The Ashcroft Group, LLC is a strategic consulting firm started by former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2005. Members of the group include former Dick Cheney Press Secretary Juleanna Glover Weiss, former Chief of Staff at the Department of Justice David Ayres, and former Chief of Staff for Management at the Department of Homeland Security Susan Richmond. In April 2009, four former United States Attorneys joined the Ashcroft Group: Michael Sullivan, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; John Ratcliffe, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas; Johnny Sutton, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas; and Catherine Hanaway, former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.