Managing Partner

Henry Barbour

Henry’s extensive political experience and success in state and national campaigns brings him into contact with a diverse array of leaders, policymakers, journalists and political insiders. This enables him to work well at the state and federal level.

As Mississippi’s elected RNC National Committeeman, Henry is active in Republican circles throughout the country. His experience provides clients with unique insight into Republican administrations across the country; and his campaign experience helps drive the strategies he crafts to ensure results for Capitol Resources’ clients.

Henry manages the firm’s campaign and communications efforts, and national political reporters often seek his views. He has been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, PBS, NPR, etc.

John Simpson

John Simpson is a highly-seasoned government relations and communications professional with more than fifteen years of experience.  John represents clients before state and federal legislators and regulators where he provides strategic communications and public affairs advice, creates and manages effective coalitions and develops innovative media strategies. John has also built unique knowledge and insight into the workings of government and the intersection of business and politics.  He has spearheaded successful public affairs campaigns in some of the country’s largest, most high-profile mergers and acquisitions involving companies such as Sinclair Broadcasting Group-Tribune Media, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Comcast-NBC Universal, Comcast-Time Warner Cable, AT&T-DIRECTV, Charter-Time Warner Cable and AT&T-Time Warner.

John has also worked on several high-profile legislative initiatives in the Georgia legislature, including the Transportation Funding Act (HB 170 in 2015) and the Georgia Space Flight Act (HB 1 in 2017).

Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna was most recently a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the White House.  Prior to that, he was the President of MWR Strategies.  Before that, he worked in senior positions in a variety of government relations, communications, and analytical organizations.  He has consulted a wide variety of political and corporate clients with respect to government affairs, public policy issues, opinion research, and communications strategies.

He has worked on numerous campaigns and transition efforts.  Most recently, he was Trump transition team leader for the Department of Energy and advised the Trump campaign on energy and environmental issues.In government, Mike worked as the Director of Policy and External Affairs for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, where he was responsible for policy development and communications activities.  He also served at the U.S. Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation.

Mike’s work has been published in a host of publications including:  The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Investors Business Daily, National Review, Policy Review, Regulation, The Washington Times, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star, and State Legislatures.  His work has also appeared on Fox News, Bloomberg, MSNBC, CNN, and C-SPAN.

McKenna received a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Masters in Public Administration from George Mason University.  He has been a lecturer at the University of Virginia, a Fellow in the Institute for Public Policy Studies at the University of Denver and a Fellow at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.

Josh Peaster

Josh has over five years of Senate staff experience working most recently as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and previously in the offices of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS).

Josh worked on a myriad of issues during his time in the U.S. Senate, including managing appropriation requests and policy recommendations and led policy efforts on legislation pertaining to financial services, economic development, small business, housing, labor, and agriculture.

Alex Calhoon Miller

Alex is a seasoned Capitol Hill professional with extensive experience in communications and legislative strategy. With over eight years of service in the U.S. Senate, Alex most recently held the roles of Director of Administration and Deputy Communications Director for U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). In these positions, she played a key role in shaping the Senator’s digital and media presence through social media strategy, video editing, and press materials.

Before her work with Senator Hyde-Smith, Alex served as a Legislative Aide in the office of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), where she supported policy efforts related to agriculture, rural health, and appropriations.