Tom Vilsack

Leadership & Staff

Rohan Patel Majority Democrats, ex Tesla

• Position

Cynthia P Eisenhauer Government Financial Management Consultant

• chief of staff ('04→'07)

John Robert Norris Former commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Chief of staff ('99→'00)

Business Positions

Dorsey & Whitney LLP Minneapolis-based business law firm

• Position ('06→'09)

Board Memberships

Governors' Biofuels Coalition

• Coalition Chair ('00→'01)

Positions

U.S. Dairy Export Council U.S. dairy industry lobby

• President

Harvard Kennedy School Graduate school of government at Harvard; John F. Kennedy School of Government

• Fellow (past)

Government Positions

Commodity Credit Corporation A Federal corporation within the Department of Agriculture

• Chairperson

United States Department of Agriculture

• Secretary of Agriculture (Jan 13 '09→Jan 20 '17)*

Obama Cabinet President Obama's Cabinet

• Position

Governors Biotechnology Partnership Partnership organization for U.S. Governors seeking forum on issues around agricultural biotechnology

• Chair and co-founder ('00→?)*

Office of the Governor of Iowa

• Governor ('99→'06)*

Donors

Tom Vilsack for President

• 1 contribution · 2,100 USD ('06)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Tom Vilsack Biden Ag Sec. candidate, Obama Secretary of Agriculture; Former Governor of Iowa

• 2 contributions · 12,179 USD ('06→'08)

Iowa Democratic Party

• 12 contributions · 5,750 USD ('95→'12)

Christie Vilsack

• 2 contributions · 5,000 USD ('11→'12)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 7 contributions · 3,750 USD ('12)

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

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Leonard L Boswell US Representative from Iowa

• 4 contributions · 1,700 USD ('96→'10)

David Ronald Musgrove Former Governor of Mississippi

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('08)

Tom Harkin former US Senator and Representative from Iowa

• 2 contributions · 840 USD ('89→'90)

Rob Hubler

• 3 contributions · 750 USD ('08)

Rebecca Greenwald

• 2 contributions · 650 USD ('08)

Campaign Donors

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Tom Vilsack Biden Ag Sec. candidate, Obama Secretary of Agriculture; Former Governor of Iowa

• 2 contributions · 12,179 USD ('06→'08)

Melva Bucksbaum

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD ('07)

David C Strouss Attorney, Thornton Law Firm

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD (Feb 13 '07)

Stephen Coslik Chairman, The Woodmont Company - commercial real estate

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD (Jun 27 '07)

Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis Lieutenant Governor of California

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD (May 16 '07)

Sari Agatston CEO, South Beach Diet LLP

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

William Rosenzweig Co­founder and Managing Partner at Physic Ventures

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Leonard Lieberman Retired, Hoboken New Jersey

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Christopher Albrecht CEO, Starz

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Stanley M Chesley Trial lawyer. See Toledo Blade, Republicans for Lawsuits, June 2, 2011.

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('07)

Memberships

Governors Biotechnology Partnership Partnership organization for U.S. Governors seeking forum on issues around agricultural biotechnology

• Member (past)

Family

Jess Vilsack corporate lawyer, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's son

• son

Christie Vilsack

• wife

Schools

Albany Law School

• School (past)

Hamilton College Liberal arts college in Clinton, New York

• School (past)

Social

Jerry Crawford Jerry Crawford practices in the areas of government relations, litigation, racing and game, sports law, project development and policy initiatives.

• good friend ('98→?)*

Miscellaneous Relationships

Upside Foods

• Declined To Regulate As Obama Ag Sec*

Monsanto Patented the herbicide glyphosate

• Approved Many GMO Products*