Randy Scheunemann - Lobbyist

Lobbyist

In 1998, Scheunemann went to work for the public relations firm Mercury Group.

During the 2002 and early 2003 campaign by the George W. Bush administration to generate public support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Scheunemann had a close association with Iraq exile Ahmad Chalabi.

Until May 2008, Scheunemann was co-owner of a two-person Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, Orion Strategies, LLC. The firm has lobbied on behalf of the Open Society Policy Center, the Caspian Alliance, Lockheed Martin, BP, and the National Rifle Association, among foreign governments such as Latvia, Taiwan, Croatia, and Macedonia.

He is a member of the board of directors of the International Republican Institute.