Kathy Hochul

New York State Governor, former Congresswoman; bank lobbyist

A Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y, August 27, 1958; graduated from Hamburg High School, Hamburg, N.Y., 1976; B.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. , 1980; J.D., Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1983; lawyer, private practice; aide to United State Representative John LaFalce, 1984-1986; aide to United States Senator Patrick Moynihan, 1986-1988; deputy clerk, Erie County, N.Y., 2003-2007; clerk, Erie County, N.Y., 2007-2011; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Christopher Lee (May 24, 2011-present).

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Leadership & Staff

Tyquana Henderson-Rivers Lobbyist, Connective Strategies

• Senior Advisor

Karen Persichilli Keogh Secretary to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul; former head of Global Philanthropy, J.P. Morgan Chase

• Secretary to the Governor

Walter Swett Partner, Dynamic SRG

• Campaign Consultant

Melissa Bochenski Deputy chief of staff to Kathy Hochul

• deputy chief of staff

Jeff Pearlman Chief of Staff to Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul

• Chief of Staff ('15→?)

Elizabeth R Fine Chief of staff to NY Governor Kathy Hochul; former General Counsel, New York City Council

• Counsel to the Governor (Aug 24 '21→?)

Michael Ford Principal, Washington

• Communications Director (May '12→Jan '13)

Business Positions

M&T Bank Corporation New York state bank holding company

• Vice President of Government Relations (Feb '13→Jan '15)

Board Memberships

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

• Trustee (past)

Immaculata Academy

• Trustee (past)

In the office of

Andrew Cuomo former governor of New York State

• Lieutenant Governor of New York (Jan 1 '15→Aug 24 '21)

Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Senator from New York

• legal counsel (past)

John Joseph Lafalce Former US Representative from New York

• Legislative Assistant (past)

Government Positions

State of New York

• Governor (Aug 23 '21→?) [+1]

• Lieutenant Governor (Jan 1 '15→Aug 22 '21)

Erie County Clerk's Office

• Erie County Clerk ('08→'11) [+1]

• First Deputy County Clerk ('04→'07)

Hamburg Town Council

• Councilwoman (past)

Donors

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Lucy R Waletzky Daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller and Mary French, fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family; psychiatrist

• 5 contributions · 63,800 USD (Aug 11 '14→Sep 18 '19)

Leslie Zemsky Rocksprings Designs LLC; Director of Special Events and Projects for the Larkin Development Group

• 3 contributions · 61,900 USD (Aug 1 '14→Jun 29 '18)

Deborah Rechler

• 5 contributions · 44,000 USD (Sep 8 '14→Aug 1 '18)

Howard A Zemsky Managing Partner at Larkin Development Group

• 3 contributions · 40,000 USD (Oct 12 '07→Jun 28 '10)

David C Rich Greater NY Hospital Association (GNYHA) lobbyist

• 6 contributions · 40,000 USD (May 29 '18→Jun 30 '18)

Richard L Ostroff NYS lobbyist; former assistant to Mario Cuomo

• 6 contributions · 36,000 USD (Jul 11 '18→Sep 10 '18)

LABORERS' LOCAL #91 POLITICAL ACTION FUND

• 4 contributions · 35,000 USD (Aug 13 '14→Sep 13 '18)

James H. Simons Chairman of the Board, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and President, Euclidean Capital LLC

• 2 contributions · 29,700 USD (Sep 5 '14→Jul 12 '18)

John Petry Hedge fund manager and charter school activist

• 3 contributions · 29,605 USD (Sep 2 '14→Jul 12 '18)

Francis M Letro personal injury lawyer

• 6 contributions · 27,000 USD (Jan 13 '10→Sep 5 '18)

Donations

M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust Political Action Committee

• 9 contributions · 1,350 USD (Jul 11 '13→Jul 11 '14)

Bill Stachowski New York State Senator, 58th District

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 18 '08)

Mark Poloncarz county executive, Erie County

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Oct 4 '11)

Eliot Spitzer Former Governor of New York

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Jan 5 '06)

Erie County Democratic Committee

• 1 contribution · 99 USD (Apr 6 '09)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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

• 9 contributions · 14,600 USD ('00→Jun 25 '16)

Hillary Victory Fund

• 4 contributions · 10,800 USD (Jun 25 '16)

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 3 contributions · 7,300 USD ('08→Jun 25 '16)

Brian Higgins US Representative from New York (2005-present)

• 7 contributions · 6,300 USD ('04→May 13 '14)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 1 contribution · 3,500 USD ('12)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 1 contribution · 2,300 USD ('08)

Campaign Donors

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John F Maxwell

• 6 contributions · 13,500 USD ('11→'12)

Todd M Joseph Partner, Hodgson Russ

• 5 contributions · 12,500 USD (May 4 '11→Mar 28 '12)

Joseph Dinardo personal injury attorney

• 5 contributions · 12,500 USD ('11→'12)

Harry P Kamen Met Life

• 22 contributions · 11,500 USD ('11→'12)

Margo N Alexander Retired Chairman & CEO, UBS Global Asset Management

• 12 contributions · 11,000 USD ('11→Oct 23 '12)

Leslie Zemsky Rocksprings Designs LLC; Director of Special Events and Projects for the Larkin Development Group

• 4 contributions · 10,000 USD ('11)

Howard A Zemsky Managing Partner at Larkin Development Group

• 6 contributions · 10,000 USD ('11→Sep 30 '11)

Daniel M Crane Lobbyist and Political Consultant

• 5 contributions · 9,500 USD ('11→Sep 28 '11)

Donald Rubin Retired, New York City

• 5 contributions · 9,300 USD ('11→'12)

Catherine Foley Partner, Paul William Beltz PC

• 7 contributions · 9,000 USD ('11→Oct 26 '12)

Holdings

Dominion Energy, Inc. Energy producer and provider of electricity, natural gas and related services.

• Owner

Occidental Petroleum Corporation NYSE: OXY California-based oil and gas exploration and production company

• Owner

ExxonMobil Oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing

• Owner

Schlumberger N.V. The world's largest oil services company

• Owner

NextEra Energy Inc Supplies electric power to retail and wholesale customers. Revenues are $16 billion.

• Owner

American Electric Power Company, Inc. Electric utility company

• Owner

Memberships

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jun 1 '11→Jan 3 '13)

Family

William J. Hochul Jr. General Counsel, Delaware North | former U.S. Attorney for Western District of New York

• husband

William Hochul III Son of William & Kathy Hochul

• Son

Services & Transactions

Global Strategy Group consulting firm

• Polling Firm · 57,000 USD (Oct 1 '21) [+4]

• Polling Firm · 39,500 USD (Sep 10 '18)

• Polling Firm · 28,500 USD (Nov 16 '21)

• Polling Firm · 20,000 USD (Jan 14 '22)

• Polling Firm · 17,500 USD (Oct 21 '21)

Adam C Sullivan Former advisor to NY Governor Kathy Hochul; ACS Campaign Consulting, Leadville Colorado

• advisor (?→May '23)

Jeffrey Pollock CEO, Global Strategy Group

• Pollster-strategist

Ciminelli Real Estate Development and construction services company

• rented office space for local congressional office (past)

Schools

CUA Law Catholic University's Law School

• JD

Syracuse University A private research university

• BA

Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative, Public Official, Lawyer
Gender	Female
Birthday	Aug 27 '58
Aliases	Kathleen C Hochul, Kathleen C. Hochul

Kathy Hochul

New York State Governor, former Congresswoman; bank lobbyist

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Kathy Hochul

New York State Governor, former Congresswoman; bank lobbyist

Leadership & Staff

Business Positions

Board Memberships

In the office of

Government Positions

Donors

Donations

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Campaign Donors

Holdings

Memberships

Family

Services & Transactions

Schools

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Basic Info

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