MARK RUGE

(Federal)

Mark Ruge is a lawyer in the Public Policy and Law practice group at the global law firm K&L Gates, one of the largest policy groups in the United States. He focuses his practice on the federal government, representing clients on policy matters before Congress, administrative issues before the federal agencies/departments, and, occasionally, regulatory disputes in the federal courts. He is involved in a broad range of maritime issues and issues related to the Great Lakes states. Most recently, he was named "2018 Great Lakes Marine Man of the Year" and inducted into the Great Lakes Hall of Fame, the first attorney ever chosen.

A veteran of more than a decade as a staffer on Capitol Hill, Mr. Ruge serves as counsel to the American Maritime Partnership, the largest coalition in the history of the U.S. maritime industry, and represents numerous other transportation clients on federal policy issues. In addition, he represents and has represented a broad range of other companies, associations and other entities on federal legislative tax, healthcare, commerce, appropriations and other issues. He is counsel to several major business organizations throughout the Midwest.

Mr. Ruge also counsels clients on issues before the federal agencies and departments. He has successfully helped litigate cases under the Administrative Procedure Act, which mandates rational decision-making by federal agencies. Mr. Ruge has participated successfully in numerous agency administrative appeals and rulemakings.

Before joining the firm, he worked on Congressional staffs, including positions as chief of staff to Rep. Bob Davis (R-MI) and as deputy staff director (minority) of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, where he specialized in Michigan and Great Lakes issues. Mr. Ruge is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Northern Michigan University. In 2008, Mr. Ruge received an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management from the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.

He served as the Parish Council president at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean (VA) for nearly 20 years; chairman of the Board of Directors of the Father McKenna Center; co-chairman and founder of the Food From the Bar legal community food drive that has raised more than 3 million meals for the Capital Area Food Bank; the national board chairman for the Ignatian Volunteer Corps; and as the Fathers' Club president at Gonzaga College High School. He received the St. Aloysius Medal from Gonzaga in 2015.

Mr. Ruge is a part owner of the Green Bay Packers.

SCOTT ALIFERIS

(Federal)

Mr. Aliferis is a government affairs advisor in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. He focuses on federal funding issues as well as policy matters involving energy, transportation, the environment and telecommunications.

Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Aliferis served as director of government affairs for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, where he analyzed and monitored energy, environmental, and tax issues affecting the automobile industry. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for developing strategic options, legislative proposals, and media correspondence. Mr. Aliferis drafted congressional testimony for both the House and Senate committees, and served in an advisory role to member companies on relevant legislation. He also acted as a liaison with congressional offices to explain and advance industry positions, and coordinated activities with the House and Senate Auto Caucus.

Mr. Aliferis has an extensive legislative background, serving for nine years under Congressman Fred Upton, former Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee. As the legislative director and principal policy advisor in the office, Mr. Aliferis was responsible for the development and oversight of Congressman Upton's legislative agenda in the House of Representatives. He handled telecommunications and media issues under consideration by the House Energy and Commerce committee including the 1992 Cable Act and the 1996 Telecommunications Act. He drafted legislation and amendments on environmental, transportation and budget issues, and coordinated message development with the congressman's chief of staff and district director. Mr. Aliferis also organized outreach efforts to business and community groups.

Mr. Aliferis also served as a congressional intern to Congressman Robert Davis and an assistant to the director of public affairs for the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.

CAROL MICHAELSEN

(Federal)
Clients:

1) ACCELERGY CORPORATION

2) AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc.

3) AIRPORT MINORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

4) ALGAE BIOMASS ORGANIZATION

5) Alpha Technologies, Inc.

6) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED

7) AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING

8) American Bus Association

9) American Commercial Space Innovators

10) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

11) AMERICAN MARITIME PARTNERSHIP

12) AMERICAN PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION

13) American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group, Inc.

14) AMERICAN SECURITY ACTION FUND, INC.

15) AMERICAN SMALL MANUFACTURING COALITION

16) American Superconductor Corporation

17) American Tower Corporation

18) AMERICAN WATER

19) Animal Wellness Action

20) Ansys, Inc.

21) Apex Clean Energy

22) Armored Things Inc.

23) Association of Washington Business

24) Astranis Space Technologies Corp.

25) AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSN

26) Audia International

27) AVIS-BUDGET GROUP, INC.

28) Axiom Space, Inc.

29) Berkshire Hathaway Energy

30) BLUE ORIGIN, LLC

31) BNSF RAILWAY CO.

32) Boeing Employees' Credit Union

33) Boulder Capital Partners OZB, LLC

34) Breville Pty, Ltd.

35) Brightline Holdings LLC f/k/a Virgin Trains USA LLC

36) BROWN-FORMAN CORP

37) BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN

38) ByteDance Inc.

39) California Public Employees' Retirement System

40) CALVERT VENTURES, LLC

41) Capital SouthEast Connector Joint Powers Authority

42) Catalyst Old River Hydroelectric Limited Partnership

43) CERES, INC.

44) Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.

45) Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.

46) CHSPSC, LLC

47) CHURCH ALLIANCE

48) CIGAR RIGHTS OF AMERICA

49) CITY LIGHT & POWER, INC.

50) Clark Street Associates LLC on behalf of PSIQuantum

51) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Bright Machines

52) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Lattice Semiconductor

53) Clark Street Associates on behalf of TruckLabs

54) Clark Street Associates on behalf of Western Digital

55) Clark Street on behalf of Qorvo

56) Cleco Power LLC

57) CMS ENERGY CORP.

58) Coalition for Energy Efficient Jobs & Investment

59) Columbia Sportswear

60) COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT FEDERATION

61) Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC

62) Community Capital Management, LLC d/b/a CRAFund Advisory, Inc.

63) Compass Group USA, Inc.

64) Conservation International Foundation

65) CONSORTIUM OF STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES

66) Consumer Technology Association

67) Cumberland County Hospital System d/b/a Cape Fear Valley Health System

68) Cyanco International

69) Disability Benefits Deadline Initiative

70) DJI Technology, Inc.

71) Edelman Financial Engines f/k/a Financial Engines

72) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND

73) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

74) Equinix, Inc.

75) Financial Accounting Foundation

76) FinCom Ltd.

77) First Trust Portfolios L.P.

78) Fisher Investments

79) Fleet Energy America, Inc.

80) Forterra, Inc.

81) G.W. PEOPLES CONTRACTING CO. INC.

82) GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CANNABIS COMMERCE

83) Gordon Food Service, Inc.

84) Great Elm Capital Group, Inc.

85) GREAT LAKES METRO CHAMBERS

86) Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

87) GREATER SPOKANE INCORPORATED

88) GRIT Energy Services, LLC

89) Groundfish Forum

90) Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance

91) Hecla Mining Company

92) Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd.

93) Iconic Artists, LLC

94) Index Industry Association

95) Industrial Technology Institute

96) Ingo Money, Inc.

97) Inmarsat PLC d/b/a Inmarsat Aviation

98) INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LESSORS

99) INSTITUTE OF SCRAP RECYCLING INDUSTRIES, INC.

100) Intelligrated Systems, Inc. dba Honeywell Intelligrated

101) INTERNATIONAL HOUSING COALITION

102) James Hardie Building Products, Inc.

103) John Lefas

104) Just Greens LLC

105) LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

106) LAKE PILOTS ASSN INC.

107) Launch on Demand Corporation

108) LEHIGH HANSON INC.

109) LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

110) LOWER PASSAIC RIVER STUDY AREA COOP

111) Lynas USA, LLC

112) Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Inc.

113) MADE IN SPACE

114) MAGNOLIA LNG LLC

115) MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, INC.

116) MATSON NAVIGATION

117) Maxar Technologies Holdings Inc. f/k/a SSL MDA Holdings

118) McDermott International, Inc. f/k/a CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON (CB&I)

119) Michael L. Taylor

120) Midwater Trawlers Cooperative

121) Moda Health

122) MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

123) NANOBUSINESS COMMERCIALIZATION ASSOCIATION

124) Nanotronics Imaging, Inc.

125) National Assn for Biomedical Research

126) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN TRUSTEES (NACTT)

127) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRAILER MANUFACTURERS

128) NCL CORPORATION LTD.

129) NextStep Interacative Inc.

130) Nortek Security & Control LLC

131) NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

132) Olympus Power LLC

133) Oshkosh Corporation

134) Pacific Seafood Group

135) PacifiCorp Energy

136) Package Coalition LLC

137) PAPER RECYCLING COALITION

138) Parsyl, Inc.

139) Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

140) Pinnacle Treatment Centers

141) PITNEY BOWES

142) PolyVision Corporation

143) Poplicus Incorporated d/b/a Govini

144) Port of Moses Lake

145) Port of Portland

146) PPG Industries Inc.

147) PRIMET PRECISION MATERIALS, INC.

148) PRN Software

149) Quantum Industry Coalition

150) Qurate Retail, Inc. f/k/a LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION

151) QVC, INC.

152) R.T. G. Furniture Corp. d/b/a Rooms to Go

153) Receivables Management Association fka DBA INTERNATIONAL

154) RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

155) Resolve Marine Group, Inc.

156) Savion, LLC

157) Seastreak LLC

158) Sierra Pacific Industries

159) SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

160) Spire Global, Inc.

161) SPOKANE AIRPORT BOARD

162) SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP.

163) ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY PILOTS ASSN.

164) STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP

165) STEELCASE, INC.

166) Strategic Vaccines, LLC

167) Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Corporation

168) Suntory Business Expert Limited

169) Texas LNG

170) The ESOP Association

171) The First Church of Christ, Scientist

172) The World Dog Alliance Limited

173) TM3 Systems

174) Topical Bio Medics Inc.

175) TOWN OF FUQUAY-VARINA, NC

176) Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC

177) Trans AstroNautica Corporation d/b/a TransAstra

178) Trans-Atlantic Business Council

179) TRANSPHORM INC.

180) TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

181) TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

182) TrueBlue, Inc.

183) Turing Inc.

184) U.S. Global Leadership Campaign

185) United Catcher Boats

186) United States Cannabis Council

187) Vanguard Charitable

188) Velocys Inc

189) Veolia Nuclear Solutions f/k/a Kurion

190) Viamedia, Inc.

191) Vitalant

192) VOX Space

193) WATER INNOVATIONS ALLIANCE

194) WATER INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION

195) WESTERN GREAT LAKES PILOTS ASSN

196) WESTON SOLUTIONS

197) XO Energy, LLC

198) Zapata Computing, Inc.

199) Zeno Power Systems, Inc.