Betsy DeVos
Trump's education secretary - family net worth of $5.1 billion
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Business Positions
RDV Corporation DeVos family property and investment management company
• Director (past)
Government Positions
US Department of Education
• Secretary of Education (Mar '17→Jan '21)
Other Positions
Dick And Betsy Devos Foundation
• Chairman
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts DC Performing Arts Center
• Member, Board of Trustees
Rethink K-12 Education Models (REM) Grant US DOE Part of Covid CARES Act
• Oversees (Jul 29 '20→?)*
Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation
• vice president
American Enterprise Institute Largest neoconservative think tank
• Board member
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Ties right-wing religion and free-market economics
• Member, Board of Advisors [+1]
• Board Member (past)
All Children Matter k12 school privatization 527
• Director
Michigan Republican Party Michigan Republican Party
• Chair ('96→'00)
Alliance for School Choice
• Chairman (past)
American Federation for Children Education reform group founded in 2010 by billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos
• Chairman (past)
Family
Andrea DeVos Daughter of Richard and Betsy DeVos
• daughter
Ryan DeVos Son of Richard and Betsy DeVos
• son
Richard DeVos III Founder of ArtPrize; Son of Richard and Betsy DeVos; Founder & Chairman: CEO, Wakestream Ventures
• son
Elissa DeVos Daughter of Richard and Betsy DeVos
• daughter
Edgar Prince Founder. The Prince Corporation (sold to Johnson Controls in 1996)
• Father
Erik Prince Chairman and CEO of the Prince Group and Academi (formerly Xe, Blackwater)
• the brother
Elsa Prince Widow of Edgar Prince
• mother
Daniel DeVos Amway scion; DP Fox Ventures LLC
• Brother-in-Law
Doug DeVos President and Co-CEO, Amway Corp.
• Brother-in-Law
Richard M. DeVos, Jr. Oldest son of Richard DeVos, Sr, co founder of Amway
• the husband
Donation/Grant Recipients
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Republican National Committee U.S. political committee that leads the Republican Party of the U.S., a/k/a The Grand Ol' Party/GOP
• 11 contributions · 292,900 USD (Apr 6 '04→Oct 5 '15)
American Crossroads Super PAC that raises funds from donors to advocate for certain candidates of the Republican Party.
• 2 contributions · 100,000 USD (Oct 6 '15→Jun 10 '16)
Louisiana Federation for Children PAC PAC affiliated with the American Federation for Children
• Donation · 100,000 USD (Sep 22 '15)
Michigan Republican Party Michigan Republican Party
• 16 contributions · 99,540 USD ('90→Jun 13 '16)
National Republican Senatorial Committee
• 2 contributions · 50,800 USD (Oct 23 '14→Oct 6 '15)
Conservative Solutions PAC
• 1 contribution · 50,000 USD (Feb 25 '16)
Restoring the American Dream
• 5 contributions · 25,000 USD ('98→'03)
Tim Walberg US Representative from Michigan
• 13 contributions · 22,900 USD ('07→Jun 27 '15)
Alticor Political Action Committee Altipac
• 5 contributions · 20,000 USD (Dec 28 '97→Nov 4 '16)
Justin Amash US Representative from Michigan
• 10 contributions · 18,700 USD (Feb 25 '10→Dec 23 '15)
Leadership & Staff
Josh Venable Michigan Republican operative, former Betsy Devos chief of staff
• chief of staff (past)
Other Affiliations
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act Bill to reauthorize the Perkins CTE funding
• Affiliation
James Blew Trump nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education
• Colleague*