# Forbes Tate Partners The **#14 lobbying firm in DC by 2025 revenue ($26.27M, 153 clients)**, rebranded **"FTP"** in April 2026. Founded 2012 by two Clinton White House legislative-affairs alumni — Jeff Forbes (Democratic staff director of the Senate Finance Committee; chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus) and Dan Tate Jr. (Clinton WH legislative affairs; deputy assistant secretary of Energy). A Democratic-rooted shop that evolved to bipartisan, owned by the publicly traded [[Public Policy Holding Company]]. ## 2026 transition April 2026 brought the firm's first leadership change: Robert Mathias tapped to lead, Forbes moving to founding partner & chairman, and Dan Tate stepping away after a long battle with ALS. Libby Greer (eight years chief of staff to Rep. Allen Boyd) now leads the government-relations practice, the firm's largest revenue center. ## Alignment and the Trump-world hire The signature vertical is **healthcare/pharma** — drug-pricing work for [[PhRMA]], Bayer, Walgreens, and a book of ~20 pharma clients — alongside Verizon, Target, Bank of America, and the Coalition for App Fairness. Revenue was flat 2024→2025 (~$26.3M both years): FTP's rank reflects a large stable client base, not a Trump-era windfall. Its clearest [[Second Trump Administration]] tie is the January 2025 hire, first reported critically by Popular Information, of **Tate Bennett** — former special assistant to President Trump, former [[Mitch McConnell]] aide, and former EPA official. ## FARA Active [[FARA]] registrant (#6522); verified foreign principals include the **Embassy of Japan**, with Hydro-Québec's U.S. arm also appearing in filings. ## See also [[Lobbying Hub]] · [[Public Policy Holding Company]] · [[Lobbying]] · [[Revolving Door]] · [[FARA]]