Ken Mehlman – Affiliations

Business

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, LLP, Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, partner

Education

Harvard Law School
Juris Doctor (Law Degree), class of 1991

Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania
BA Government, class of 1988

Public Service

Republican National Committee, Chairman (2005-2007)
The White House, Director of Political Affairs (2001-2004)
Bush-Cheney (Bush re-election) '04 Campaign Manager
George W. Bush 2000 Presidential Campaign, National Field Director
Congressman Lamar S. Smith (Texas-District 12), Legislative Director
Congresswoman Kay Granger (Texas-District 12), Chief of Staff
Republican Jewish Coalition Board of Directors

Trustee/Board Memberships/Organizations

Strong American Schools, member
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, committee member
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation, executive leadership
D.C. and Maryland Bars, member
Franklin and Marshall College, Trustee
Council on Foreign Relations, member
Council on Foreign Relations Climate Change Task Force
Harvard University Institute of Politics, Senior Advisory Committee
National Endowment for Democracy, board member
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity – XI Chapter

Press Releases

Articles

Videos

Speeches

NAACP Convention of 2005
Guest Speaker: Ken Mehlman

Ken Mehlman addressed the issue of racial polarization among America's political parties.

"...Republicans have something that should cause you to take another look at the party of Lincoln."