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Lobbying and Foreign Representation

Has been represented by:

• Arter and Hadden LLP (2001)
• Delta Strategy Group (2010 - 2014)
• GrayLoeffler LLC (2009 - 2010)
• Hartley, Harry Benjamin (2005 - 2009)
• Hurt, Norton & Associates Inc. (2011 - 2012)
• Jerry Costello Group LLC (2023 - 2024)
• KBS Group LLP (2015 - 2024)
• Loeffler Group LLP (2001 - 2009)
• Mondello Group LLC (2006 - 2023)
• Noble Strategies LLC (2010 - 2012)
• O'Keeffe Shahmoradi Strategies LLC (2018 - 2023)
• Public Strategies Washington Inc. (2001 - 2024)

Domestic lobbying:

Filed to lobby on its own behalf from 2002-2024

Revolving door lobbyists:

People who lobbied on behalf of Southwest Airlines Co. and have also worked in a congressional office:

• Cynthia Farrell Bens
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• Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
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• Charles M. Brain
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• Thomas B. Chapman
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• Ricky A. Cooks Jr.
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• Mark A. Copeland
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• Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL)
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• Jennifer Meyer Dionne
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• Lara M. Driscoe
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• Steven W. Eichenauer
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• Robert Mitchell Erdel
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• Samantha Joy Fay
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• Former Rep. William Herbert Gray III (D-PA)
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• Warren Graham Harper
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• Harry Benjamin Hartley
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Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Gonzales LD takes wing to Southwest Airlines

  Posted by Heavyn Lester on April 24, 2024
  A Republican House staffer has landed a position at Southwest Airlines. read more

• Aviation lobbyist takes Senate aviation subcommittee job

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 2, 2014
  A longtime lobbyist and lawyer for several airlines and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has moved to a Senate job overseeing the aviation industry. read more

Employees

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People whose biographies include Southwest Airlines Co. as an employer:

• Rachel C. Black

  (April 2024-)

  Federal Affairs Director

• Thomas B. Chapman (Tom)

  (1999-2006)

  Legislative Counsel

• Samantha M. Denham (Sam)

  (June 2019-Aug. 2019)

  Governmental Affairs Intern

• Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-TX)

  (March 2014-July 2021)

  Pilot

• Samantha Joy Fay

  (April 2022-Nov. 2023)

  Federal Affairs Director

• Leah Carter Koonce (Lexi)

  (July 2022-)

  Business and Communications Consultant

• Karen Judd Lewis

  (2010-)

  Vice President of Governmental Affairs

• Christa Fornarotto Lucas

  (March 2022-)

  Vice President, Governmental Affairs

• Philip Bradley Moore

  (July 2016-)

  Senior Federal Affairs Director

• David M. Richardson

  (2023-)

  Managing Director/Head of Federal Affairs

• Dorothy Carpenter Sauvinet

  (April 2022-)

  State and Local Affairs Director

• William Jason Van Eaton (Jason)

  (Nov. 2023-)

  Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

• Portia Reddick White

  (Sept. 1989-Sept. 2013)

  Flight Attendant

• Cody D. Willming

  (May 2013-Aug. 2013)

  Community Affairs and Grassroots Intern

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