In 2007, Podesta founded Heather Podesta + Partners,[4] which, as of 2012, was the nation's largest woman-owned government relations firm.[5] The firm's lobbying clients include companies in energy, finance, healthcare, retail, real estate, education, transportation, and weapons.[6]
In 2010, the National Law Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women Lawyers".[7] In 2012, National Journal ranked Podesta as one of "Washington's Most Influential Women"[8] and GQ named her one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Washington".[9] The Hill has repeatedly named her one of its "Top Lobbyists"
"In 2007, Heather decided to launch her own lobbying shop. She considered naming it Butterfly-Sting Strategies, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another option was Velvet Steel Strategies. Then the perfect name revealed itself: Heather Podesta + Partners."
Pure swamp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Podesta
They are divorced though.
I've been in her office, creepy AF. This article is uncharacteristically unkind and revealing: https://www.washingtonian.com/2014/08/11/the-making-and-unmaking-of-a-power-marriage/
"In 2007, Heather decided to launch her own lobbying shop. She considered naming it Butterfly-Sting Strategies, according to the Wall Street Journal. Another option was Velvet Steel Strategies. Then the perfect name revealed itself: Heather Podesta + Partners."