Joseph Cari | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | United States and Italy |
Education | Fellowship at Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BA, JD) |
Occupation | Merchant Banking |
Children | Nicole Elizabeth Cari |
Website | www |
Joseph A. Cari Jr. is an American merchant banker, public policy expert, and philanthropist currently residing in New York. Cari's professional career has spanned the worlds of merchant banking, media, public policy, politics, law and education.
Cari was appointed by US President Bill Clinton as chairman of the board of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars; a US government think-thank. In that capacity, he was recognized for recruiting the Honorable Lee Hamilton as President of the center, supporting his appointment as co-chair of the 9-11 Commission and building bi-partisan support within the US Congress. Cari also worked with UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke on the issue of US funding of the United Nations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Cari currently also serves on the board of directors of the Westlake New Energy Group (a European-based clean energy company with corporate headquarters in the Netherlands and Germany). On the healthcare front, Cari founded Ciavierella Partners, a family office investing in healthcare and technology. He sits the board of directors of Biolinka, a London-based Merchant Bank, and on the advisory board of Hi55, a London and Washington, D.C.,-based fintech company.
Cari has participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and has been published on foreign policy issues on various publications, including the Financial Times, World Policy Journal, Beirut Daily News, The New York Times, Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of the World Policy Institute. He has lectured on foreign policy and US presidential politics at the US Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon; Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles) and Villanova University (Philadelphia).
Cari, an Italian American, was raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Dr. Joseph and Elaine Cari, and has 3 siblings. Joseph Cari Sr. was a prominent physician and surgeon in Chicago who headed the Department of Family Medicine at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Cari was also the author of "The Delivery of Emergency Care" [1] who served on the faculty of University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School, and as the Chief Medical Officer for the Chicago Fire Department. Mrs. Elaine Cari served as a Member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. She was a homemaker and mother of five children.
Cari graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. degree in sociology. As an undergraduate at Notre Dame, he was a member of the Varsity baseball team, [1] and was president of Fisher Hall. In 1978 he earned a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School. [2] Cari was awarded, and completed, a fellowship at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. [3]
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Cari married Rita Bahr, a corporate lawyer who specialized in mergers and acquisitions for Motorola Corporation. Ms. Bahr passed in 2002.[2]Joseph has one daughter, Nicole, who resides in Los Angeles.
Cari's professional career has spanned the worlds of merchant banking, media, public policy, politics, law and education.
Rita Bahr Scholarship Fund:
Joseph established the Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund at the University of Notre Dame's Law School, Center for Civil and Human Rights. This fund was created as a living memorial for his wife, who spent her childhood in Central and South America. The fund is used to advance the center's mission to aid victims of human rights violations and "will enable the center to enhance its innovative and internationally renowned contributions in teaching, research, and service on behalf of human rights. All graduates of this program (a number of whom are from Central and South America) are an integral part of an international network of lawyers who, through their teaching and practice, strive to develop a global human rights culture.Rita Bahr Scholars for 2012:
Audrey Mena (Colombia) is an Afro-Colombian human rights lawyer who earned her law degree from the Technological University of Chocó in 2010. Inhabited largely by the descendants of African slaves brought by Colombia's Spanish colonizers, the department of Chocó is economically, ethnically and culturally distinct from the majority population in Colombia. Ms. Mena's research and advocacy focus on the human rights violations experienced by Afro-Colombians in Chocó, which result from crushing poverty, socio-environmental conflicts that result from illegal gold mining, and violence from guerillas and paramilitaries who seek to control this remote jungle for coca cultivation and drug smuggling routes. In 2009, the U.S. Embassy in Bogota awarded Ms. Mena the Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship for Young Afro-Colombian Leaders, recognizing her exceptional potential as an advocate for racial and environmental justice in Colombia.
Sara Milena Ferrer (Colombia), also an Afro-Colombian human rights lawyer, earned her law degree from the University of Cartagena in 2008. After graduation, Ms. Ferrer became the first graduate of her law school to receive a clerkship with the Colombian Constitutional Court, one of the most highly regarded constitutional tribunals in the world. As a clerk for Justice Sierra Porto, her work includes writing draft decisions for cases involving economic, social and cultural rights violations. Ms. Ferrer also works for Racial Discrimination Watch in Bogota, where she provides guidance to Afro-Colombian organizations in their effort to seek reparations for victims of extrajudicial violence from Colombia's armed conflict.
Christian Gonzalez (Guatemala) earned his LL.B. magna cum laude from the Jesuit Rafael Landivar University in 2010, where he is also completing an M.A. in philosophy. Mr. Gonzalez became involved in human rights work through assisting two alumni of the CCHR's human rights program in successfully representing the family of Florencio Chitay Nech before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; the Court held Guatemala responsible for the 1981 forced disappearance of Mr. Chitay Nech, an indigenous Mayan political leader. Currently, Mr. Gonzalez works for a law firm where he represents victims of human rights violations and government corruption before domestic tribunals. His pro bono work includes presenting workshops on HIV transmission on behalf of the National Council for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS and promoting access to justice in rural indigenous communities.
• Villanova University / Center for Public Policy and Research: Lecturer - "Foreign Policy and US Presidential Politics", 2011 • Loyola Marymount University, Institute for Leadership Studies: chairman, advisory board; Lecturer - "American Presidential Politics and the Role of Women", Cari was awarded "The Service & Leadership Award" by The Institute for Leadership Studies of Loyola Marymount University, 2011 – present • Lebanese American University: Lecturer - "American Foreign Policy and U.S. Presidential Politics", 2010 – 20113 • The American University Center For Global Peace (Washington D.C.): Senior Advisor, 2008–2011 • University of Notre Dame: Guest Lecturer - "Transformations in Life", 2005 • University of Notre Dame Law School: Member, Advisory Board 2003–2005 • Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business: John F. Foster Center for Private Equity, Advisory Board 2003–2005 • Harvard University School of Public Health: Leadership Council, Member 2003–2005 • University of Notre Dame: Kroc Institute for Conflict Resolution, chairman, Advisory Board 2001–2003 • University of Notre Dame Law School: Guest Lecturer - "Life in Big Law Firms" 1998 • John Marshall Law School: Visiting Professor – Uniform Commercial Code 1981 • Leadership Greater Chicago Fellows Program - 1985–1986
• Democratic National Committee, Member, 2000–2005. • Democratic National Committee, Member of Executive Committee, 2000. • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Vice Chairman of Finance committee, 1995. • Democratic National Committee, General Counsel to Rules Committee, 1980 & 1984. • Democratic National Committee, Member of Platform Accountability Commission, 1983.
• Gore for President, National Finance Chairman, 2000.[3] • Kerrey (D-Neb.) for president, Finance Committee Member, 1991–1992. • Biden for President, Mid-West Political Director, 1987. • Mondale for President, Associate General Counsel, 1984. • Carter for President, Illinois General Counsel, 1980.
Joseph Cari worked closely with authors & editors of books published by the Wilson Center Press, driving thought leadership in the subjects of politics, culture, society and history between the years 1995 and 2002, including the following titles:
In 2005, after full cooperation with the US Attorney's office in Chicago, Cari entered into a plea agreement for violation of 18 U.S.C § 1951. [4] The Court, with the agreement of the government, commuted Cari's case on April 24, 2013. [5]
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