I wonder if these types of connections will be to Crossflo's advantage:

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Eric Washburn

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Eric Washburn currently is one of two principal partners and owners of Windward Consulting, LLC, providing federal legislative advice to industry, non-profit, and philanthropic foundation clients on a broad range of natural resource and energy issues.His primary work is counsel to the Bipartisan Policy Center/National Commission on Energy Policy.Previously, Mr. Washburn was the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.In 2003, Mr. Washburn was a Senior Public Policy Advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, and Berkowitz.For over ten years, Mr. Washburn worked in various policy-making and management capacities in the United States Senate.From June 2001 until 2003, he worked for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle as a Senior Policy Advisor, during which he oversaw the development and U.S. Senate passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2002.From January 2001 until June 2001, he was the Staff Director for the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, staffing Ranking Member Harry Reid, returning to Senator Daschle's office when Senator Reid ceded leadership of the committee to Senator Jim Jeffords.Before joining the EPW Committee, he was the Legislative Director to U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Thomas A. Daschle for four years.Prior to that, he was the Legislative Assistant to Senator Daschle for energy and environmental issues.He holds a Masters Degree in Forest Science from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Bachelors Degree in Psychobiology from Bowdoin College.Mr. Washburn has a wife, Robin Schepper, and two sons.