Appointed by then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Emanuel served as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the 2006 cycle. Under his leadership, Democrats gained 30 seats in the House without losing a single incumbent, and ushered in a new Democratic majority for the first time in more than a decade.
In January 2007, the new majority elected Emanuel to serve as Democratic Caucus Chair, the fourth-highest-ranking member of the House Democratic Leadership. As Chair, Emanuel led the Democratic Caucus in fulfilling its campaign promise to pass legislation reflecting the values and priorities of the American people.
Before being elected to Congress, Emanuel worked at the Chicago investment bank Wasserstein Perella. He was a core member of the Clinton White House from 1993 to 1998, starting as the national finance director for the 1992 campaign and eventually becoming Senior Adviser to the President for Policy and Strategy. In 1989, Emanuel was a senior adviser and chief fundraiser for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's campaign. He also played an important role in Paul Simon's 1984 campaign for the Senate.
Emanuel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1981 and received a Master's Degree in Speech and Communication from Northwestern University in 1985. He and his wife, Amy Rule, have three children, Zach, Ilana, and Leah. « less
Donors
Alan M Leventhal
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
Fred Seigel
President and COO of Beacon Capital
Mark T Gallogly
Founder and managing partner of PE firm Centerbridge Partners and...
Norman B Leventhal
Boston Real Estate Developer
Wendy Abrams
Chicago political insider and philanthropist
Jeffrey Katzenberg
DreamWorks CEO and major Democratic donor
Chris McNickle
managing director at Greenwich Associates
James Abrams
CEO Medline Industries
Marc Lasry
Founder of Avenue Capital Group
John W. Jordan, II
Chicago investment banker
Roger C Altman
Founder of Evercore Partners; Treasury official under Clinton;...
Stanley S Shuman
Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC
Elizabeth Strickler
wife of Mark Gallogly, founder of private equity firm...
Cathy Lasry
Wife of billionaire Marc Lasry
Kenneth Griffin
Citadel Investment president
Curtis Schenker
co-head of Scoggin Capital Management
