American Defense International

American Defense International (ADI) is mainly a lobbying firm; it describes itself as "a Washington, DC-based consulting firm specializing in government affairs, business development, and public relations ... [which] serves a worldwide client base -- both businesses and governments -- with a unique combination of technical expertise, relationships, and the ability to work with Washington's most important decision makers and opinion leaders."
"As the descriptions of [the ADI] staff and Board of Advisors show, ADI's top-notch personnel includes former senior government officials, military officers, and congressional aides. Having started with a focus on national defense and military matters, ADI has since branched into other areas including homeland security, health care, telecommunications, shipping and maritime, biomedical research and engineering, and general government services. financial transaction services."
==Flash the Cash==
The ADI membership is exceedingly willing to step up to the political contribution collection plate. An 6 October 2005, simple search on the Center for Responsive Politics website (opensecrets.org), using the string "American Defense International", and searching the 2002, 2004 and 2006 political cycles yielded 177 records totaling $226,275.
==Principals==
*Van D. Hipp, Jr., Chairman and CEO
*Michael Herson, President
*Will Marsh, Director of Government Affairs
*Michael Khatchadurian, Director of Government Affairs
===Board of Advisors===
*George Phillips
*Edward J. Marcinik, Ph.D. 
*Ronald L. Beckwith
*Chris W. Small
*Maurice J. Mayfield
*Margaret (Peggy) Norris
*John H. Lewis II
*Richard C. Lewis
*Jay Billings
*Thomas Brown
*Peter Collis, M.D.
*Milton Herson
*Richard Koehnke
*John Meyers
*Donald Morency
*Peter Oleson
*Thomas Reeves
*Emmett H. Mickey Walker, Jr.
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==Clients==
ADI Clients
123 ID, Inc.
Archangel Defense Systems, Inc.
Avanex Corporation
Barber Nichols
Beretta USA Corporation
Bofors Defence
The Breast Foundation
Columbia University / Teachers College
CONAX florida corporation
Consortia Sp. z.o.o.
Delta Regional Medical Center
Delta Security Technologies, Inc.
Dialogic Communications Corporation
Diversa Corporation
Diversified Optical Products, Inc.
Drexel University
East/West Industries, Inc.
EdSolutions, Inc.
Enabling Business Technologies
The Ensign Bickford Company
EWA Information and Infrastructure Technologies
Fibernet Systems, LLC
General Atomics
Geno AS
GenPhar, Inc.
GENTEX Corporation
Gestalt, LLC
High Density Devices
Innovative Power Solutions
Inovio AS
Large Scale Biology Corporation
Lenco Software
Lexicon Genetics, Inc.
LiveWave
Longworth Industries, Inc.
The Metadata Company
Microban International, Ltd.
Mustang Survival, Inc.
NAID, Inc.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
NUCSAFE, LLC
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.
OT Tonnevold AS
OuterLink Corporation
Peralta Community College District
Rescue Technologies Corporation
RUAG Munition
Saab
Safety Medical Manufacturing Inc.
Sarnoff Corporation
Scandinavian Demining Group AB
SINTEF Telecom and Informatics
Smiths Aerospace
Smiths Industries Aerospace
Sonitor Technologies AS
Stidd Systems, Inc.
SUMMA Technology, Inc.
Syntroleum Corporation
Teleplan AS
Texas Medical Institute of Technology
Titan Systems
TransScan Medical, Inc.
UltraClenz, LLC
Universal Space Network, Inc.
University of Tennessee
VISICU
ViTel Net
VoluSense
Westell, Inc.
 
 
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==References, Resources and Contact==
===Contact===
:1100 New York Ave, NW, Suite 630
:Washington, DC 20005
:Phone: (202) 589-0020
:Fax: (202) 589-0630
:Web: www.americandefense.net
===Related resources===
*Defense contractors
*federal contractors
*Homeland Security contractors
*lobbying firms
*Military-industrial complex
===References===