Marco Rubio

US Senator from Florida; (2011-present); 2016 GOP Presidential candidate

A Senator from Florida; born in Miami, Fla., May 28, 1971; graduated University of Florida, B.S., 1993; graduated University of Miami, J.D., 1996; lawyer; West Miami City Commission 1998-2000; member of the Florida House of Representatives 2000-2008; majority leader 2003-2006; speaker 2006-2008; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate for the term ending January 3, 2017.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Michael A Needham Sen. Rubio chief of staff, former CEO of Heritage Action for America

• Chief of staff (Apr '18→?)

Alberto Martinez Senior advisor and former chief of staff to Senator Marco Rubio

• Senior Advisor (Dec '16→?)

Lanhee Chen Policy director on Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign

• Senior policy adviser, 2016 presidential campaign (Sep 1 '15→?)*

Paul Singer Vulture-Fund Billionaire | General Partner at Elliott Management Corporation

• National Finance Chairman, 2016 presidential campaign

Cesar V Conda Founding Principal, Navigators Global

• chief of staff ('11→?)

Gregg Nunziata Philadephia attorney; partner at Manatt; former chief nominations counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

• General counsel, senior domestic policy advisor (past)

Clint Reed Former Chief of Staff, Senator Marco Rubio

• Chief of Staff (Dec '16→Jan '18)

Josh Finestone Lobbyist, Navigators Global LLC

• Position (past)

Wayne L Berman Senior adviser for global government affairs at the Blackstone Group

• Chief Campaign Fundraiser

Ray Sansom Former Florida House Speaker; Rubio budget chief

• Budget Chief (past)

Positions

Becker & Poliakoff Miami law firm

• Position ('01→'04)

Florida International University

• Position (past)

Government Positions

Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee

• Member

Florida House of Representatives

• Speaker (past)

Donors

GEO Group Second-largest private prison operator

• Donation · 27,300 USD

Bobby Tudor Chairman and CEO, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. LLC, Chairman of Greater Houston Partnership

• Political Donation · 10,400 USD (Jul 30 '13)

American Staffing Association Staffing PAC American Staffing Association Political Action Committee

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('16)

American Chemistry Council PAC

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('16)

Paul Stahlberg Owner, Designer - Catalyst Exhibit Company

• Donation/Grant · 5,100 USD

Bernard Klepach The founder of a company specializing in duty-free retail

• campaign contribution · 4,800 USD (past)

Sheldon M Stone Founding member of Oaktree Capital Management LP

• Donation · 2,700 USD (May 27 '15)

Alan J Olson Of Counsel, McDermott, Will & Emery

• Donation · 250 USD (Apr 15 '15)

Roma B Witcoff Retired - Phoenix

• 1 contribution · 25 USD (Dec 23 '15)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Marco Rubio US Senator from Florida; (2011-present); 2016 GOP Presidential candidate

• 2 contributions · 8,087 USD ('08→'09)

Republican Party of Florida

• 1 contribution · 600 USD ('08)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart Former US Representative from Florida (1993-2011)

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('08)

Campaign Donors

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José Francisco "Pepe" Fanjul Cuban American billionaire Sugar baron

• 31 contributions · 40,080 USD ('09→Jul 20 '16)

Joseph J Plumeri II Chairman and CEO of Willis Group

• 3 contributions · 38,100 USD ('11→'12)

Darlene Jordan Palm Beach, Fla., attorney; National Finance Co-Chair for Mitt Romney for President in 2008 and 2012

• 15 contributions · 37,200 USD ('10→Aug 26 '16)

Jerry Speyer Founder of Tishman Speyer

• 2 contributions · 35,600 USD ('11→Jun 30 '11)

Joe Craft President, chief executive officer and director of Alliance Resource Partners LP

• 7 contributions · 32,900 USD ('10→Aug 10 '16)

Peter S Rummell Real estate developer, former Disney executive

• 5 contributions · 32,200 USD ('10)

Fred E Karlinsky Insurance lawyer

• 5 contributions · 32,100 USD ('10→Sep 28 '16)

David B Miller Partner, EnCap Investments L.P.

• 2 contributions · 27,400 USD ('10→Oct 13 '10)

Lothar L Mayer Retired - Liberty Hardware Manufacturing, Boca Raton Florida

• 21 contributions · 25,310 USD ('11→Oct 5 '16)

Howard E Cox Jr Partner of Greylock and its affiliated venture capital partnerships since 1971.

• 7 contributions · 24,800 USD ('09→'11)

Holdings

Conservative Solutions PAC Marco Rubio 2016 Super PAC

• Super PAC

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 5 '11→Jan 3 '23)

Family

Jeanette Rubio Braman Family Foundation | Wife of Sen. Marco Rubio

• wife

Services & Transactions

Beacon Global Strategies LLC

• a foreign policy adviser

Donna Arduin President & Co-Founder of Arduin, Laffer & Moore

• economic consultant (past)

Paul Singer Vulture-Fund Billionaire | General Partner at Elliott Management Corporation

• a political supporter*

Norman Braman Miami auto dealer; former American football team owner

• client (past)

PDS Compliance Compliance checks and data storage for elected officials and candidates

• Political Finance Consulting

Alan Mendelsohn Lobbyist, Member of Florida Gov. Charlie Christ's transition team

• a fundraiser ('09→?)

Schools

University of Miami Private research university in Coral Gables, Florida

• JD (?→'96)

University of Florida

• BS (?→'93)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Jorge Madruga Maddd Equities

• Fundraiser

Holly Greaves Trump nominee to be Chief Financial Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency

• a delegate

Andrew J Herenstein Hedge fund manager at Monarch Alternative Capital

• co-hosted fundraisers

Uber Technologies Ridesharing company

• Affiliation*