Tracker: Trump Appointees’ Corporate Conflicts of Interest

Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet positions and other important political appointments are riddled with conflicts of interest. As was the case with Trump’s first administration, his second administration is handing people with clear corporate conflicts of interest the power to regulate and oversee corporations.

Public Citizen is following the money — and holding them accountable.

Full reference with source links (last update: October 16, 2025)

First Name	Last Name	Agency	Title	Prior Employment
Tristan	Abbey	Energy	Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration	National Center for Energy Analytics (project of TPPF), Thiel firms, Energy Policy Research Foundation
Jarrod	Agen	White House	Deputy assistant to the president, Executive director of the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council	Lockheed Martin, Vice President Mike Pence, Republican politics
Smythe	Anderson	Interior	Senior Advisor	American Petroleum Institute, American Energy Alliance
Gary	Andres	Health and Human Services	Assistant Secretary for Legislation	House aide; Biotechnology Innovation Organization; Dutko Worldwide
Jeremy	Arendt	Interior	Deputy Assistant Secretary	Montrose Partners
Audrey	Barrios	Energy	Senior Advisor	Liberty Energy
Nancy	Beck	Environmental Protection Agency	Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator	American Chemistry Council. Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Office of Management and Budget, EPA, White House,
Scott	Bessent	Treasury	Secretary	Billionaire founder of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management, formerly chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management
Leslie	Beyer	Interior	Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management	Energy Workforce & Technology Council (Members seem to include Liberty Energy, Halliburton, BakerHughes, )
Dipka	Bhambhani	Environmental Protection Agency	Senior Adviser, Public Affairs	ExxonMobil, Forbes, Electric Power Research Institute. Daily Caller
Jay	Bhattacharya	NIH	director	Standford Medical School professor. Hoover Institution Senior Fellow. Research Associate at Sphere Institute / Acumen LLC. Previously the RAND Corporation.
Todd	Blanche	Justice	Deputy Attorney General	DOJ, WilmerHale, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Blanche Law
Pam	Bondi	Justice	Attorney General	Lobbyist, Ballard Partners; Florida Attorney General
Michael	Boren	Agriculture	Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment	Clearwater Analytics, Galena Mines, WestPass Ranch LLC
Emil	Bove	Justice	Former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General	DOJ, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, Blanche Law
Steven	Bradbury	Transportation	Deputy Secretary	Kirkland & Ellis; Dechert; Heritage Foundation
Jonathan	Brightbill	Energy	General Counsel	Winston & Strawn
Colton	Buckley	Interior	Chief of Staff at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service	Turning Point USA, Breckenridge Economic Development Corporation,
Karen	Budd-Falen	Interior	Associate Deputy Secretary	Interior Dept., Mountain States Legal Foundation, Budd-Falen Law Offices
Doug	Burgum	Interior	Secretary	Sold company to Microsoft, Gov, of North Dakota, Close to Harold Hamm, leases farmland to Hamm for oil and gas drilling
John	Busterud	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste	PG&E
Scott	Cameron	Interior	Senior Adviser	Interior Department, Dawson and Associates, R3 Government Solutions.
Gustav	Chiarello	Health and Human Services	Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources	Senior Special Counsel to the House Committee on the Judiciary, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan; Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, chaired by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, Worked as an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC);
Jordan	Christman	Interior	Senior Advisor to the Director Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	American Petroleum Institute
John	Christy	Energy	Expert	Greening Earth Society, Heartland Institute
Steven	Cook	Environmental Protection Agency	Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management	LyondellBasell; Bracewell LLP
David	Copley	White House	National Security Council	Newmont Corp.
Keith	Coyle	Transportation	Chief Counsel for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	Babst Calland
James	Danly	Energy	Deputy Secretary	Skadden (Clients include NGAA, Southern Company, EPS, Exelon, etc)
Patrick	Davis	Justice	Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs	American Petroleum Institute
Blake	Deeley	White House	Deputy Executive director of the White House’s National Energy Dominance Council	American Clean Power Association
Lynn Ann	Dekleva	Environmental Protection Agency	Deputy Assistant Administrator	American Chemistry Council, DuPont
Don	Dempsey	OMB	Associate Director for Health	CVS
Kyle	Diamantas	FDA	Acting Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods	Jones Day
William	Doffermyre	Interior	Solicitor	Lake Charles LNG (owned by Energy Transfer) former general counsel, Overseas Private Investment Corp.
Alex	Dominguez	Environmental Protection Agency	Deputy Assistant Administrator	American Petroleum Institute (clients include NRG)
Sean	Duffy	Transportation	Secretary	BGR Government Affairs
John	Eisenberg	Justice	Assistant Attorney General for National Security	Kirkland & Ellis, Trump White House
Nick	Elliot	White House	Senior Policy Adviser, National Energy Dominance Council	Morgan Stanley, Energy Arbitrage Partners, Swire Bulk, Telysium Energy Brookfield Renewable
Lanny	Erdos	Interior	Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement	Cardinal Reclamation Company, LLC/VP; VP Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC; Ohio Coal Regulator
David	Fink	Transportation	Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration	Pan Am Railway
Alex	Fitzsimmons	Energy	Director of the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, Former Chief of Staff	Fueling US Forward, Institute for Energy Research, Berman & Co
Samuel	Fodale	Energy	Deputy White House Liaison	JC Fodale Energy Services
Robert	Foster	FDA	Chief Counsel of the Food and Drug Administration, Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services	Legal officer at two biotech companies, Senate HELP Committee counsel, advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS.
David	Fotouhi	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Secretary	GibsonDunn
Theodore	Garrish	Energy	Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy	Nuclear Energy Institute
Joe	Gebbia	National Design Studio	Chief Design Officer	AirBnB founder/Musk friend
Matt	Giacona	Interior	Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Acting Director BOEM	National Ocean Industries Association
Dario	Gil	Energy	Undersecretary for Science	IBM
Tala	Goudarzi	Energy	Principal Deputy Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management	Edison Electric Institute; Sempra; Texas Oil&Gas Association
Wells	Griffith	Energy	Undersecretary	FTI Consulting
Bill	Groffy	Interior	Bureau of Land Management, Acting Director	Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Ovintiv, Marathon Oil
Adam	Gustafson	Justice	Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division	Boeing; Cooper & Kirk; Boyden Gray & Associates
Jeffrey	Hall	Environmental Protection Agency	Nominated for Assistant Administrator of OECA; Currently Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of OECA	Burke Law Group
Catherine	Hanson	Environmental Protection Agency	Chief Financial Officer	Tax Foundation; Common Sense Society; Global Business Alliance
Tyler	Hassen	Interior	Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget	Basin Holdings
Kevin	Hassett	White House	White House National Economic Council	America First Policy Institute
Kyle	Haustveit	Energy	Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management	Devon Energy, Fervo Energy
Annie	Hawkins	Commerce	General Counsel, NOAA	Responsible Offshore Development Alliance
Noah	Hoggatt	Interior	Deputy Solicitor, Parks and Wildlife	Lobbyist for Cheniere; Entergy; Range Resources
Stephanie	Holmes	Interior	Chief Human Capital Officer, Allegedly Dep	Oklo
Catherine	Jereza	Energy	Assistant Secretary for Office of Electricity	Edison Electric Institute (EEI), EPRO
Daniel	Jorjani	White House	Special Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Counsel	CitizensUnited
Brittany	Kelm	White House	Former Advisor for External Affairs, Office of Land and Mineral Management; White House adviser	Shell
Amaryllis	Kennedy	OMB	Associate Director for Intelligence and International Affairs	Twitter, CIA
Robert	Kennedy Jr.	Health and Human Services	Secretary	Children’s Health Defense,JW Howard Attorneys - senior attorney Kennedy & Madonna (now Madonna & Madonna) - partnership Dragonfly Therapeutics - investor
Ben	Kochman	Transportation	Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Deputy Administrator; Acting Administrator	Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
Deidre	Kohlrus	Interior	Director, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs	Energy Workforce & Technology Council
Steven	Koonin	Energy	Special Government Employee	BP
Jessica	Kramer	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator for Water	Talos Energy; Duke Energy; LG Chem
Michael	Kratsios	White House	Office of Science and Technology Policy Director	Scale AI, Thiel Capital, US Defense Department
Sriram	Krishnan	White House	Senior White House AI Adviser	Andreessen Horowitz, Microsoft, Snap, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter
Kyle	Kunkler	Environmental Protection Agency	Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs	American Soybean Association
Scott	Kupor	White House	Office of Personel Management	Andreessen Horowitz (first employee). Former executive at Hewlett Packard and Opsware (which HP acquired). Worked in finance prior to tech at Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers. Member of numerous boards of directors of a16z portfolio companies.
David	LaCerte	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Commissioner	Baker Botts
Izzy	Lamanna	Energy	Director of Scheduling	Liberty Energy
Stuart	Levenbach	White House	Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, Science, and Water	BakerHughes
Kevin	Lilly	Interior	Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks	Avalon Advisors, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Howard	Lutnick	Commerce	Secretary	Cantor Fitzgerald
Katharine	MacGregor	Interior	Deputy Secretary	Florida Power & Light; NextEra; Work with former Interior Secretary and lobbyist David Bernhardt
Marty	Makary	FDA	Commissioner	Surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Ned	Mamula	Interior	Director, U.S. Geological Survey	CATO; Anadarko Petroleum; Leonardo Technologies; GreenMet
William	McIntosh	Environmental Protection Agency	Former Acting Deputy Administrator; now International Boundary and Water Commission	Ford Motor Company
Linda	McMahon	Education	Secretary	World Wrestling Entertainment, Small Business Administration, America First Policy Institute America First Action SuperPAC
Sean	McMaster	Transportation	Administrator, Federal Highway Administration	Boeing; HNTB
Oliver	McPherson-Smith	White House	Former Executive Director for National Energy Council	America First Policy Institute
Linnea	Melby	Interior	Senior Advisor, Bureau of Reclamation	National Mining Association
Kara	Moriarty	Interior	Alaska Adviser	Alaska Oil and Gas Association
Trent	Morse	White House	Deputy Director, Office of Personnel	Ballard Partners
Jim	O'Neill	Health and Human Services	Deputy Secretary	Worked at HHS under George W. Bush. Mithril Capital. ADvantage Therapeutics
Rachael	Overbey	Energy	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Revolution Energy Group; New Mexico Oil&Gas Association; Franklin Mountain Energy LLC; Emerald Oil
Mehmet	Oz	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Director (nominated)	Daytime TV personality; failed Senate candidate
Drue	Pearce	Interior	Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management	Holland&Knight
Martin	Perez	Energy	Former Associate Director for Carbon Capture, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, U.S. Department of Energy	GE Capital; Shell Energy
Lanora	Pettit	Justice	Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel	N/A
Anthony	Pugliese	Energy	Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization and the Chief Commercialization Officer	Envision Strategy, LLC
Wynn	Radford IV	Environmental Protection Agency	Chief of Staff for the EPA Region 6	BP
Andrew	Rapp	Energy	Senior Advisor for International Relations	Petrie Partners; Clients Include ExxonMobil; WEA; Cheniere; Tellurian
Aaron	Reitz	Justice	Former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy	Texas Public Policy Foundation; Claremont Institute
Kristin	Repass	Interior	Director for Scheduling and Advance	TC Energy
Mallory	Richardson	Environmental Protection Agency	Senior Advisor for the Office of Policy	National Association of Manufacturers, Chemours, Squire Patton Boggs, U.S. Chamber
Paul	Roberti	Transportation	Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	Ernst&Young
Audrey	Robertson	Energy	Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Liberty Energy, Goldman Sachs, Copper Trail Partners LLC, etc
Evan	Rogers	Energy	Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	Alabama Power
Brooke	Rollins	Agriculture	Secretary	America First Policy Institute; Texas Public Policy Foundation
David	Sacks	White House	AI & Crypto Czar	Craft Ventures, Glue, Paypal, Yammer, Geni, Zenefits
John	Sauer	Justice	Solicitor General	Missouri Attorney General's office, Cooper & Kirk, James Otis Law Group (private firm)
John	Sauer	Justice	Solicitor General	Solicitor General, Missouri
Ronald	Schindler	Interior	Counselor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Pioneer Natural Resources
Justin	Schwab	White House	General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality	CGCN
James	Sherk	White House	White House Domestic Policy Council	America First Policy Institute
Peter	Simshauser	Transportation	Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator	Motional
Gail	Slater	Justice	Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division	JD Vance's Senate office, Fox, Roku, Trump White House, Internet Association
Roy	Spencer	Energy	Consultant	Heartland Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Kenneth	Stevens	Interior	Principal Deputy Director Exercising the Delegated Authorities of the Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement	CnHn Strategies, GE
Joe	Stopper	White House	Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary	ATX Energy Company, Yorktown Partners LLC
Adam	Suess	Interior	Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals	REH Company; Sinclair; Murphy USA
Laura	Swett	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Member	Vinson & Elkins
Aaron	Szabo	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation	CGCN; Duke Energy; AFPM; Chemours
Abigale	Tardif	Environmental Protection Agency	Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation	Marathon Petroleum, AFPM lobbyist;
Kevin	Tatulyan	Energy	Chief of Staff for the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management	Seneca Resources
Nathaniel	Tisa	Environmental Protection Agency	Deputy General Counsel	GibsonDunn
Andrea	Travnicek	Interior	Assistant Secretary for Water and Science	National Water Resources Association, North Dakota Water Resources
Douglas	Troutman	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances	American Cleaning Institute
Usha-Maria	Turner	Environmental Protection Agency	Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs	Chesapeake Energy; Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Tim	Walsh	Energy	Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management	Confluence Companies
Michael	Waltz	White House	UN Ambassador	Member of Congress since 2019. Army veteran. Founded and sold the defense contractor Metis Solutions.
Susie	Wiles	White House	Chief of Staff	Lobbyist, Mercury Public Affairs (Feb. 2022-Nov. 2024); Lobbyist/Managing Partner, Ballard Partners (2011-Sept. 2019); Trump Presidential Campaigns
Thomas	Williams	OMB	Associate Director for Defense	military contractors
Steve	Winberg	Energy	Deputy Under Secretary for Infrastructure	Fossil Energy; Consol Energy; Coalition for Gas-Based Environmental Solutions
Gregory	Wischer	Interior	Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Mineral Management	Dei Gratia Minerals; Westwin Elements
Emily	Wong	Transportation	Director of Governmental, International, and Public Affairs for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	American Petroleum Institute
Andrea	Woods	Energy	Deputy Director of Public Affairs	American Petroleum Institute
Chris	Wright	Energy	Secretary	Liberty Energy
Brenda	Younkin	Interior	Advisor for Public Lands, Bureau of Land Management	Y2 Consultants
Lee	Zeldin	Environmental Protection Agency	Secretary	Member of Congress 2015-2023 and ran unsuccessfully for NY Governor in 2022. In 2023, Zeldin founded Zeldin Strategies, a corporate consulting firm helping clients with "strategy, public relations, acquisitions, crisis management, and much more." Clients included Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Marwood Group, Softheon
Gregory	Zerzan	Interior	Acting Solicitor (Nominated for General Counsel of the Department of Transportation)	enCore Energy; Koch Industries