William S Cohen

Leadership & Staff

Susan Collins US Senator from Maine

• Position

Stacey Hughes Partner and co founder, The Nickles Group Llc

• Lead staff, Committe on Aging (past)

John K Veroneau Partner, Covington & Burling LLC

• Legislative Director

Thomas Daffron lobbyist and husband of Senator Susan Collins

• chief of staff (past)

Business Positions

Barrick Gold Corporation The largest gold mining company in the world

• Secretary ('16→?)

Board Memberships

MIC Industries Inventor and the established world leader in mobile manufacturing technologies

• Advisory Board Member

ViacomCBS Inc. Broadcasting, cable and publishing

• Director ('03→?)

US-China Business Council The US-China Business Council, Inc. (USCBC) is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of roughly 220 American companies that do business with China

• Board Member

The Cohen Group Federal/military lobbying organization run by former Clinton SecDef William Cohen

• Chairman & CEO

Center for Strategic and International Studies Foreign policy think tank founded 1962.

• Trustee

American International Group, Inc. Global insurance company

• Board Member ('04→Feb '06)

Council on Foreign Relations US foreign policy think tank

• Board Member ('89→'97)

Positions

Ploughshares Fund Foundation supports global security scholarship

• Advisor

Partnership for a Secure America

• advisory board member

Government Positions

US Department of Defense

• Secretary of Defense ('97→'01)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Susan Collins US Senator from Maine

• 7 contributions · 4,664 USD ('07→'12)

Ben Quayle Lobbyist | former US Representative from Arizona

• 5 contributions · 4,133 USD ('10→'12)

Dirigo PAC

• 6 contributions · 2,502 USD ('06→'12)

Richard Green Lugar Former Republican US Senator from Indiana

• 5 contributions · 2,335 USD ('03→'11)

Olympia Snowe Former US Senator and Representative from Maine

• 2 contributions · 2,133 USD ('05→'10)

Tammy Duckworth Democratic US Senator from IL; former US Representative

• 1 contribution · 2,100 USD ('06)

Ted Stevens

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('08)

Michael Steele Former Chairman, Republican National Committee

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('06)

Dianne Feinstein Former US Senator from California, San Francisco mayor

• 2 contributions · 1,336 USD ('06)

United Technologies Corporation Political Action Committee

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('96)

Campaign Donors

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Roger Milliken Conservative billionaire Textile Magnate

• 5 contributions · 5,000 USD ('89→'95)

Leon Gorman Former president and Chairman of the Board, L.L. Bean

• 4 contributions · 4,000 USD ('90→'95)

James Ortenzio Republican power broker; J.A.O. Holding Co., Inc.

• 4 contributions · 4,000 USD (Sep 15 '89→Apr 3 '91)

Joseph G Fogg III Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Westbury Capital Partners

• 4 contributions · 4,000 USD ('89→'95)

Max M Fisher Businessman, Jewish community leader.

• 4 contributions · 4,000 USD ('89→'95)

William R Berkley Executive Chairman and former CEO of WR Berkley Corporation

• 4 contributions · 4,000 USD ('90→Jul 6 '95)

Oded Aboodi NYC deal maker; Alpine Capital Group

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD ('89→May 16 '89)

Charles J Wyly Jr Founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD ('89→Sep 13 '95)

Robert Mazer Chicago White Sox board member; AIPAC board member

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD ('90→'95)

Harvey M Meyerhoff Magna Properties; chairman of US Holocaust Memorial Council

• 3 contributions · 2,250 USD ('90→'91)

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 15 '79→Jan 3 '97)

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 3 '73→Jan 3 '79)

The Bretton Woods Committee

• Business Sector

Schools

Boston University School of Law

• JD (?→'65)

Bowdoin College private liberal arts college Brunswick, Maine

• BA (?→'62)