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{{#badges: Koch Exposed}}[[File:Sean_noble.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sean Noble]]'''Sean Noble''' is the Executive Director/President of [[American Encore]], formerly known as the [[Center to Protect Patient Rights|Center to Protect Patient Rights]] (CPPR), a 501(c)4 conduit for the Koch donors network. ''The New York Times'' has described the CPPR as "one of the largest political nonprofits in the country, serving as a conduit for tens of millions of dollars in political spending, much of it raised by the Kochs and their political operation."<ref>Nicholas Confessore, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/us/politics/group-linked-to-kochs-admits-to-campaign-finance-violations.html?ref=sunday Group Linked to Kochs Admits to Campaign Finance Violations]," ''New York Times'', October 24, 2013. Accessed June 11, 2014.</ref>
The CPPR funneled more than $182 million in undisclosed donations to right-wing advocacy groups from 2009 to 2012, including [[Americans for Prosperity]] and the [[American Future Fund]].<ref>Patrick O'Connor, "[http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/03/25/sen-franken-draws-attack-ad-from-american-encore/ Sen. Franken Draws Attack Ad From American Encore]," Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2014.</ref> The Washington Post described it as a "major cash turnstile for groups on the right during the past two election cycles," because it received large amounts of money from [[Freedom Partners]] and [[TC4 Trust]] as part of the $400 million [[Koch brothers|Koch]] political network.<ref>Matea Gold, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-400-million-in-2012-elections/2014/01/05/9e7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012]," Washington Post, January 5, 2014.</ref>
According to a 2014 ''ProPublica'' report, the scandal damaged Noble: "Noble appears to have lost his central position in the Koch empire, undone by poor election results and a California investigation that shined an unwelcome light on some of the Center’s inner workings."<ref name="dark money man">Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer, "[http://www.propublica.org/article/the-dark-money-man-how-sean-noble-moved-the-kochs-cash-into-politics-and-ma The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs’ Cash into Politics and Made Millions]," ''ProPublica'', February 14, 2014.</ref>
Prior to 2009, Noble was a Congressional aide and then GOP consultant who served as the Chief of Staff for Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) for over a decade.<ref>[http://dc-london.com/ DC London homepage], accessed June 3, 2013.</ref> [[File:Sean_noble.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sean Noble]]
Noble also maintains a personal blog, [http://noblethinking.com Noble Thinking], where he writes mainly about politics.
