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Kenneth M. Duberstein
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| In office 1988 – 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Howard Baker |
| Succeeded by | John H. Sununu |
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| Born | April 21, 1944 Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
Kenneth M. Duberstein (born April 21, 1944) served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
A native of Brooklyn, Duberstein attended P.S. 139. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College (A.B. 1965) and American University (M.A. 1966). He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Franklin and Marshall in 1989. While in college he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau. His wife, Jacqueline Duberstein, is a producer of the Charlie Rose Show.
Career
During President Reagan's two terms in office, he also served in the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff (1987), as well as both the Assistant and the Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (1981-83).
Prior to joining the Administration, he was Vice President and Director of Business-Government Relations of the Committee for Economic Development. He returned to the private sector between his various White House assignments as Vice President of Timmons & Company Inc, one of Washington's top lobbying firms.[1] Some of the firm's clients include the American Petroleum Institute, Anheuser-Busch, Chrysler, Teva Pharmaceuticals, the American Council of Life Insurers, the American Medical Association, and VISA.[2]
His earlier government service included Deputy Under Secretary of Labor during the Ford Administration and Director of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. General Services Administration. He began his public service on Capitol Hill as an assistant to Senator Jacob K. Javits.
Among the Board of Directors on which Mr. Duberstein serves are: The Boeing Company, ConocoPhillips, the Fleming Companies, Inc., and The St. Paul Companies, Inc.[3] He also is on the Board of Governors for the American Stock Exchange and NASD, and has served on the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae.[4] He is a trustee of Franklin & Marshall College and Johns Hopkins University and serves as well on a wide range of commissions, task forces, and cultural, educational and volunteer boards: Vice Chairman of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Harvard University's Kennedy School Harvard's Institute of Politics Senior Advisory Committee, the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency medicine, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Ford's Theater and The American Council on Capital Formation.
He was awarded the President's Citizens Medal by President Reagan in January 1989. He is Chairman of the Ethics Committee for the U.S. Olympic Committee and served as Vice Chairman of the independent Special Bid Oversight Reform Commission for the U.S. Olympics Committee.
Duberstein has been a "political adviser" to former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, according to syndicated columnist Robert Novak, who says Duberstein was a source for David Corn's and Michael Isikoff's book about the Valerie Plame affair in which Armitage was found to be the one who leaked Plame's CIA status to Novak.[5]
In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria to be aired November 2, 2008, Duberstein announced his support of Democratic candidate Barack Obama for president. This came after he was rebuffed by Sen. John McCain, the GOP nominee, for the position of director of his presidential transition, according to ABC News.[6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ "About Us". Timmons & Company. http://www.timmonsandco.com/about.asp.
- ^ "Clients". Timmons & Company. http://www.timmonsandco.com/clients.asp.
- ^ "Corporate Governance - Board of Directors". The Travelers Companies Inc. http://investor.travelers.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177842&p=irol-govboard.
- ^ "Kenneth M. Duberstein —Chairman and CEO, The Duberstein Group, Inc.". Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.cfr.org/bios/4571/kenneth_m_duberstein.html.
- ^ Novak, Robert D. (October 16, 2006). "Who Said What When: The rise and fall of the Valerie Plame 'scandal'". The Weekly Standard 12 (5). http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=12785&R=EE501DF13. Retrieved October 8, 2008. "I don't know precisely how Isikoff flushed out Armitage [as Novak's original source], but Hubris clearly points to two sources: Washington lobbyist Kenneth Duberstein, Armitage's political adviser, and William Taft IV, who was the State Department legal adviser when Armitage was deputy secretary.".
- ^ Levy, Adam (October 31, 2008). "Former Reagan adviser endorses Obama". CNN. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/31/former-reagan-adviser-endorses-obama/.
- ^ Faler, Brian (October 31, 2008). "Duberstein, Panetta Say Obama Must Act Fast on Cabinet, Economy". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aqzy34Q0ZlEo.
- ^ Sobczyk, Joe (November 1, 2008). "Democrats See Path to 60 in Senate: Campaign Notebook (Update1)". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aCAYh7to8Zdo. Retrieved November 6, 2008.
- ^ Gizzi, John (2008-10-20). "Why Did Powell Endorse Barack?". HumanEvents.com. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29100&s=rcmc.
| Preceded by Howard Baker |
White House Chief of Staff | Succeeded by John H. Sununu |
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