John Kerry

Leadership & Staff

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Jen Psaki MSNBC political analyst, former Biden press secretary, Westexec alum

• Position

Elizabeth Bagley Senior advisor to several U.S. Secretaries of state; U.S. ambassador to Portugal. (1994-1997)

• Senior Adviser ('13→'17)

Ayanna Pressley U.S. representative from Massachusetts (2019-current)

• Political Director (past)*

Tim Barnicle Boston-Area Consultant, Advisor Labor and Education

• Former Legislative Director ('86→'91)*

Jon Finer Secretary of State John Kerry’s chief of staff

• Chief of staff (past)

David Wade former chief of staff to John Kerry

• chief of staff (?→'15)

Devon Archer Co-Founder, Rosemont Seneca Partners; sentenced to a year and a day in prison in bond fraud

• Senior Advisor, 2004 Presidential Campaign (past)

Kathleen A Blanchard

• Position (past)

Alan S Blinder Former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Professor of Economics, Princeton University

• Campaign Economic Advisor (past)

Michael Meehan Career congressional staffer turned lobbyist

• Advisor

Board Memberships

United States Institute of Peace Publicly funded national institution created by Congress in 1984. USIP is not a government agency

• Board of Directors

US Agency for Global Media An independent federal agency supervising govt-supported international media

• Board Member

Office of the Secretary of State The U.S. Secretary of State and direct staff

• U.S. Secretary of State (Feb 1 '13→Jan 20 '17)

Positions

America Abroad Media America Abroad Media (AAM) is a private, nonprofit organization that produces programming distributed in the United States and worldwide to facilitate international dialogue and exchange

• advisory board member

Institute of Politics Political career training center at Harvard's KSG

• senior advisory committee member

Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship

• Position

Galvanize Climate Solutions Tom Steyer climate change mitigation project

• Position

Bank of America Corporation The largest bank holding company in the United States

• Position

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• Position

In the office of

Joe Biden 46th President of the United States; Vice President; US Senator from Delaware

• Position

Government Positions

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

• Chairman

Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee

• Chairman

Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee

• Chairman

Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee

• Chairman

Donors

Kerry Victory 2004

• Other Campaign Committee

John Kerry for Senate

• Principal Campaign Committee

Kerry-Edwards 2004 Inc. General Election Legal and Accounting Compliance Fund

• Authorized Campaign Committee

John Kerry for President

• Authorized Campaign Committee

Kerry Committee

• Authorized Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 5 contributions · 2,888,165 USD ('03)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 1 contribution · 25,000 USD ('06)

Ted Kennedy Former US Senator from Massachusetts

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('00)

Chris Kouri

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('02)

Wade Rowland Sanders

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('99)

David Lee Walters Former Governor of Oklahoma

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('02)

Paul S Aronsohn Mayor of Ridgewood, New Jersey

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('06)

Wyche Fowler Jr US Representative and Senator from Georgia

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('92)

Bill Nelson Biden NASA head, former Democratic US Senator and Representative from Florida

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('00)

Campaign Donors

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John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 5 contributions · 2,888,165 USD ('03)

Jay Rockefeller Former Democratic US Senator from West Virginia

• 14 contributions · 114,000 USD ('96→'04)

Mark Gorenberg Hummer Winblad, venture capital

• 9 contributions · 40,900 USD ('00→'10)

Shelby W Bonnie CEO of Whiskey Media, LLC; former CEO of CNET Networks

• 7 contributions · 35,600 USD ('01→'07)

Charles K Gifford Former chairman and current director of Bank of America; former CEO of FleetBoston, orchestrated merger with BoA

• 8 contributions · 35,100 USD ('91→'06)

Christopher Heinz Son of Teresa Heinz; private equity investor

• 8 contributions · 35,000 USD ('96→Jul 29 '04)

Anita Bekenstein

• 6 contributions · 34,200 USD ('03→Feb 4 '13)

John J Hannan Co-Founder with Leon D. Black of Apollo Global Management.

• 8 contributions · 34,000 USD ('96→'07)

Glenn Hutchins Co-Founder and Managing director of Silver Lake Partners

• 10 contributions · 34,000 USD ('89→'04)

Vincent J Ryan Founder, Schooner Capital Corporation

• 7 contributions · 34,000 USD ('90→May 27 '04)

Holdings

Noble Energy, Inc. Oil and natural gas exploration and production

• Shareholder ('13→?)*

Memberships

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Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 3 '85→Feb 1 '13)

Senate Finance Committee

• Member

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Congressional Super Committee charged with crafting deficit reduction legislation

• Member ('11→?)

Skull & Bones A secret society associated with Yale University.

• member ('66→?)

International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection Subcommittee

• Member

East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee

• Member

Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee

• Member

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

• Member

Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee

• Member

Family

Teresa Heinz Widow of Senator John Heinz; wife of John Kerry and chairman of The Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies.

• second wife ('95→?)

H John Heinz IV

• step-son

Alastair Forbes Boston brahmin; journalist in London

• uncle

Robert Charles Winthrop U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

• great-great-grandfather

Rosemary Forbes

• mother ('43→?)

Richard John Kerry

• father ('43→?)

James Grant Forbes II International lawyer and banker

• grandfather

Christopher Heinz Son of Teresa Heinz; private equity investor

• stepson

Cameron Kerry Boston attorney and general counsel for the US Commerce Department, brother of Senator John F. Kerry

• brother

Services & Transactions

Cause of Action Institute New name for the Freedom Through Justice Foundation

• Service/Transaction

Tom Posey Mercenary; gun runner that provided CONTRAS weapons with the support of the Reagan administation

• Service/Transaction

Schools

Boston College Law School

• JD (?→'76)

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• BA (?→'66)

Social

Jeffrey Epstein Wealthy money manager, registered sex offender

• Social

Tom Perriello Director, Center for American Progress Action Fund

• Professional

John E O'Neill conservative activist and spokesperson for Swift Boat Vets

• nemesis

Arnon Milchan Israeli billionaire active in Hollywood; New Regency

• friend

Amos Hochstein Oil & fracking lobbyist; Obama's top energy diplomat

• reports to John Kerry. (Dec '14→'16)

James A Johnson Vice Chair of Perseus and Goldman director; former Fannie Mae CEO; Mondale advisor

• close friend

K Dun Gifford

• friend and business partner ('76)

Amy Dacey Executive director of The Fund for America.

• travelling political director ('04)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Edward Snowden American computer specialist disclosed thousands of classified documents

• Affiliation

Robert Mueller former DoJ Special Counsel, former Director of FBI under George W Bush

• teammate ('62→?)*