TBC Founder and CEO

 

With over 30 years experience working in and with companies involved in a wide-variety of businesses and industries, Lyle Bush provides TBC’s clients with reliable guidance on corporate governance and operations, as well as creative and practical solutions to sales and marketing challenges.  Our clients benefit from Lyle’s extensive real-world experience in creating, operating, and financing business ventures.  He has advised clients on matters as detailed as security (physical and cyber), internal policy development, training, records retention, and regulatory compliance, and as broad as global marketing concepts and strategies.  Lyle’s ability to focus on both day-to-day operations and long-term goals helps our clients develop effective strategies for enduring success. 

 

Lyle Bush chaired the Small Business Advisory Council of National Congressional Committee.  He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of four separate business, three of which are non-profits.  His past and current clients include closely-held and publicly-traded corporations, non-profit organizations, and small businesses in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

TBC Government Affairs Consultant

Robert (Bobby) Charles

When a TBC client needs high-level government experience and particular expertise in congressional and federal processes, we turn to The Charles Group, LLC.

 

Robert (“Bobby”) Charles rejoined The Charles Group as President in April of 2005, after serving as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) under Secretaries Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.  Bobby’s tenure in the Bush Administration led to the development of strong international relationships, which reinforce his strong ties in Congress and the administration.

 

Prior to founding The Charles Group in 1999, Bobby served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice Subcommittee (GRO) in the House of Representatives.  He also served Subcommittee Chairman J. Dennis Hastert, onetime Speaker of the House, as chief staffer to The Speaker’s Task Force on a Drug Free America, and as top staffer to the Bi-Partisan Drug Policy Group.  In addition to these and other political appointments, Bobby served as a Naval Reserve Officer, working in Naval Intelligence, and served on active duty after the September 11 attacks.  A former litigator in New York and Washington, Charles worked at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Kramer Levin between, clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and taught both Government Oversight and Cyberlaw at Harvard University Extension School.

 

Bobby received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, M.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, and A.B. from Dartmouth College.


TBC Chief Legal Counsel

Laurie Horvitz

Laurie Horvitz advises TBC on a wide-variety of legal matters.  With over twenty-five years experience in the Washington, DC, area, Laurie has a proven record of success, starting with her time with a major DC law firm, her service with federal government, her time as a partner in a firm in Bethesda, Maryland, and now as a sole practitioner.  She has appeared before state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels.
  
Laurie Horvitz’s high-quality and varied experiences add valuable depth to our team at TBC.  Laurie graduated from Duke University and Stanford Law School.

TBC Communications Consultant

Cheryl Bush

 

Cheryl Bush provides a wide range of creative writing services to TBC and its clients.  She assists with marketing materials, drafting operating documents, websites, and proofreading.  The specialized knowledge Cheryl acquired while working in the health care and pharmaceutical industries makes her particularly valuable to clients who seek to explain complex scientific matters in clear, concise prose.  A former Corporate Secretary, Cheryl provides expertise on Board of Directors documentation, including recording minutes, briefs, annual reports, and other operational and compliance documents.

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  Cornell School of Law, Ithaca, New York J.D.

  President, International Law Society; Teaching Assistant, Trial Advocacy and Trial Techniques (worked with Professors Irving Younger and James McElhaney);

  Business Law and Law of Innkeeping (Cornell School of Hotel Administration).

   

  Oxford University, Oxford, England

  Institute on Comparative and International Law, Magdelen College,

   

  Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, New York

  A.B. with Distinction

   

  Bar Admissions:  Massachusetts; New York; District of Columbia; Maryland

  U.S. Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York; District of Columbia

  U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Ninth, and District of Columbia Circuits

   

  EDUCATION
  CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, Ithaca, New York
  J.D., 1981
  President, International Law Society; Teaching Assistant, Trial Advocacy and Trial Techniques
  (worked with Professors Irving Younger and James McElhaney); Business Law and
  Law of Innkeeping (Cornell School of Hotel Administration).
  OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Oxford, England
  Institute on Comparative and International Law, Magdelen College, 1979
  CORNELL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, Ithaca, New York
  A.B. with Distinction in All Subjects, 1978
  Dean's List
  BAR ADMISSIONS
  Massachusetts, 1981; New York, 1982; District of Columbia, 1988; Maryland, 1991
  U.S. Southern District of New York; Eastern District of New York; District of Columbia
  U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Ninth, and District of Columbia Circuit