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Principals and Consultants, Past and Present:

United Seniors Association (USA)

Principals or Staffers^† (Click to see other affiliations)	Relationship (Most recent year confirmed in role)
Art Linkletter	National Chairman for United Seniors Association (2004) ¹
Charles Jarvis	President, CEO and Chairman (2002) ²
Jack A. Abramoff	Member of the Board of Directors (2002) ³
Craig Shirley	Member of the Board of Directors (2002) ⁴
James Wootton	Member of the Board of Directors (2002) ⁵
Sandra Butler	Director and former president (2002) ⁶
J. Curtis Herge	Corporate counsel; orchestrated restructuring of USA (2001) ⁷ ⁸
Art Kelly	Vice President for Field Operations (2002) ⁹
Ronald E. Smith	Lobbyist; Director of Legislative Affairs (2000) ¹⁰
Richard Viguerie	Founder (N/A) ¹¹

Individuals who Served as Consultants^‡ (Click to see other affiliations)	Relationship (Most recent year confirmed in role)
Beau Boulter	Former lobbyist (2000) ¹²
Alex Castellanos	Produced ads for organization (2001) ¹³
Daniel Hickey	Lobbyist (2000) ¹⁴
James Jarrard	Lobbyist (1999) ¹⁵
Jeffrey Jones	Lobbyist (1999) ¹⁶
David Keene	Lobbyist (2003) ¹⁷
Kathy Wills	Lobbyist (1999) ¹⁸

Organizations that Served as Consultants or Vendors for this Group (Click to see other affiliations)	Relationship (Most recent year confirmed in role)
Carmen Group	Serves as USA's lobbyist. (2004) ¹⁹
Creative Media Partners	Created USA ad beseeching Democratic Sens. Wellstone (Minn.), Johnson(S.D.), and Carnahan(Mo.) to make tax cuts permanent. (N/A) ²⁰
National Media Inc.	National Media principal Alex Castellanos has produced ads for USA (N/A) ²¹
Winston Group	Serves as pollster for USA. (2004) ²²

^† Principals and staff include individuals who have served as prominent employees of the group or as members of its board of directors. For large organizations, lists were edited to exclude employees, aside from members of the board of directors, who did not appear involved in the group's electoral activities. Individuals' known affiliations with other politically oriented organizations are also included in the New Stealth PACs database.

^‡ This table consists of individuals who appear to have worked in advisory roles or as independent contractors for the organization. These individuals' known affiliations with other politically oriented organizations are also included in the New Stealth PACs database.



¹	United Seniors Association Web site. Available at www.usanext.org. Accessed on Aug. 31, 2004.
²	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
³	United Seniors Association 990 form, 2002.
⁴	United Seniors Association 990 form, 2002.
⁵	United Seniors Association 990 form, 2002.
⁶	United Seniors Association 990 form, 2002.
⁷	Merrill Goozner, "Drug Money," American Prospect, Oct. 21, 2002.
⁸	"United Seniors Association: Hired Guns for PhRMA and Other Corporate Interests - Updated Oct. 17, 2002," Public Citizen, Oct. 17, 2002.
⁹	"USA Leaders and Members Meet With President Bush," USA press release, March 6, 2003.
¹⁰	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹¹	Michael Buettner, "Group Sponsoring Goode Ads Backed by Pharmaceutical Industry," Associated Press, June 5, 2003.
¹²	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹³	"United Seniors Association: Hired Guns For PhRMA and Other Corporate Interests," Public Citizen, July 2002. (link: http://www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/special_interest/articles.cfm?ID=7999.)
¹⁴	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹⁵	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹⁶	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹⁷	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹⁸	Lobbying Disclosure Reports Filed With the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House Pursuant to the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995. (Available at sopr.senate.gov.)
¹⁹	Carmen Group Web site. (Available at www.carmengroup.com. Accessed July 21, 2004.)
²⁰	Meg Kinnard, "Seniors Push Senators For 'Tax Relief'," National Journal, Aug. 7,2002.
²¹	"Seniors Group Demands Rx Coverage," National Journal, Sept. 4, 2001.
²²	United Seniors Association Web site. (Available at www.unitedseniors.org. Accessed on May 24, 2004.)