LittleSis: Frank Finelli

Frank Finelli joined The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm, in December 1998, where he is a Managing Director focusing on leveraged investments in the defense and aerospace sector, as well as dual-use venture technologies. He has led deal teams on several acquisitions and financial restructurings, including one of the first U.S. purchases of a continental European defense company. Previously, Mr. Finelli served as the legislative assistant responsible for defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs for Senator Dan Coats (R-IN), Chairman of the Airland Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee, and member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Mr. Finelli reviewed defense procurement and research and development programs. He also developed legislation, presented speeches and published articles associated with defense transformation and joint experimentation. Before retiring as an Army Lieutenant Colonel, Mr. Finelli served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). He also worked for the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in restructuring the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) process to incorporate cross-cutting Joint Warfighting Capability Assessment (JWCA) teams. In this role, he also coordinated reviews of intelligence and information technology (C4ISR) programs. From 1986 to 1989, he served as an Associate Professor of Economics at the U.S. Military Academy where he taught econometrics and conducted manpower and defense procurement analyses. Mr. Finelli also served in various field artillery assignments in Germany and with the 82d Airborne Division. Mr. Finelli is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. He also holds a Master of Sciences with dual concentrations in Finance and Operations Research from the Sloan School of Management, MIT, and a Master of Military Arts in Strategy from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He is married to the former Katherine Sills Klein of St. Petersburg, FL and has three children: Paul (21), Drew (19) and Laura (16).

Donor	Common Recipients
Robert L Livingston	Geoffrey C Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Henry Bonilla, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Andy Harris, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
James Ervin	Tom Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, James P Moran, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Henry Bonilla, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney
Paul Cambon	Geoffrey C Davis, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, James P Moran, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Henry Bonilla, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
Barney J Skladany Jr	Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, Mike Pence, Hugh James Saxton, William McClellan Thornberry, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Mitt Romney, Conservatives Organized to Advance Tomorrow's Solutions (Coats PAC)
Terry Paul	Geoffrey C Davis, Tom Davis, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, James P Moran, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, Charles William Young, Dan Coats, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee
Allan M Holt	Evan Bayh, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, James P Moran, Richard Shelby, Henry Bonilla, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Andy Harris, Mitt Romney
Letitia White	Geoffrey C Davis, Mark Steven Kirk, Howard P McKeon, James P Moran, Hugh James Saxton, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Henry Bonilla, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
Bernie Robinson	Geoffrey C Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, James P Moran, Richard Shelby, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Andy Harris, Mitt Romney
Lanny Griffith	Geoffrey C Davis, Tom Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mike Pence, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney
Kenneth M Duberstein	Tom Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Henry Bonilla, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Christopher Nixon Cox
Wayne L Berman	Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Henry Bonilla, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Andy Harris, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
John M Green	Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mike Pence, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
Edward C Levy Jr	Evan Bayh, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, Richard Shelby, Henry Bonilla, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney
Frank Norton	Evan Bayh, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, James P Moran, Richard Shelby, Charles William Young, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, 13th Colony Leadership Committee, Inc., Mitt Romney
J Allen Martin	Geoffrey C Davis, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Howard P McKeon, William McClellan Thornberry, Charles William Young, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Future Leaders Political Action Committee, Andy Harris, Mitt Romney
Stephen Schwarzman	Geoffrey C Davis, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Andy Harris, Mitt Romney, Christopher Nixon Cox
Dean White	Evan Bayh, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mike Pence, Charles William Young, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney, Conservatives Organized to Advance Tomorrow's Solutions (Coats PAC)
J Steven Hart	Tom Davis, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Henry Bonilla, Dan Coats, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Straight Talk America, Mitt Romney, Conservatives Organized to Advance Tomorrow's Solutions (Coats PAC)
Annette C Simmons	Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, William McClellan Thornberry, Henry Bonilla, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Andy Harris, Mitt Romney
Larry J Hochberg	Evan Bayh, Jim Inhofe, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, Mike Pence, Hugh James Saxton, Richard Shelby, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mitt Romney

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Robert L Livingston