David M. Powers

David Powers is the Vice President of State Government Relations at Reynolds American Inc, He was Regional Director of State Government Relations in RJR's Region IV, circa 1996. Region IV included California, Alaska, Oklahoma and Texas. He was a registered lobbyist for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company from 2001-2003 in New York City.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Powers is also the Treasurer of the corporate ("Private Enterprise") board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the corporate co-chair of ALEC's International Relations Task Force as of 2011.