Roy Neel

TelCo Lobbyist: (1999) Roy Neel, a former Al Gore chief of staff so close to the vice president that he arranged the memorial service for Gore's father, makes a reported $500,000 a year as president of the U.S. Telephone Association. Today, he lobbies administration officials on behalf of phone companies even as he continues to advise the vice president and his staff on telecommunications policy and conduct "special projects" for the Gore campaign.

member of Al Gore's inner circle

But while the vice president's official headquarters is in Nashville, he has not shed his longtime associates, many of whom work as high-priced lobbyists on K Street. They have enjoyed the advantages of the revolving door. They worked with Al Gore in the White House or on Capitol Hill and are now selling their access, or at least the appearance of that access, to corporate clients. Three of them - Peter Knight, John M. Jack Quinn and Roy Neel - are all former Gore chiefs of staff and now are wealthy lobbyists. Meanwhile, most of his top campaign consultants, from his pollster to his field director, are members of the Washington political consultant network.

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