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."[1]
"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."[2]
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Flash the Cash
The ADI membership is exceedingly willing to step up to the political contribution collection plate. An 6 October 2005, simple search on the Center for Responsive Politics website (opensecrets.org), using the string "American Defense International", and searching the 2002, 2004 and 2006 political cycles yielded 177 records totaling $226,275.[3]
Principals
- 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.
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Clients
| ADI Clients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 ID, Inc. | Archangel Defense Systems, Inc. | Avanex Corporation | |
| Barber Nichols | Beretta USA Corporation | Bofors Defence | |
| The Breast Foundation | Columbia University / Teachers College | CONAX florida corporation | |
| Consortia Sp. z.o.o. | Delta Regional Medical Center | Delta Security Technologies, Inc. | |
| Dialogic Communications Corporation | Diversa Corporation | Diversified Optical Products, Inc. | |
| Drexel University | East/West Industries, Inc. | EdSolutions, Inc. | |
| Enabling Business Technologies | The Ensign Bickford Company | EWA Information and Infrastructure Technologies | |
| Fibernet Systems, LLC | General Atomics | Geno AS | |
| GenPhar, Inc. | GENTEX Corporation | Gestalt, LLC | |
| High Density Devices | Innovative Power Solutions | Inovio AS | |
| Large Scale Biology Corporation | Lenco Software | Lexicon Genetics, Inc. | |
| LiveWave | Longworth Industries, Inc. | The Metadata Company | |
| Microban International, Ltd. | Mustang Survival, Inc. | NAID, Inc. | |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | NUCSAFE, LLC | Oklahoma State Department of Health | |
| Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. | OT Tonnevold AS | OuterLink Corporation | |
| Peralta Community College District | Rescue Technologies Corporation | RUAG Munition | |
| Saab | Safety Medical Manufacturing Inc. | Sarnoff Corporation | |
| Scandinavian Demining Group AB | SINTEF Telecom and Informatics | Smiths Aerospace | |
| Smiths Industries Aerospace | Sonitor Technologies AS | Stidd Systems, Inc. | |
| SUMMA Technology, Inc. | Syntroleum Corporation | Teleplan AS | |
| Texas Medical Institute of Technology | Titan Systems | TransScan Medical, Inc. | |
| UltraClenz, LLC | Universal Space Network, Inc. | University of Tennessee | |
| VISICU | ViTel Net | VoluSense | |
| Westell, Inc. | |||
| Source [5] | |||
References, Resources and Contact
Contact
- 1100 New York Ave, NW, Suite 630
- Washington, DC 20005
- Phone: (202) 589-0020
- Fax: (202) 589-0630
- Web: www.americandefense.net
Related resources
- Defense contractors
- federal contractors
- Homeland Security contractors
- lobbying firms
- Military-industrial complex
