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Caught Our Eye

Former energy lobbyist leads Rounds transition team

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Nov. 14, 2014

The head of incoming Sen. Mike Rounds' (R-S.D.) transition team may be new to Congress, but his experience in the ways of Washington goes back years.

Rob Skjonsberg was Rounds' chief of staff in the South Dakota governor's office between 2003 and 2007 and returned to manage his campaign for Senate. But between 2007 and 2012, Skjonsberg served as a lobbyist for South Dakota-based biofuel company POET LLC.

POET spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying on energy issues during the years Skjonsberg lobbied. His title with the company was senior vice president for public policy and corporate affairs.

Skjonsberg earned a bachelor's degree in economics from South Dakota State University in 1995 and has also served as partner at GSG Strategies LLC and with Rounds at Fischer Rounds and Associates Inc.

In October, he was the subject of a controversy over an indirect investment he held in a company that benefited from votes he made on the state Board of Economic Development. But the board commissioner decided there was no conflict after attorney review.

Subjects: Robert T. Skjonsberg (Rob); Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD); Fischer Rounds and Associates Inc.; South Dakota State University; POET LLC

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