynolds American
• James Hayes and Jill Shapiro, Tenable
• Kim Hays, Intuit
• Bridget Hogan and Hilary West, JPMorgan Chase
• Donald Horton, Labcorp
• Brian Huseman and Steve Hartell, Amazon.com
• Allen Jamerson, SK Global Development Group
• Jace Johnson, Adobe
• Eric Johnston, Marriott
• Francesca Jordan, Dell
• Karen Knutson, Chevron
• Kent Knutson, Tractor Supply Co.
• Keagan Lenihan, Philip Morris International
• John Lepore, Moderna
• Liz Lopez, Constellation Brands
• Jose Mercado and Carrianna Suiter Kuruvilla, DoorDash
• Michael McBride, BAE Systems
• Kevin MacMillan, U.S. Bank
• Downey Magallanes, BP
• Jessica Marventano, iHeartMedia
• Jerrica Mathis and Rebecca McGrath, Cardinal Health
• Greg Maurer, Meta
• Waldo McMillan, Cisco
• Chandler Morse, Workday
• Ed Mortimer, NextNav
• Phil Musser, NextEra Energy
• Stephen Neuman and Molly Wilkinson, American Airlines
• Ziad Ojakli, Boeing
• Shawn O’Neail, Eli Lilly and Co.
• Christopher Padilla, IBM Corp.
• Michael Paese and Michael Thompson, Goldman Sachs Group
• Jeff Pannozzo, Qurate Retail Group
• Mike Parrish, Bayer
• Holly Pataki, Samsung Semiconductor
• Duanne Pearson and Devon Seibert-Bailey, Strategic Health Care
• Chuck Penry and Dan Turton, Tyson Foods
• Matthew Perin, Kroger
• Greg Portner, Amgen
• Tim Powderly, Apple
• Louis Renjel, Duke Energy Corp.
• Nichole Francis Reynolds, ServiceNow
• Crystal Riley, AbbVie
• Nathan Robinson, Fluor
• Robert Rose, MetLife
• Bahar Sahajwalla, MoneyGram International
• Ibn Salaam, Waste Management
• Melissa Schulman, CVS Health
• Jeff Shockey, RTX
• James Slotnick, Sun Life
• Will Stafford, CHS
• Sam Tatevosyan, McDonald’s
• Gabe Terry, CMS Energy
• Al Thompson, Intel Corp.
• Tyler Threadgill, LKQ Corp.
• Matt Tremblay, FanDuel
• Nate Tibbits, Qualcomm
• Pete Wallace, Viatris
• Dan Walsh, DirecTV
• Jennifer Walton, Pfizer
• Emily Pfeiffer Weems, Capital One
• Christopher Wenk, Kia Worldwide
• Brendan Williams, PBF Energy
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