Richard Morningstar

Former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan

Morningstar served in the Clinton Administration as special adviser to the president and secretary of state for assistance to the Former Soviet Union and then for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy. In the latter role he maximized coordination both within the executive branch and with other governments and international organizations, while promoting US policies on regional energy development and transportation. From 1999-2001, Morningstar was the US ambassador to the European Union. From 2009 -2012, he was special envoy for Eurasian energy followed by his service in Baku. For more than ten years, Morningstar led Costar Corporation, a manufacturer of medical laboratory products, as chairman and CEO. Under Morningstar’s leadership, Costar was listed by Forbes as one of the United States’ top 200 small companies. Morningstar has also acted as a visiting scholar and diplomat in residence at Stanford University, Herman Phleger visiting professor and then lecturer of law at Stanford Law School and was an adjunct lecturer at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Ambassador Morningstar graduated from Harvard College with high honors and received a law degree from Stanford Law School.

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Steve Grossman	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Howell Thomas Heflin, Paul Martin Simon, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Katrina Swett, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Burton Joseph Cohen, Paul Tsongas
Woody Kaplan	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Bobby Scott, Nicola S Tsongas, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Burton Joseph Cohen
Don Henley	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Paul Martin Simon, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Paul Tsongas, Les AuCoin
Alan Solomont	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Burton Joseph Cohen, Paul Tsongas
Tom Downey	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Bobby Scott, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Katrina Swett, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund
Andrew Tobias	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Victoria Wulsin, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Paul Tsongas
Agnes Gund	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Scott Harper, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country
Ronald M Ansin	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Howell Thomas Heflin, Paul Martin Simon, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Burton Joseph Cohen
Thomas Lee	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Howell Thomas Heflin, Paul Martin Simon, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Paul Tsongas
Elizabeth Bagley	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Paul Tsongas, Les AuCoin
John Catsimatidis	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Paul Martin Simon, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Katrina Swett, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Paul Tsongas
Bernard L Schwartz	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Les AuCoin
Patricia Duff	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Paul Martin Simon, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Campaign for Our Country
Barbra Streisand	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Thomas Hiram Andrews, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Burton Joseph Cohen, Les AuCoin
Charles A Baker III	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Campaign for Our Country, Burton Joseph Cohen
Richard Slifka	Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Scott Harper, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund
Michael Whouley	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund
Elaine Schuster	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Katrina Swett, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund, Paul Tsongas
John W Keith	Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Howell Thomas Heflin, Paul Martin Simon, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Massachusetts Democratic State Committee - Fed Fund
Jeffrey Katzenberg	Erskine B Bowles, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Tom Harkin, Paul Hodes, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Ed Markey, Barack Obama, Howell Thomas Heflin, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, DNC-Non-Federal Individual, Katrina Swett

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Richard Morningstar

Former United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan

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