Max Baucus

Leadership & Staff

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Russell Sullivan Staff director at the Senate Finance committee

• staff director ('04→?)

Jonathan Selib Chief of staff to Max Baucus

• chief of staff (Jun '08→?) [+1]

• legislative director ('06→'08)

Nicholas Malkovich Executive assistant to Max Baucus

• executive assistant ('08→?)

Ty Matsdorf Staff member of Senator Baucus - Communications Director

• Communications Director (May 1 '09→?)

Jim Messina Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff (Appointed 11-16-08)

• Chief of Staff

Alexis Taylor Food Service Specialist

• Legislative Assistant (Jan '11→Apr '13)

Edward Gresser Trade policy researcher

• Legislative Assistant ('93→'98)

Thomas Lynch lobbyist, former staff director for the Senate Environment & Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and former legislative director for Rep. Nick Rahall

• staffer (past)

Shannon Finley

• political advisor (past)

Patrick G Heck Lobbyist, Capitol Tax Partners

• senior tax policy adviser ('00→'07)

Government Positions

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Bipartisan deficit-reducing commission established by Obama in February 2010

• Position

Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health Subcommittee

• Ex-Chairman (past)

Senate Finance Committee

• Chairman

Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee

• Ex Officio

Health Care Subcommittee

• Ex Officio

Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee

• Ex Officio

Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee

• Chairman

Donors

Ernest Baynard Lobbyist and Former Communications Director for MIke Honda

• Donation · 1,000 USD ('07)

Montana Victory 2008

• Other Campaign Committee

Baucus Johnson Victory Fund

• Other Campaign Committee

Montana 2002

• Other Campaign Committee

Max Baucus for Senate

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Hillary Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 2,700 USD (Sep 16 '16)

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

• 1 contribution · 2,700 USD (Sep 16 '16)

Max Baucus former US Senator and Representative from Montana

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('90)

Robert L Deschamps

• 1 contribution · 250 USD ('98)

Campaign Donors

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Phyllis J Washington Wife of Dennis R Washington

• 9 contributions · 62,450 USD ('90→Jun 29 '07)

Dennis Washington Richest person in Montana, owns Washington Companies consortium

• 11 contributions · 29,290 USD ('90→'07)

Kyle R Washington Son of Dennis R Washington

• 5 contributions · 24,000 USD ('95→'02)

Kevin L Washington Son of Dennis R Washington

• 3 contributions · 22,000 USD ('02)

Peter A Morton Chairman/Founder, 510 Development Corp.; co-founder Hard Rock Cafe

• 6 contributions · 21,200 USD ('01→'08)

Bruce Allen Erickson CEO and president of American Bank of Montana

• 12 contributions · 14,600 USD ('89→'09)

Steven Rattner Banker, Ex-'Car Czar', Democratic Fundraiser

• 7 contributions · 12,600 USD ('95→Dec 11 '12)

J Norman Estes NHS Management, Northport Alabama

• 9 contributions · 12,400 USD ('02→'11)

William Oldaker

• 11 contributions · 12,200 USD ('95→'09)

Herbert A Allen Billionaire investment banker

• 6 contributions · 12,200 USD ('95→'05)

Memberships

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Friends of Max Baucus

• Candidate (past)

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Dec 15 '78→Feb 6 '14)

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 14 '75→Dec 14 '78)

Senate Finance Committee

• Member

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Congressional Super Committee charged with crafting deficit reduction legislation

• Member ('11→?)

Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-term Growth Subcommittee

• Member

Joint Committee on Taxation

• Member

Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee

• Member

Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee

• Member

Family

Stephanie Denton Baucus Wife of Zeno Baucus

• daughter-in-law ('08→?)

Ann Geracimos Writer at The Washington Times

• wife (?→'82)

Wanda Minge Baucus Anthropologist, writer and painter

• wife ('83→Apr '09)

Lobbied By

Leo Giacometto

• Direct Lobbying

Schools

Carleton College Small, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota

• Undergraduate ('59→'60)

Stanford School of Law

• JD, Law (?→'67)

Stanford University One of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

• BA (?→'64)

Social

Melodee Hanes Ex-staffer, girlfriend to Senator Max Baucus

• misstress ('08→'11)

Chuck Grassley US Senator and Representative from Iowa (1981-present); former US Representative (1975-1981)

• close friend

Michelle P Easton

• a former health counsel ('06→'08)