Richard Kauffman
New York State energy czar
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Business Positions
Levi Strauss & Co One of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. Revenues are $5 billion.
• Board Member
Bregal Energy Private equity firm; formerly "Good Energies"
• Chief Executive Officer (Sep 1 '06→Aug 1 '10)
Morgan Stanley investment bank
• Vice Chairman of Institutional Securities (past)
Goldman Sachs Wall Street investment banking, securities and investment management firm
• Chair of Global Financing Group (past)
Government Positions
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority NYSERDA
• chairman
New York State Executive Department The administrative department of the Governor of New York
• Leader of Energy Policy and Finance
United States Department of Energy
• Senior Advisor (past)
In The Office Of
Steven Chu Obama Energy Secretary
• senior advisor (past)
Other Positions
Altaba Inc. Investment company
• Director (Aug '17→?)
Wallace Foundation Philanthropic foundation for education and arts for "disadvantaged" kids
• Director ('15→?)
Yale Center for Business and the Environment Joint project of Yale School of Management & Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
• Advisory Board Co-Chair
Yale School of Management Yale business school
• advisory board member
New York Philharmonic
• Director
Brookings Institution Major Washington think tank
• Trustee
Wildlife Conservation Society NYC zoos, national and international conservation projects, research and education programs.
• Board Member (past)
Q-Cells German solar cell producer
• board member (past)
Memberships
Council on Foreign Relations The most prestigious US foreign policy think tank
• member
Education
Stanford University
• Undergraduate
Yale School of Management Yale business school
• MBA
Holdings
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Pipeline company formed from merger of Sunoco Logistics Partners LP & Energy Transfer Partners LP
• Investor
Antero Midstream Partners Develops and provides midstream energy assets. Revenues are $957 million.
• Investor
Danish Energy Investors Goldman subsidiary
• Investor
Phillips 66
• Investor
Chevron Energy Company
• Investor
Valero Energy Corporation Oil and Gas corporation
• Investor
Family
Ellen Jewett Managing partner of Canoe Point Capital LLC; former Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets
• wife
Donation/Grant Recipients
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Hillary Victory Fund
• 3 contributions · 100,200 USD (Feb 23 '16→Aug 14 '16)
Brookings Institution Major Washington think tank
• Donation · 100,000 USD ('09)
Democratic National Committee governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party
• 4 contributions · 65,900 USD ('04→Feb 23 '16)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates
• 4 contributions · 51,400 USD ('09→Dec 12 '13)
Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate
• 11 contributions · 9,350 USD ('05→Aug 14 '16)
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States
• 4 contributions · 7,100 USD ('07→Nov 5 '12)
Patrick Murphy former US Representative from Pennsylvania
• 4 contributions · 6,800 USD ('06→Dec 31 '09)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Political Action Committee, the
• 3 contributions · 6,500 USD ('04→May 9 '06)
Obama Victory Fund 2012
• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Nov 5 '12)
Obama Victory Fund
• 1 contribution · 5,000 USD (Oct 13 '08)