Tracker: Trump Appointees’ Corporate Conflicts of Interest
Donald Trump’s second-term picks 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 over the power to regulate and oversee corporations to executives from the very same companies, as well as corporate-aligned think tanks. We are s following the money — and holding them accountable.
This tracker represents the work of Public Citizen researchers and of our allies at the Revolving Door Project.
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 |