Policy Analysis and Advocacy for Investment Managers

Cypress Advisory delivers political insight to investment managers. We produce market-relevant intelligence
on legislative and regulatory changes affecting capital markets, financial services, energy, transportation and
infrastructure, tax policy, and special situations. Our bespoke research service is limited to twenty clients.

Cypress Advisory has offices in Washington, New York, and Dallas. Our team includes:

J. Patrick Cave
Prior to founding the Cypress Group, served as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions Policy; Senior
Advisor to the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee’s Capital Markets Subcommittee; BA, Virginia; MBA, Wharton

Ben Dupuy
Former Manager of the Alliance for Economic Development, a coalition of financial institutions part of the Treasury’s New Markets Tax
Credit Program; U.S. Senate staffer; tax and trade policy specialist; BA, Virginia; Candidate for Masters, Georgetown

Brant Imperatore
Served as Senior Counsel to the House Financial Services Committee; eight years of financial services lobbying; BA, Virginia; JD, Tulane;
MBA, Darden

Jeb Mason
Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Policy Advisor to Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson after working in the
White House as Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives; BS/BA, Southern Methodist University

King Mueller
Former Managing Director at Dome Advisors LLC; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Banking & Finance, Legislative Affairs at
Treasury; Policy Aid and Tax Counsel to former Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott; Policy Advisor to then-majority House Republican
Conference; BA, CofC; JD/MBA, USC

Damon Munchus
Previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Treasury; presidential appointee to the FDIC Economics
and International Trade Transition Team; Vice-President of the Investment Banking Division at Jefferies and Company; Senior
Financial Analyst at Fannie Mae; BA, UT; MPP, Harvard; JD, NYU

Scott Kirkpatrick
Former policy advisor on natural resources, environment and transportation Governor Kathleen Blanco; served in the special projects office
of Senator John Breaux; Legislative Assistant for health care, judiciary and financial services for Congressman Richard Baker; BA,
Virginia; JD, LSU

James Kotecki
Former new media entrepreneur and award-winning political reporter for Politico.com; BSFS, Georgetown

Robert Bailey
Former project office advisor on Appropriations and Commerce to Senator Mary Landrieu; BA, Virginia

Cecily Boggs
Former researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the Transatlantic Media Network department; BA, Rice

Christina Fox
Former legislative researcher in Congressman Jim Himes’ Washington, D.C. office; BA, Vanderbilt University
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