CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. lobbying for GINKGO BIOWORKS, INC.

Filing 4th Quarter - Report

Reporting period

4th Quarter 2025

Oct 1 - Dec 31 · Posted Jan 16, 2026

Income

$60,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Massachusetts

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 2

KARYN RICHMAN

Previously held: Program Examiner, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; Professional Staff, House Appropriations Committee
WENDY SAMMONS-JACKSON

Previously held: Director, Military Infectious Diseases Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Development Command

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Lobbying activity 3

Budget/Appropriations

Educated key government stakeholders on Ginkgo Bioworks capabilities in support of wastewater surveillance, and biomanufacturing; support authorization language and appropriations for Defense and Labor, Health, Human Services and Education.

Defense

Educated key government stakeholders on Ginkgo Bioworks capabilities in support of wastewater surveillance, and biomanufacturing; support authorization language and appropriations for Defense and Labor, Health, Human Services and Education.

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs

Educated key government stakeholders on Ginkgo Bioworks capabilities in support of wastewater surveillance, and biomanufacturing; support authorization language and appropriations for Defense and Labor, Health, Human Services and Education.