Vin served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993, representing Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee and an elected member of the House Republican Leadership.
Vin is Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, nonprofit organization designed to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. He serves on the Board of The Council on Foreign Relations and co-chaired a major independent task force on U.S. Policy Toward Reform in the Arab World with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Vin is a member of the U.S. Secretary of Defense's Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee, and he also serves on the U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. He is a senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota, where he is co-director of the Policy Forum. In addition, Vin is a board member of several private sector and non-profit organizations, including ITT Educational Services, The Lenox Group, and the Aspen Institute where he serves on the Institute's Middle East Strategy Group.
A Representative from Minnesota; born in Slayton, Murray County, Minn., July 24, 1952; attended the public schools; attended the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1970-1974; copublisher, Murray County newspaper; president, Weber Publishing Co.; press secretary to Representative Tom Hagedorn, 1974-1975; senior aide to Senator Rudy Boschwitz, 1977-1980; delegate, Minnesota State Republican conventions, 1972, 1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of St. Cloud, Minn. « less
Government Positions
National Endowment for Democracy
A quasi-governmental foundation created by the...
Business Positions
Lenox Group
Household item retailer
Office/Staff
Daniel Meyer
Duberstein Group lobbyist; liaison to the House for Bush II; former...
Arne Christenson
SVP, Govement Affairs at American Express
Other Positions & Memberships
Council on Foreign Relations
The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
Aspen Institute
Elite policy discussion group
America Abroad Media
America Abroad Media (AAM) is a private, nonprofit...
National Public Radio, Inc. (NPR)
Non-profit membership media organization...
SEED Foundation
Washington, D.C
American Action Network
501(c)(4) ‘action tank’ affiliated with American...
Education
Services/Transactions
AmerisourceBergen
Health Care Distribution
Health Net Inc
Healthcare managed-care corporation
Sallie Mae
Student loan company
Tim Pawlenty
Governor of Minnesota
Donors
Lewis Lehrman
Senior Partner, L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he...
Leon J Weil
Former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, now Vice President, Investments...
Ravenel B Curry III
President and Co-founder of Eagle Capital Management
Roger Hertog
American businessman, financier and conservative philanthropist
David A Koch
Former Graco CEO, past director of Center of the American Experiment
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Norm Coleman
Former US Senator from Minnesota
Howard P McKeon
US Representative from California
Michele Bachmann
US Representative from Minnesota
Gilbert W Gutknecht
US Representative from Minnesota
Paul Ryan
US Representative from Wisconsin
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Affiliate: Eric Cantor (R-Va)
Mark Kennedy
Former US Representative from Minnesota
Trent Lott
US Representative and Senator from Mississippi
