Coming Soon for CEOs, a MAGA-Infused Business Association
New Washington group with Republican roots will offer private meetings with Trump appointee
A new group out of Washington, D.C., aims to offer an alternative to longstanding executive networks like the Business Roundtable, but with a MAGA makeover.
American Growth Partnership, founded by several former Republican campaign and congressional aides, will offer monthly briefings and off-the-record roundtable discussions between its members and Trump appointees, aides and policymakers.
The details
The group will start this month. Membership will be tiered and start from $50,000 to $100,000, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Its first event will allow chief executives and other members to meet with Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson. Its second event will be with Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
The group was founded by:
- Garrett Ventry, the founder of lobbying and public affairs firm GRV Strategies and former senior Capitol Hill aide with deep ties to the Trump administration
- Richard Walters and Jim McCray, former senior advisers to the Trump-Vance presidential campaign and Republican National Committee
- Josh Helton, a former senior adviser to the Republican National Committee
- Jason Thielman and Tim Edson, who had both worked at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The group plans on leveraging its connections within the Trump administration to offer business leaders briefings from officials that could help them navigate business issues ranging from economic policy to tariffs and antitrust. It will also do monthly updates with members based on their own interactions with the administration.