Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

FORM
A

NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A LOBBYIST

Feb 4, 2026

Clerk of the Legislature
Room 2014, State Capitol
PO Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509-4604
Phone: (402) 471-2608

For Calendar Year of:

Amended Registration

Lobbyist Registration Fee:
{49-1480.01}

Compensated

$300.00

(If you are a salaried employee of your principal, you are a compensated lobbyist.)

Not Compensated

$15.00

(File a Form E for quarterly report exemption. You are not exempt from the Form D Activity Report.)

PLEASE FILL IN ALL BLANKS

LOBBYIST {49-1480(1)}

Name

Zimmer, Michael

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1 State Street Plaza, 15th floor

Permanent Residence (Street, Box, or Route)

1227 Windgate

City

New York

State

Zip

10004

City

East Lansing

State

Zip

48823

Office Phone

(800) 361-6106

Home Phone

(517) 285-4126

Email Address

ebrin@wes.org

PRINCIPAL {49-1480(2)}

Name

World Education Services

Office Phone

(800) 361-6106

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1 State Street Plaza, 15th floor

Official to Whom Lobbyist is Accountable

Monica Munn

City

New York

State

Zip

10004

Nature of Business {49-1480(3)}

A nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster the integration of internationally educated professionals.

AMOUNTS GIVEN or to be given to lobbyist as compensation or reimbursement of lobbying: {49-1480(3)}. Please state the basis for your compensation.
226.72 Per Hour

IDENTIFICATION of MATTERS on which principal or lobbyist expects to lobby: {49-1480(5)} We expect to lobby for the economic inclusion of internationally educated and trained individuals into academic and professional settings.

I am lobbying on behalf of a Chinese military company and thereby acting as an agent of a foreign adversary of the United States. {49-1480 (1)(a)(vi)}

Description of industry, trade, profession, or interests and groups represented by the principal:
Internationally trained and educated professionals.

Names and addresses of principal's officers:

• Sidney R. Hargo, Chair
• Fanta Aw, Vice Chair
• Ajay Patel, Treasurer
• Esther T. Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
• Niteese Lenton, Chief Financial Officer

Address for all principal officers:
1 State Street Plaza
15th Floor
New York, NY 10004
800 361 6106

GIVE NAME and ADDRESS of any OFFICIAL in the Legislative or Executive Branch and of any members of any such official's staff or immediate family who is employed by you or by anyone acting on your behalf: {49-1480(8)}

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Michael Zimmer

Lobbyist Name

Feb 4, 2026

Date