Harvard’s Institute of Politics adds political firepower to
board
December 14, 2013, 12:56 pm
By Rachel Huggins
Harvard University’s Institute of Politics has added Washington
firepower to its new board.
Ken Duberstein, top
lobbyist and former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan, was appointed
chairman to the institute and five experienced political insiders will serve on
the senior advisory committee.
“I am very pleased to serve in
this new role on the Senior Advisory Committee of Harvard’s Institute of Politics,
an organization that I have been privileged to work with for nearly two
decades,” Duberstein said in a statement Friday.
“As the polarization of today’s Washington, D.C.
continues to sour youth on politics, the aim of the Institute – to inspire the
next generation to serve – has never been more important," Duberstein
continued, who also heads the lobbying firm Duberstein Group.
"I look forward to joining
with this bipartisan group of new Committee members and helping the IOP’s staff
and students achieve this critical goal,” he continued.
New members joining the board
include former lawmakers Susan Molinari (R-N.Y.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).
Molinari now leads Google's public policy and government affairs team as vice
president and Snowe serves as a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy
Center. Rep. Joseph P.
Kennedy III (D-Mass.), Ron Fournier of National Journal and former Miami Mayor
Manny Diaz were also appointed.
Harvard University’s Institute of Politics
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics,
a trustee emeritus at the Hudson
Institute (think tank), a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Boeing Company.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Urban Institute (think tank), the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities, the Children's
Defense Fund, Common Cause, and
the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the
American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLPValerie
B. Jarrett’s great uncle, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm Boeing Company.
Kenneth B. Mehlman
was a partner at the Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a senior advisory committee member for
the Harvard University Institute of
Politics.
Richard L.
Thornburgh is a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.
Caroline B.
Kennedy was a director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a senior advisory committee member
for the Harvard University Institute of
Politics.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Thomas R.
Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the SVP for the Boeing Company.
W. James
McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company,
and a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP at the Boeing Company, and
a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Sonal
Shah was a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a resident
fellow at the Harvard University
Institute of Politics.
Margaret A.
Williams is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, was a director of media
relations for the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, and a communications director for the Children's Defense Fund.
James
A. Leach was a director at the Harvard
University Institute of Politics, the chairman for the Common Cause, and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, the Children's
Defense Fund, Common Cause, and the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the American Constitution Society, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Antonia Hernandez
was a director at the American
Constitution Society, is a director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and a senior advisory
committee member for the Harvard
University Institute of Politics.
Chuck
Hagel is the chair for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), the secretary for the U.S.
Department of Defense, and was a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.
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