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2022feb14
Our main page about pseudo-ambassadors is pseudo-ambassadors. Everyone below was nominated by Biden.
- Introduction 2022jan12 When we cite a source for a person below (for example, Wikipedia), that source is the principal source for that person, not necessarily the sole source.
- Barrett Thomas Mark Barrett 2022jan8 Wikipedia Ambassador to Luxembourg Confirmed 2021 Mayor of Milwaukee U.S. House of Representatives Wisconsin State Senate Wisconsin State Assembly Previous pseudo-ambassadors to Luxemvourg include Mesta and Farkas.
- Bauer 2022jan8 Wikipedia Denise Campbell Bauer born 1964 political fund-raiser 2021 ambassador to France and Monaco ambassador to Belgium 2013-2017 Obama
- Cohen David L. Cohen ambassador to Canada 2021 We describe him in "Pennsylvania," below.
- Cronin Claire D. Cronin 2022jan8 source msn.com "US Senate approves state Representative Cronin as ambassador to Ireland" by Laura Crimaldi Dec 18, 2021 Massachusetts state Representative Claire D. Cronin ambassador to Ireland Cronin lives in Easton Cronin rose in February to be House majority leader under Speaker Ronald Mariano.
- Donnelly Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly, Sr. 2022jan8 source: Simple English Wikipedia ambassador to the Holy See (also knoen as the Vatican City) after US ambassador Callista Gingrich (related Newt Gingrich?) politician U.S. Senator from Indiana U.S. House of Representatives born 1955 2021 Biden announced he would nominate Donnelly to be ambassador to the Holy See
- Emanuel 2022jan8 Wikipedia Rahm Israel Emanuel born 1959 ambassador to Japan mayor of Chicago White House Chief of Staff for Obama House of Representatives director of finance committee Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign brother of Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel U. of Pennsylvania executive during start of PBC (Penn Biden Center) Obama and Biden administrations
- Flake Jeffry Lane Flake 2022jan12 Simple English Wikipedia Ambassador to Turkey Confirmed 2021 Assumed office 2022 Biden Preceded by ambassador David M. Satterfield US Senator from Arizona US House of Representatives Born 1962 in Snowflake, Arizona Republican Brigham Young U.
- Garcetti Eric Michael Garcetti born 1971 2021 ambassador to India Why India? mayor of Los Angeles L.A. City Council President
- Gitenstein
- Introduction 2022feb6 Wikipedia Mark Henry Gitenstein Ambassador to the European Union Confirmed 2021 Assumed office January 24, 2022 President Joe Biden Ambassador to Romania 2009-2012 President Barack Obama
- General Montgomery, Alabama Democrat Duke U, (BA) Georgetown U. (JD) lawyer his grandparents were immigrants from Romania chief counsel (1987–1989) and minority chief counsel (1981–1987) to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, serving under then-Senator Joe Biden. counsel to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1975–1978). work at Mayer Brown law firm attorney lobbyist He became a partner at Mayer Brown in 1989 "nonresident senior fellow" Brookings Institution author "Matters of Principle" He has been selected by his peers several times for inclusion in "Best Lawyers in America". advisory board President-elect Barack Obama's presidential transition team. He was named as a leading choice to lead the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice, but was rejected after public reports of his extensive work as a registered lobbyist for the US Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador to Romania The Romanian English-language news daily Nine O'Clock selected Gitenstein as "The Foreign Diplomat of the Year for 2011. September 2020 member advisory council of the Biden-Harris Transition Team July 27, 202 Biden announced the nomination of Gitenstein to be ambassador to the European Union confirmed December 18, 2021 presented his credentials to the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on January 24, 2022. married Romania Romanian Royal Family: 53rd Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House
- Political Payments
- Introduction 2022feb7 source: publicaccountability.org We did not thoroughly study. Below is a little information based on a few, spotchecks. "656 E Capitol" is Mark's work address, in Washington city, DC. Many of his contributions were from that address. His wife contributed from an address in Washington state.
- Payment to Gitenstein for his work A pro-Biden committee in Delaware paid him in 2008. $2000 2008 2008-10-06 00:00:00-04:00 from BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE to MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC for CONSULTANT FEE-CAMPAIGN STATEGY BIDEN 2008 $200 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL $50 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL $38 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL 845 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL 309 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL 56 2008 2008-09-03 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL 2000 2008 2008-11-13 00:00:00-05:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: CITIZENS FOR BIDEN P O BOX 371 WILMINGTON DE MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITAL ST NE WASHINGTON DC CONSULTANT FEE-CAMPAIGN STATEGY CONYERS 2008 $346 2008 2008-06-09 00:00:00-04:00 CONYERS JOHN JR :: CONYERS FOR CONGRESS 1031 N EDGEWOOD ST ARLINGTON VA MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC Catering Comments (1) There are some payments to Gitenstein by a Biden committee for Gitenstein's "stategy" (should be "strategy") consulting fee and also for Gitenstein's expenses (for example, a $38 payment for Gitenstein's travel). (2) A Conyers committee paid Gitenstein $346 for catering. Why did the Conyers committee have him cater? What was supplied in exchange for that $346 payment? How much would another caterer have charged for what Gitenstein supplied?
- Contribution Refund to Gitensteins It is unusual to refund a contribution.
- Refund To Mark ACKERSON 2008 $1000 2008 2008-03-26 00:00:00-04:00 ACKERSON NELS :: NELS ACKERSON FOR CONGRESS 49 BOONE VLG 266 ZIONSVILLE IN MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC refund contribution Why did he pay $1000 to am Indiana committee? Why did the committee pay it back?
- Refunds To Elizabeth Mark's wife, who has contributed as Libby and as Elizabeth, got refunds of some contributions. $50 2019 2019-10-11 00:00:00-04:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $15 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $5 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $50 2019 2019-10-11 00:00:00-04:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $15 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $5 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 : ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $50 2019 2019-10-11 00:00:00-04:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT PO BOX 58178 PHILADELPHIA PA 19102 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $88 2019 2019-11-12 00:00:00-05:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT PO BOX 58178 PHILADELPHIA PA 19102 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $15 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT PO BOX 58178 PHILADELPHIA PA 19102 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $5 2019 2019-11-19 00:00:00-05:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT PO BOX 58178 PHILADELPHIA PA 19102 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $20 2020 2020-11-12 00:00:00-05:00 BIDEN JOSEPH R JR :: BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT PO BOX 58178 PHILADELPHIA PA 19102 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund $2 2020 2020-11-12 00:00:00-05:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund (A $2 contribution was refunded.) $20 2020 2020-11-12 00:00:00-05:00 :: ACTBLUE P.O. BOX 441146 SOMERVILLE MA 02144 LIBBY GITENSTEIN :: 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 Contribution Refund
- Political Payments by Mark An example follows. $328 2008 2009-01-14 00:00:00-05:00 MARK GITENSTEIN :: 656 E CAPITOL NW WASHINGTON DC :: PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEE 2009 607 14TH ST NW STE 700 WASHINGTON DC
- Contributions to Richard and Bill Daley Mark and his wife Elizabeth gave to Chicago's Richard Daley and Bill Daley.
- Elizabeth: 2018 $4000.00 Bill source publicaccountability.org $1000 2018 2018-12-31 ELIZABETH GITENSTEIN 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 BILL DALEY FOR MAYOR 155 N WACKER DR STE 4670 CHICAGO IL 60606 N/A $1000 2018 2018-12-31 ELIZABETH GITENSTEIN 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 BILL DALEY FOR MAYOR 155 N WACKER DR STE 4670 CHICAGO IL 60606 N/A $1000 2018 2018-12-31 ELIZABETH GITENSTEIN 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 BILL DALEY FOR MAYOR 155 N WACKER DR STE 4670 CHICAGO IL 60606 N/A $1000 2018 2018-12-31 ELIZABETH GITENSTEIN 1700 N NORTHLAKE WAY SEATTLE WA 98103 BILL DALEY FOR MAYOR 155 N WACKER DR STE 4670 CHICAGO IL 60606 N/A Why did she pay $4000 to Bill's committee?
- Mark: 2007 and 2013 $1500 2007 2007-01-11 MARK GITENSTEIN 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC 20003 RICHARD M DALEY CAMPAIGN COMM 111 E WACKER DR STE 2800 CHICAGO IL 60601 Attorney §1500 2007 2007-01-11 MARK GITENSTEIN 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC 20003 RICHARD M DALEY CAMPAIGN COMM 111 E WACKER DR STE 2800 CHICAGO IL 60601 Attorney $5300 2013 2013-08-27 MARK GITENSTEIN 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC 20003 BILL DALEY FOR ILLINOIS PO BOX 1126 CHICAGO IL 60690 Attorney $5300 2013 2013-08-27 MARK GITENSTEIN 656 E CAPITOL ST NE WASHINGTON DC 20003 BILL DALEY FOR ILLINOIS PO BOX 1126 CHICAGO IL 60690 Attorney Why did he give $13600 to Bill's and Richard's committees?
- Comments There are two Daley addresses above. One is "155 N WACKER DR." The other is "111 E WACKER DR." Not many streets have a north end and an east end. Perhaps Wacker Drive is L-shaped.‚‚ The Daleys were and are in Chicago. We do not know why the Gitensteins paid Daley committees.
- Gutmann Amy Gutmann See "Pennsylvania," below. ambassador to Germany
- Harpootlian Jamie Lindler Harpootlian 2022jan8 Wikipedia Ambassador to Slovenia Confirmed 2021 lawyer Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A. hearing officer for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund career judicial law clerk US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Harpootlian married Dick Harpootlian, a politician and lawyer. Dick was chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party and has been a member of the South Carolina Senate since 2018.
- Hartley 2022jan8 Wikipedia Ambassador to the UK (United Kingdom) (We think that the UK is not exactly the same as Great Britain.) Jane D. Hartley Hartley is known for being a campaign bundler who raised more than $500,000 for Obama's re-election bid in 2012. executive director for the Democratic Mayors' Conference for the Democratic National Committee f1974-1977 director of congressional relations in H.U.D. 1977-1978 associate assistant to the president in the Office of Public Liaison Jimmy Carter administration 1978-1981 2007 CEO of the Observatory Group, an economic and political consulting advisory firm with offices around the world board of the Corporation for National and Community Service 2012 Obama Ambassador to France and Monaco 2021 Biden Ambassador to the UK (See Cindy McCain, below, who reportedly was considered for ambassador to UK.)
- Kaplan Jonathan Eric Kaplan businessman EducationSuperHighway, in San Francisco ambassador to Singapore
- Kennedy Family
- CBK (Caroline Bouvier Kennedy) 2022jan10 Wikipedia Ambassador to Australia Announced 2021 born 1957 president John F. Kennedy's daughter Ambassador to Japan 2013-2017 Obama Democrat Harvard BA Columbia Law School law degree niece of pseudo-ambassador Victoria Kennedy granddaughter of pseudo-ambassador Joseph Kennedy She never worked for DoS except as an ambassador.
- VAK (Victoria Anne Kennedy) Victoria Anne Kennedy (née Reggie) born 1954 ambassador to Austria lawyer, political activist She is: 1. widow of U.S. Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy 2. aunt of pseudo-ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (Japan, Australia) 3. daughter-in-law of pseudo-ambassador Joseph Kennedy (UK)
- Simultaneous Ambassadorships 2022jan20 aunt Victoria to Austria niece Caroline to Australia (likely)
- Kwan Michelle Kwan born 1980 figure skater won five world championships and nine U.S. championships 2021 Biden announced intent to nominate her to be ambassador to Belize (once named British Honduras)
- Lu 2022jan15 Wikipedia Christopher P. Lu Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform (with the rank of ambassador) Confirmed 2021 nominated to be alternative representative to the UN General Assembly while he is Representative for Management and Reform. Chris Lu born 1966 lawyer political advisor and staffer US Deputy Secretary of Labor Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary 2009-2013 co-chair White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders briefly an advisor Senator John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign 2005 Barack Obama's U.S. Senate office legislative director and acting chief of staff executive director of the Obama-Biden Transition Project The New York Times described him as "one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in the Obama administration" senior news editor of the Daily Princetonian student newspaper internship in the Capitol Hill office of Senator Charles Mathias Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton U. graduated magna cum laude from Princeton 1988 Harvard Law School He was a classmate of Obam. Graduated cum laude from Harvard 1991 law clerk to Judge Robert Cowen U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit 1992 litigation attorney Washington, D.C. office Sidley Austin a large Chicago-based law firm Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, worked at Sidley Austin's Chicago office 1997 Representative Henry Waxman and Democratic staff of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee of the House of Representatives Senior Fellow, Miller Center U. of Virginia Senior Advisor FiscalNote DNC superdelegate co-chair DNC Chairman Tom Perez's transition committee November 2020 volunteer member (Are there involuntary members?) Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team related to the US Department of Labor
- Markell 2022feb5 Wikipedia Jack Markell Ambassador to the OECD Assumed office January 14, 2022 President Joe Biden Preceded by Daniel Yohannes Chair of the National Governors Association Governor of Delaware 2009-2017 Biden was a federal senator from Delaware. Treasurer of Delaware 1999-2009 Born Jack Alan Markell 1960 Newark, Delaware Democratic Spouse(s) Carla Smathers Brown U. (BA) U. of Chicago (MBA) Jack Alan Markell former businessman politician confirmed by the US Senate to be ambassador to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- McCain Cindy Lou McCain née Hensley 2022jan14 Wikipedia Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
- Introduction and Early Life Nominated by Biden in June 2021 US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture born 1954 in Phoenix Cindy Lou Hensley philanthropist special ed teacher widow of US Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain mother of television host Meghan McCain. AVMT (American Voluntary Medical Team) Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributors in USA Operation Smile Eastern Congo Initiative CARE HALO Trust She endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election. Junior Rodeo Queen of Arizona 1968 Central High School in Phoenix Best Dressed senior U. of Southern California Kappa Alpha Theta sorority BA in education 1976 MA special education 1978 she published the work "Movement Therapy: A Possible Approach" 1978 (Did she also write it?) special education teacher Agua Fria High School Avondale, Arizona How Cindy Hensley met John McCain Cindy talked to Jill Biden, the wife of then-senator Joe Biden. Jill suggested that Cindy talk to McCain. Jill, Cindy, and McCain were in Honolulu then.
- Life She was vice president, director, and vice chair of Hensley & Co., her family's beer distributorship. chair of the Arizona delegation to the 2000 Republican National Convention 2000 chair of Hensley & Co following her father's death. large Anheuser-Busch beer distributor As chair of Hensley & Co, consultations with the company CEO She does not have operational control of Hensley & Co By 2007, she had an annual income of over $400,000 from Hensley and an estimated net worth of $100 million She also owned at least $2.7 million worth of shares of Anheuser-Busch stock. With her children, she owns a minority stake in the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team. board of directors Operation Smile medical missions to Morocco, Vietnam and India board of directors of CARE 2005 board of the HALO Trust remove landmines in Cambodia snd elsewhere On occasion she has criticized foreign regimes, (such as Myanmar's military junta) on human rights grounds. a home in Coronado, California next to the Hotel del Coronado She or her family owns other residential and commercial real estate in California, Arizona, and Virginia Including rental properties, Cindy McCain herself owns ten homes and part of three office complexes. 2008 board of Grateful Nation Montana provides scholarships and services to the children of Montana service personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan Her close examination of the financial books of the McCain campaign during the first part of 2007 convinced the candidate (her husband, John) that its profligate spending could not go on and led to the drastic mid-year reduction of the campaign's staff and scope. (Did she really do a "close examination of the financial books?" Can she understand financial records?) She and her husband had separate, income tax returns, not a joint return. She released to the public the first two pages of her separate, 2006 income tax return, which showed $6 million in income for that year (including nearly $570,000 in itemized deductions and more than $1.7 million paid in federal income taxes). Early in the campaign, some recipes attributed to Cindy McCain turned out to be copied from other sources. The campaign attributed the problem to an error by an intern. 5 feet, 7 inches (1.70 m) some problems Cindy cares about trafficking in females child prostitution During the 2016 US presidential election, McCain and her husband did not vote for the Republican nominee, because of the Access Hollywood revelation. John and Cindy McCain residence in Phoenix, Arizona her husband John was diagnosed glioblastoma aggressive brain tumor By 2018, McCain's net worth was estimated to be at least $200 million, with most of it due to her share of Hensley & Co. In addition, the couple owned properties in Phoenix, Sedona, the San Diego area, and Virginia, although some properties were sold off in 2017. 2018 John McCain died at age 81
- After John's Death chair McCain Institute Board of Trustees. She also joined the family's Acts of Civility campaign. 2019 she faced backlash after making claims on KTAR-FM that she saw human trafficking at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Police rejected her claims, stating that there was "no evidence of criminal conduct or child endangerment." She later apologized in a tweet and praised police officers. In September 2019, she declaimed the Republican Party as "excluding people for the wrong reasons" and said it was no longer "the party that my husband and I belonged to." During the 2020 US presidential election, she praised Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, saying that they were good friends to her and that "Joe has been a remarkable source of inspiration, kindness and just a shoulder throughout all of this." In June 2020, McCain stated that she would not endorse Donald Trump's re-election campaign. McCain spoke in a video segment shown at the August 2020 Democratic National Convention about the friendship between her late husband and Biden. On September 22, McCain gave her full endorsement to Biden's presidential candidacy. McCain's endorsement, and the bad relationship between Trump and her dead husband, has been given as one of a number of reasons why Biden was able to narrowly win the 2020 US presidential election in Arizona. Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate since 1996, and only the second since 1948, to win in Arizona. September 2020 member of the advisory board Biden-Harris Transition Team. counsel on women's and children's issues. In September, the campaign was still active. She was still a registered Republican In January 2021, McCain was censured by the Maricopa County Republican Party and by the Arizona Republican Party. McCain was seen by the Biden administration as a likely, or even a "must do", for an ambassadorship nomination. In late November 2020 (soon after the election), the possible post of US ambassador to the UK (United Kingdom) was mentionedin connection to her. (However, Biden nominated Jane D. Hartley. We describe Hartley above.) In late May 2021, it was reported that President Biden would nominate McCain to be ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture. The UN job is much less prestigious than the UK job. The White House officially announced her nomination on June 23, 2021. She was sworn in as ambassador on November 5, 2021. Arizona Women's Hall of Fame 2019 2020 Heritage Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Miller 2022jan8 Wikipedia Scott Miller Ambassador to Switzerland Ambassador to Liechtenstein Confirmed 2021 On August 6, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Miller to be ambassador to Switzerland. The post is traditionally given to a political appointee, often a prominent donor. Succeeding ambassador Ed McMullen U. of Colorado Boulder (BS BA) LGBT rights activist and philanthropist former banker. was a management consultant at Accenture an event planner an account vice president at UBS Wealth Management LGBT rights activism philanthropy Democratic Party politics co-chair of the Gill Foundation, a sponsor of LGBT causes Gill and Miller are political allies of Colorado Governor Jared Polis Gill has been described as "one of the architects of the Democratic takeover of Colorado politics". Gill and Miller have donated at least $3.6 million to Democratic candidates and campaigns since 2010 Miller has been active in groups supporting the presidential candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Miller married Tim Gill, the founder of Quark, in 2009, in a ceremony officiated by Governor Deval Patrick. The couple lives in Phipps Mansion in Denver.
- Milstein 2022jan8 source bluestarfam.org published by our source, bluestarfarm, December 8, 2021 nomination of philanthropist and businesswoman Constance Milstein to be ambassador to Malta Milstein, the daughter of New York real estate developer Seymour Milstein her brother, Philip Milstein Ogden CAP Properties, a New York residential real estate company IHumpty Dumpty Institute longtime donor to Democratic causes made hundreds of donations to candidates and Democrat-affiliated committees in recent decades supported Republicans, including Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) John McCain (R-AZ) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). Days after the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Milstein gave $725,000 to the Biden Victory Fund. She worked in the Obama administration as a civilian aide to the secretary of the Army.
- Nathanson Marc Nathanson (See George James Tsunis, below, regarding Norway.) Ambassador to Norway Announced 2021 2022jan8 Wikipedia born 1945 entrepreneur founded Falcon Cable, which he sold in 1999 for $3.7 billion member of the Cable TV Hall of Fame Inc.s Entrepreneur of the Year former chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors In 2008, his net worth was listed as $1.1 billion by Forbes Magazine
- Ostfield 2022jan8 Wikipedia Marc Ostfield U. of Pennsylvania BA women's studies MS human sexuality education PhD communication. curriculum supervisor at GMHC director of health education at New York U. We vaguely guess-remember that he worked, but not as a diplomat, for DoS, perhaps on WMD. ambassador to Paraguay
- Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
- Introduction 2022mar8
- Part 1 Below are two, former, high officers of UoP: board chairman David L. Cohen and president Amy Gutmann. Biden nominated both for prestigious pseudo.ambassadorships. We did not notice, in this pseudo-ambassador list, two, high officers of any other university. Why UoP? We guess that this pair is related to UoP's diplomacy center, PBC (Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy & Global Engagement). UoP is in Philadelphia but PBC is in Washington. How can a UoP student attend PBC? Biden was never a student at UoP. He was neither a scholar who studied diplomacy nor a diplomat. Has scholarly research been done at PBC? What discoveries resulted from research done at UoP? Why did the university name a center after him? MIT has the Sloan School, not the MIT Sloan School.. UoP has the Annenberg School and the Wharton School. Why is "Penn" in "Penn Biden Center?" PBC opened in early 2018. Biden was then an ordinary citizen, not a government officer. We think that, in general in American universities, a center costs more than program but less than a school. Who paid for PBC? If more had been paid, would it have been Why is PBC for diplomacy and global engagement? Why isn't it for something else instead? Biden sees himself as a foreign policy expert.
- Part 2 source: 7 Feb 2022 article by Patrick Howley about UoP and Pfizer BioNTech in yournews.com UoP made Biden head of PBC. As far as we know, he had not previously run a university center or been a university executive. Biden is not qualified to be a professor. For example, as far as we know, he never wrote an article published in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. A race car driver is not necessarily qualified to be a professor of automotive engineering. What courses did he teach? He was never a real professor. We think that he was never the real head of PBC. Someone (Antony "Tony" Blinken?) ran it for him. UoP made him a "professor" of presidential practice. What is presidential practice? Who else is a professor of presidential practice? He had not previously been a scholar of presidential practice or of anything else. He had not been president. As "Presidential Practice Professor," Biden held joint appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts and Sciences, with a "secondary affiliation" in the Wharton School. What is a "secondary affiliation"? Biden has a law degree, we think. UoP neither appointed Biden, nor gave hin a secondary affiliation, to its law school. Biden made more than $900,000 from UoP between 2017 and 2019 for very little work. Biden confirmed his leave of absence from the UoP in April 2019 when he began his presidential campaign. The liberal American Prospect wrote that: PBC basically was a foreign-policy think tank for Biden's inner circle. It gave UoP a foothold in Washington. (This paragraph is paladium's summary of yournews.com's quotation from American Prospect.) UoP professor, and vice provost of global initiatives, Ezekiel Jonathan "Zeke" Emanuel (brother of pseudo-ambassador Rahm Israel Emanuel), a key architect of Obamacare when he was in the Obama administration, publicly welcomed Biden to UoP. Antony "Tony" Blinken, who now is Biden's Secretary of State, was PBC's managing director. PBC's current leadership includes Obama administration alum Caroline Tess. Recent PBC officials Ariana Berengaut and Colin Kahl, who pushed pro-vaccine propaganda in the early period of the Wuhan virus pandemic, worked for either Joe Biden or for the Obama-Biden administration; and Kahl is now Biden’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Michael Carpenter, the recent PBC managing director who pushes hawkish talking points against Russia, is now working as an ambassador in the Biden administration.
- Cohen 2022jan14 Wikipedia David L. Cohen ambassador to Canada 2021 born 1955 businessman, lobbyist lobbyist for Comcast chairman of the board of trustees U. of Pennsylvania chief of staff of Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell
- Gutmann Amy Gutmann born 1949 president U. of Pennsylvania ambassador to Germany
- Perry Noah Nicholas Perry born 1950 state legislature New York State Assembly Brooklyn ambassador to Jamaica Why Jamaica? Is he black or a descendant of Jamaicans?
- Ramanathan Erik Ramanathan 2022jan8 Wikipedia ambassador to Sweden Confirmed 2021 Johns Hopkins U. (BA) Harvard U. (JD) attorney, philanthropist, and political fundraiser trustee of the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign co-chair of the finance cabinet for Congressman Seth Moulton's 2016 and 2018 re-election campaigns member of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign's national finance committee
- Salazar Kenneth Lee Salazar born 1955 Colorado politician Secretary of Interior for Barack Obama 2009-2013. 2021 ambassador to Mexico. Hispanic to Hispanic country
- Smyre Calvin Smyre born 1947 state legislature Georgia House of Representatives ambassador to the Dominican Republic
- Stanley Marc R. Stanley lawyer, political activist ambassador to Argentina
- Sullenberger Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III 2022jan16 Wikipedia U.S. Representative to the Council of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) (with the rank of ambassador) Confirmed 2021 born 1951 Mensa in high school president of Latin Club Air Force fighter pilot airline pilot famous as pilot in the 2009 ditching of US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River (near Manhattan, New York) after both engines were disabled by birds. All 155 people aboard survived. co-chairman Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s Young Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program 2009-2013 retired US Airways pilot 2010 CBS News aviation safety expert co-author "Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters" 2009 author "Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage from America's Leaders" 2012 born 1951 appointed to the US Air Force Academy graduation, 1973 Outstanding Cadet in Airmanship award Purdue U. master's degree US Airways 1980-2010 He has been involved in a number of accident investigations conducted by the USAF and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) co-author a paper on error-inducing contexts in aviation air accident investigator for an NTSB inquiry into a major accident at Los Angeles International Airport his union chairman of a safety committee Air Line Pilots Association Sullenberger attended the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2009, where he and his wife met President Obama. Sullenberger threw out the first pitch of the 2009 Major League Baseball season for the San Francisco Giants. His Giants jersey was inscribed with the name "Sully" and the number 155 -- a reference to the 155 people aboard the plane. "Wikinews has related news: "US Airways jet recovered from Hudson River 'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot retires" February 24, 2009 Sullenberger testified before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation, about pilots' salaries and pensions In October 2009, it was reported that the Republican Party had approached Sullenberger about running for Congress. Sullenberger's publicist said that he had no desire to run for public office. international lecturer He spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and at the Swiss Economic Forum, in 2011. He was the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade's Grand Marshal. In 2011, as part of a fundraising effort, Sullenberger flew to the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the aircraft he landed on the Hudson River is an exhibit. December 2010 appointed an Officer of France's Legion of Honor 2009 Air League Founders' Medal from the Air League's patron, Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth?) Duke of Edinburgh, in 2009. 2019 Sullenberger said that Boeing 737 MAX crashes "are demonstrable evidence that our current system of aircraft design and certification has failed us. These accidents should never have happened." He sharply criticized Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, saying that the overly "cozy relationship" between the aviation industry and government was evident in March 2019 when Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg lobbied President Donald Trump to prevent the 737 MAX 8 from being grounded. Sullenberger with Joe Biden at a rally in February 2020 long a Republican By 2019, he had switched to Democrat. February 2020 endorsed fJoe Biden for president. September 2020 Vets and The Lincoln Project goal: vote President Donald Trump out of office June 15, 2021 Biden nominated Sullenberger to be U.S. representative to the Council of ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), with the rank of ambassador. confirmed 2021 Sullenberger's speech before Congress concerning U.S. civil aviation Sullenberger appeared as himself in a cameo role in the 2017 film Daddy's Home 2. President George H.W. Bush's service dog Sully, which was assigned to Bush in June 2018 after the death of Barbara Bush, was named after Sullenberger As far as we know, Sullenberger never, before Biden nominated him, worked for DoS.
- Taylor 2022jan15 Wikipedia Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Announced 2021 Michèle Taylor political advisor board member National Center for Civil and Human Rights founding board member and vice chair President Joe Biden’s Super PAC, Unite The Country BA Mills College MA mathematics Boston U. Anti-Defamation League Battleground Georgia Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault Atlanta chapter of the Electing Women Alliance 2012 Democratic National Committee Vice Chair of the National Finance Committee 2014 US Holocaust Memorial Council board member North Carolina's Outward Bound since 2004 board member Atlanta Jewish Film Society National Center for Civil and Human Rights 2010 board treasurer Atlanta Midtown Improvement District
- Telles 2022jan8 Wikipedia Cynthia Ann Telles psychologist UCLA Department of Psychiatry founded Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence ambassador Costa Rica
- Tsunis 2022jan8 (See Marc Nathanson, above in this list, regarding Norway..)
- Wikipedia Ambassador to Greece George James Tsunis Succeeding Geoffrey R. Pyatt Born 1967 lawyer, businessman Unsuccessful nomination by Obama to be ambassador to Norway. 2021 Biden nominated Tsunis to be ambassador to Greece.
- washingtonpost.com "Why the U.S. lets wealthy hoteliers become ambassadors, when other nations don’t" by Adam Taylor November 20, 2019 "Hotel magnate George Tsunis withdrew from the nomination to become ambassador to Norway in 2014 after questioning revealed his lack of basic knowledge about Norway."
- Udall Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall 2022jan13 Wikipedia Ambassador to New Zealand Ambassador to Samoa Tom Udall Confirmed 2021 born 1948 politician Democrat U.S. Senator from New Mexico House of Representatives Attorney General of New Mexico Is he related to Morris Udall?
- Whitman Wikipedia 2022jan10 Margaret "Meg" Cushing Whitman born 1956 highly successful, business executive Mitt Romney's presidential campaign 2008 and 2012 Republican candidate for California governor 2010 supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 fifth-wealthiest woman in California net worth of $1.3 billion in 2010 2021 ambassador to Kenya Kenya is a black country on Africa's east coast. It is unusual for a pseudo-ambassador to request a black country in Africa. Did Whitman request Kenya? Why Kenya for Whitman?
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