Leon Panetta

former Secretary of Defense, CIA chief and US Rep from California

A Representative from California; born in Monterey, Monterey County, Calif., June 28, 1938; graduated from Monterey Union High School, Monterey, Calif., 1956; B.A., University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Calif., 1960; LL.B., Santa Clara Law School, Santa Clara, Calif., 1963; admitted to the California bar in 1965; lawyer, private practice; United States Army, 1963-1965; legislative assistant, United States Senator Thomas Henry Kuchel, 1966-1969; director, Office of Civil Rights, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1969-1970; executive assistant to mayor of New York City, 1970-1971; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses until his resignation on January 22, 1993 (January 3, 1977-January 22, 1993); chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses); director, Office of Management and Budget, 1993-1994; chief of staff, The White House, 1994-1996; chairman, Pew Oceans Commission, 2000-2003; private advocate.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Monica Medina Biden Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Bureau and Oceans and International Environmental and Science Affairs, Department of State; Environment activist and attorney

• Special Assistant to United States Secretary of Defense (past)

Jeremy Bash Founder, Beacon Global Strategies

• Chief of Staff to Sec of Defense ('11→'13) [+1]

• Chief of Staff to CIA Director ('09→'11)

Erick Mullen Managing Director, Mercury

• Intern ('89→'91)

Emily S Beizer

• Legislative Assistant

Richard Tarplin Lobbyist and Former Staff Director for Chris Dodd

• Legislative Assistant ('82→'85)

Business Positions

Fleishman-Hillard Inc Digital and social, media relations, public affairs, reputation management

• intl advisory board member

Beacon Global Strategies LLC

• senior counselor (May '14→?)

Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company offers insurance products for Blue Shield of California group, individual, and family plan members.

• Position

BP America Inc

• External Advisory Council member

Board Memberships

Third Option Foundation Provides support services to members of the CIA’s Special Operations community and their families.

• Advisory Board Member

Panetta Institute for Public Policy

• director

The Meridian Institute

• Board Member

Oracle Corporation Information Management

• Director, Board of Directors (?→'15)

The OSS Society Non-profit that honors the historic accomplishments of the OSS during World War II

• Honorary chairman

Corinthian Colleges Publicly traded corporation that owns a collection of for-profit colleges

• Board Member (May '13→?)

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget austerity think tank housed at New America Foundation

• Board Member (past)

Positions

Truman Center for National Policy Democratic Party-aligned 501c3 "non-partisan" organization

• leader (past)

Government Positions

US Department of Defense

• U.S. Secretary of Defense (Jul 1 '11→'13)

Central Intelligence Agency

• Director (Feb 19 '09→Jul 1 '11)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

1 / 3

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 2 contributions · 6,900 USD ('08)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 3 contributions · 5,000 USD ('00→'08)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 4 contributions · 3,500 USD ('99→'08)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 4 contributions · 3,250 USD ('99→'06)

Barbara Boxer Former US Senator and Representative from California

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD ('98→'04)

John Patrick Murtha Jr Democrat, US Representative from Pennsylvania

• 4 contributions · 2,250 USD ('04→'08)

Italian American Democratic Leadership Council

• 2 contributions · 1,250 USD ('00→'01)

Jim Slattery US Representative from Kansas

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('08)

Chuck Schumer US Senator, former Representative from New York

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('98)

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

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('04)

Campaign Donors

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Hugh Westbrook Vitas Healthcare Corporation

• 3 contributions · 3,000 USD ('90→'92)

Peter Blackstock Victory Toyota - Pebble Beach, California

• 3 contributions · 2,500 USD (Jun 14 '89→Aug 8 '92)

David E Gallo E & J Gallo Winery

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD (Nov 5 '90→Aug 13 '92)

Julio Gallo Co founder, E&J Gallo Winery

• 2 contributions · 1,500 USD ('90→'92)

George H Hume President and CEO of Basic American

• 4 contributions · 1,000 USD ('90→'92)

Eugene A Renna

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('89)

Ernest Gallo Winemaker

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('90)

Earl M Collier Jr CEO, Arsenal Medical; former EVP, Genzyme Corp

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jun 2 '92)

William J Hume Chairman - Basic American Inc.

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('90)

Frank G Wells Walt Disney Company

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('92)

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 5 '93→Jan 21 '93) [+1]

• Representative (Jan 4 '77→Jan 3 '93)

Iraq Study Group

• Member ('06→?)

Family

Sylvia Panetta

• wife

Schools

Santa Clara University Jesuit university located in Santa Clara, California

• BA (?→'60)

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Jun 28 '38
Aliases	Leon E Panetta, Leon Edward Panetta, Mr Leon Edward Panetta