Rhoads Group

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• Pyle and Associates, $40,000 (2007), which also lobbied for the National Petrochemical and
Refiners Association279, of which Koch is a member.
• The Rhoads Group, $100,000 (2007) which also lobbies for the National Petrochemical and
Refiners Association280 of which Koch is a member.
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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group</a>

<p><b>The Rhoads Group</b> is a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. on its

website the firm states that its expertise "includes federal

appropriations, federal marketing, public policy, profile building and

political counsel. We also maintain a number of specialized practice

areas including management of political action committees, congressional

investigation consulting and services designed to meet the special

needs of non-profit entities."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#Lobbying_on_Climate_issues"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Lobbying on Climate issues</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#Contact_details"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Contact details</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#References"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li></ul>

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</a><h2><a name="Lobbying_on_Climate_issues" id="Lobbying_on_Climate_issues"><span class="mw-headline">Lobbying on Climate issues</span></a></h2>

<p><a name="Lobbying_on_Climate_issues" id="Lobbying_on_Climate_issues" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NRG_Energy" title="NRG Energy">NRG Energy</a> spent $230,000 on the services of The Rhoads Group in 2008 and a further $60,000 to date in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-NRG_Energy_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#cite_note-NRG_Energy-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> The registered lobbyists were <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Dennis" title="Thomas Dennis">Thomas Dennis</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Johanna_Polsenberg" title="Johanna Polsenberg">Johanna Polsenberg</a>.

</a><h2><a name="Personnel" id="Personnel"><span class="mw-headline">Personnel</span></a></h2>

<ul><a name="Personnel" id="Personnel" /><li><a name="Personnel" id="Personnel" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Barry_Rhoads&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barry Rhoads (page does not exist)">Barry Rhoads</a>, Chief Executive Officer</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Lofton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Lofton (page does not exist)">James Lofton</a>, Senior Vice President</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kevin_Binger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin Binger (page does not exist)">Kevin Binger</a>, Vice President</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gary_Krump&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Krump (page does not exist)">Gary Krump</a>, Vice President and Director of Federal Marketing</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rebecca_Earle_Middleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rebecca Earle Middleton (page does not exist)">Rebecca Earle Middleton</a>, Vice President</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steven_McKnight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steven McKnight (page does not exist)">Steven McKnight</a>, General Counsel</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tanya_Morrison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanya Morrison (page does not exist)">Tanya Morrison</a>, Senior Associate</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susann_Miller_Edwards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susann Miller Edwards (page does not exist)">Susann Miller Edwards</a>, Vice President</li><li>Major General (USAF, RET) <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_B._Patrick_III&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George B. Patrick III (page does not exist)">George B. Patrick III</a>, Senior Consultant</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mario_Fiori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mario Fiori (page does not exist)">Mario Fiori</a>, Ph.D., Senior Consultant</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donald_Fowler" title="Donald Fowler" class="mw-redirect">Donald Fowler</a>, Ph.D., Senior Consultant</li><li>Ambassador <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Itzhak_Oren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Itzhak Oren (page does not exist)">Itzhak Oren</a>, Senior Consultant</li></ul>

</a><h2><a name="Contact_details" id="Contact_details"><span class="mw-headline">Contact details</span></a></h2>

<p><a name="Contact_details" id="Contact_details">700 13th Street NW, Suite 350, Washington DC 20005 Phone 202 637 0040 Fax: 202 637 0041 Website: </a><a href="http://www.rhoadsdc.com/index.html" class="external free" title="http://www.rhoadsdc.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rhoadsdc.com/index.html</a>

</a><h2><a name="Articles_and_resources" id="Articles_and_resources"><span class="mw-headline">Articles and resources</span></a></h2>

</a><h3><a name="Related_SourceWatch_articles" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></h3>

<ul><a name="Related_SourceWatch_articles" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles" /><li><a name="Related_SourceWatch_articles" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lobbyists" title="Lobbyists" class="mw-redirect">Lobbyists</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_and_coal" title="United States and coal">United States and coal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_warming" title="Global warming">Global warming</a></li></ul>

</a><h3><a name="References" id="References"><span class="mw-headline">References</span></a></h3>

<ol class="references"><a name="References" id="References" /><li id="cite_note-0"><a name="References" id="References" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.rhoadsdc.com/clients.html" class="external text" title="http://www.rhoadsdc.com/clients.html" rel="nofollow">"Our Practice Areas"</a>, The Rhoads Group website, accessed September 2009.</li><li id="cite_note-NRG_Energy-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Rhoads_Group#cite_ref-NRG_Energy_1-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=NRG%20Energy&LobbyingFirm=&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" class="external text" title="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/climatelobby/Results.aspx?ClientName=NRG%20Energy&LobbyingFirm=&Expense=-1&LobbyistName=&Quarter=&BizCategory=&Results_BizCategory=1&Results_ClientName=1&Results_Expense=1&Results_LobbyingFirm=1&Results_Quarter=1" rel="nofollow">"NRG Energy"</a>, Center for Public Integrity, accessed July 2009.</li></ol>