T.A. Hawks leads Monument Advocacy’s Food, Ag and Conservation Practice Area and works closely with the Appropriations group at Monument as well. A former Staff Director of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and previously Chief of Staff, Legislative Director and Legislative Assistant to former Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman, the late Thad Cochran (R-MS), T.A. has built the practices he’s associated with since joining Monument. While on Capitol Hill, he helped negotiate and pass the 2014 Farm Bill, an omnibus bill that touches every part of rural America. Prior to this, he was the primary interface with the Senate Appropriations Committee for Cochran and worked with his committee staff on matters of concern to Mississippi and the nation on issues as varied as defense, transportation, agriculture and water.

On Capitol Hill, T.A. was a participant in the Stennis Congressional Staff Fellowship, a bipartisan, bicameral leadership development experience, and has served as a mentor in the Stennis Emerging Leadership program. He also participated in the Partnership for a Secure America study group, the Bipartisan Chiefs of Staff group, the Council on Foreign Relations Bipartisan Chiefs group, the Bipartisan Legislative Directors group, and currently co-chairs the Senate Republican Former Chiefs political donor group.

T.A. earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Tucker Eskew has helped lead opinion during some of the most intense public debates of the century. He played leadership roles in both Bush-Cheney campaigns and in 2008 was counselor to the GOP vice-presidential nominee. He co-founded the bipartisan strategic advisory firm Vianovo and leads issues management, crisis communications and strategic positioning for clients across defense, education, tech, and manufacturing sectors.

At the White House, Tucker served as Deputy Assistant to the President from 2001-2003, heading Media Affairs and then Global Communications. After 9/11, Tucker served in London as the President's wartime communications representative to No. 10 Downing Street, working directly with Alastair Campbell. He served eight years as Press Secretary to South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Tucker began his career on President Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign. Tucker co-founded an e-commerce startup in the 1990s.

Tucker serves on the boards of the News Literacy Project and Goodwin House Inc., he volunteers at St. Paul's Episcopal in Alexandria, and he supports cross-partisanship and civility as an advisory council member for With Honor, which elects military veterans to Congress. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science (departmental honors) from the University of the South (Sewanee).

Tucker and his wife Lisa have two sons and a daughter. And a Corgi named Cheddar.