American Defense International

American Defense International (ADI) is mainly a lobbying firm. It describes itself as "a Washington, DC-based consulting firm specializing in government affairs, business development, and public relations ... [which] serves a worldwide client base -- both businesses and governments -- with a unique combination of technical expertise, relationships, and the ability to work with Washington's most important decision makers and opinion leaders." 

"As the descriptions of [the ADI] staff and Board of Advisors show, ADI's top-notch personnel includes former senior government officials, military officers, and congressional aides. Having started with a focus on national defense and military matters, ADI has since branched into other areas including homeland security, health care, telecommunications, shipping and maritime, biomedical research and engineering, and general government services. financial transaction services."

Flash the Cash
The ADI membership is exceedingly willing to step up to the political contribution collection plate. An October 6, 2005, simple search on the Center for Responsive Politics website (open secrets dot org), using the string "American Defense International", and searching the 2002, 2004 and 2006 political cycles yielded 177 records totaling $226,275. -

Leadership

 * Van D. Hipp, Jr., Chairman and CEO
 * Michael Herson, President
 * Will Marsh, Director of Government Affairs
 * Michael Khatchadurian, Director of Government Affairs

Board of Advisors

 * George Phillips
 * Edward J. Marcinik, Ph.D.
 * Ronald L. Beckwith
 * Chris W. Small
 * Maurice J. Mayfield
 * Margaret (Peggy) Norris
 * John H. Lewis II
 * Richard C. Lewis
 * Jay Billings
 * Thomas Brown
 * Peter Collis, M.D.
 * Milton Herson
 * Richard Koehnke
 * John Meyers
 * Donald Morency
 * Peter Oleson
 * Thomas Reeves
 * Emmett H. Mickey Walker, Jr.

Contact
1100 New York Ave, NW Suite 630 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (202) 589-0020 Fax: (202) 589-0630 Web: http://www.americandefense.net

Related SourceWatch resources

 * Defense contractors
 * federal contractors
 * Homeland Security contractors
 * lobbying firms
 * Military-industrial complex