CGCN Group

CGCN Group
Limited liability company
Industry Government relations
Predecessor
  • Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen (2013-2015)
  • Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford (2011-2013);
  • Clark Lytle & Geduldig (2008-2011);
  • Clark & Associates (1999-2008)
Founded 1999
Founder Steve Clark
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
Key people
  • Mike Catanzaro, Partner
  • Steve Clark, Partner
  • Jay Cranford, Partner
  • Sam Geduldig, Partner
  • Mike Nielsen, Partner
  • Doug Schwartz, Partner
  • John Stipicevic, Partner
Revenue
  • Increase $7.7 million (2015)
  • Increase $5.8 million (2014)
  • Increase $5.1 million (2013)
  • Increase $4.8 million (2012)
  • Increase$3.6 million (2011)
  • Increase$1.9 million (2010)
Website cgcn.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

CGCN Group is an issue advocacy and lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.[2] The firm was formerly known as Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen.

History

Steve Clark formed the group as Clark & Associates in 1999.[3] In 2007, Sam Geduldig joined after working several years for John Boehner, Mike Oxley and Roy Blunt.[4] Gary Lytle joined in 2007 after working for the telecommunications industry.[3] The firm was renamed to Clark Lytle & Geduldig.[5]

The company was involved in the financial reform debate around 2009–2010,[4] which involved laws like the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.[6] Deborah Pryce joined the firm in 2010.[7]

In 2011 Jay Cranford joined the firm to build an energy and technology practice. He worked several years for Speaker Boehner.[8] That year, the firm's name changed to Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford.[9] Nike Nielsen joined the firm in 2013. He had previously worked in the U.S. Senate and at the Bennett Group.[1] Later in 2013, Gary Lytle became a strategic adviser rather than a partner.[10] The firm changed its name to Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen.

Michael Catanzaro, a CGCN partner, was invited to lead Donald Trump's Presidential energy transition energy team in the fall of 2016.[11][12][13] He stepped down in November 2016, when a new ethics policy that would have required him to drop all his clients.[14] By March President Trump had hired Catanzaro as senior member of the United States National Economic Council, serving under Gary Cohn. In that role Catanzaro is the top energy adviser to President Donald Trump.[15][16]

In a comprehensive May 30, 2017 waiver to the ethics pledge, Don McGahn and Stefan Passantino, excempted Catanzaro, along with almost a "dozen White House officials", from the ethics rules.[17] McGahn and Passantino said that there was a "public interest" in having Catanzaro work "as Trump’s top energy adviser" on the "same issues on which he lobbied". The waiver will allow Catanzaro "to help shape policy on Clean Air Act issues, the Renewable Fuel Standard, and Obama-era energy rules like the Clean Power Plan, the WOTUS rule, and methane regulations".[17]

"The Administration has an interest in you working on covered matters due to your experience and expertise on these issues. It is important that you participate in covered matters, and disqualification from such matters would limit the ability of the White House Office to effectively carry out its duties."
— Ethics Waiver for Catanzaro. May 30, 2017

References

  1. 1 2 "K Street Files: Clark Lytle, Thorn Run Add New Partners". Congressional Quarterly News. Nexis. 2 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Home page". CGCN Group. Washington, D.C.: CGCN Group LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 McCarthy, Aoife (17 September 2007). "Suite Talk: Health care boost". Politico. Washington, D.C.: Capitol News Company LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "A Rundown of the Big Financial Services Lobbyists". DealBook. The New York Times. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gary Lytle". Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen. Washington, D.C.: Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen LLC. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Rivlin, Gary (11 July 2011). "The Billion-Dollar Bank Heist". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Palmer, Anna (9 Aug 2010). "It’s the Pryce of Doing Business on K Street". Roll Call. CQ Roll Call. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  8. ↑ McCauley, Kevin (1 September 2011). "Koch Industries Taps Top GOP Firm". Dwyer's blog. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Frates, Chris (3 October 2011). "Clark, Lytle & geduldig Changes Name". National Journal (Washington, D.C.). Reprinted on the Clark Geduldig Cranford & Nielsen website. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Ackley, Kate (11 December 2013). "Gary Lytle Begins Long Goodbye | Downtown Moves". Congressional Quarterly News. Nexis.
  11. ↑ Steven Mufson (September 29, 2016), Trump’s energy and environment team leans heavily on industry lobbyists, The Washington Post, retrieved April 15, 2017
  12. ↑ Mary Kilpatrick, Ohio native appointed to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, Cleveland: Cleveland.com, retrieved April 15, 2017
  13. ↑ Andrew Restuccia and Elana Schor (September 26, 2016), Trump transition fills out energy team, Politico, retrieved April 15, 2017
  14. ↑ Andrew Restuccia and Isaac Arnsdorf (November 18, 2016), Lobbyists leave Trump transition team after new ethics rule, Politico, retrieved April 15, 2017
  15. ↑ Eric Lipton, Ben Protess and Andrew W. Lehren (April 15, 2017), With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and ‘No Transparency’, Propublica, retrieved April 15, 2017
  16. ↑ Lee Fang (March 21, 2017), Donald Trump Is Filling Top Pentagon and Homeland Security Positions With Defense Contractors, The Intercept, retrieved April 15, 2017
  17. 1 2 Wilson, Megan (May 31, 2017). "Trump exempts senior staff from ethics rules". The Hill. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
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