LittleSis: Mark D Cowan

As a partner at Patton Boggs, Mark Cowan draws on more than 35 years of experience working on complex domestic and international public policy issues to counsel a broad range of clients. He advises corporations, government entities, and foreign sovereigns on a wide array of business, regulatory, and trade issues. Mr. Cowan coordinates and oversees client growth and development for the firm. Cowan joined Patton Boggs after a long and successful career in the Washington public affairs and government relations industry. He served as president of Columbus Public Affairs and as chief executive officer of Newmyer Associates, a public affairs and strategic intelligence firm. He was vice chairman of Cassidy & Associates, and a founder and chief executive officer of The Jefferson Group. Earlier, Mr. Cowan served at Gray & Company and Hill & Knowlton Public Relations, counseling numerous domestic and international clients. Before entering the private sector, Mr. Cowan held presidential appointments in three administrations. During the first Reagan administration, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health until his appointment as Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Secretary of Labor in 1982. Later, President George H.W. Bush appointed him as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Employment Policy. More recently, President George W. Bush appointed him as a Member of the President’s Council on the 21st Century Work Force. In addition to his presidential appointments, Mr. Cowan has held several other government posts. He was Counsel to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (ethics) of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as an operations officer, serving abroad and as a country desk chief in the agency’s Directorate of Operations, and later held the position of Assistant Legislative Counsel to the Director of Central Intelligence. In the U.S. Air Force, Captain Cowan flew in the back seat of the F-101 fighter interceptor.

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Shawn Smeallie	John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, James T Walsh, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Benjamin A Gilman, Mitt Romney, Josh Mandel, John W Warner
Thomas A Davis	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, Ed Markey, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Dave McCurdy, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, John W Warner
Jack N. Halpern	Chaka Fattah, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Bob Barr, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Benjamin A Gilman, Mitt Romney, Josh Mandel
Emanuel Joshua Friedman	Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, Ed Markey, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Al D’Amato, Dave McCurdy, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, James Clifford Miller III, John Marshall Coleman
A Jerrold Perenchio	John Ensign, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John Bennett Johnston III
Paul L Baker	Robert Ernest Andrews, John Ensign, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, William S Cohen, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Josh Mandel
William E. Timmons Jr.	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, William S Cohen, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, James Clifford Miller III, John W Warner
Donald G Fisher	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John Kerry, Thomas Peter Lantos, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Newt Gingrich, Dave McCurdy, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Nicholas Calio	John Ensign, John McCain, George Allen, Al D’Amato, Jon D Fox, Newt Gingrich, William S Cohen, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Josh Mandel
Frank E Richardson	John McCain, James T Walsh, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, William S Cohen, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Josh Mandel
Sam Fox	John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, William S Cohen, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Josh Mandel, John W Warner
Jerry Speyer	Patrick Joseph Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Arlen Specter, James T Walsh, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, William S Cohen, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Josh Mandel
Dan Meyer	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Randy Lee Demmer, Freedom First PAC
Lanny Griffith	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, John W Warner
Jane L Bainum	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Bob Barr, Fred Dalton Thompson, Al D’Amato, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, James Clifford Miller III, Josh Mandel
Annette C Simmons	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Josh Mandel
Lewis M Eisenberg	Wayne Allard, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Al D’Amato, William S Cohen, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Benjamin A Gilman, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Fred Malek	Wayne Allard, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Al D’Amato, Pete Wilson, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, John W Warner
Harlan Crow	Wayne Allard, John Ensign, John McCain, George Allen, Robert Simmons, Fred Dalton Thompson, William S Cohen, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty
Vin Weber	John Ensign, John McCain, Arlen Specter, George Allen, Jon D Fox, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, New Republican Majority Fund, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Randy Lee Demmer, James Clifford Miller III, Freedom First PAC

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