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Leslie Dach is an American businessman and former government executive. He has served in advisory roles for the Rockefeller Foundation [1] and Skoll Foundation. [2]

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Early life and education

Leslie Dach attended Yale University where he was roommates with Christopher Buckley. [3]

Career

Dach became involved in the Democratic Party during the 1988 United States presidential election and served as an aide in the administration of Bill Clinton. [4] [5] He later went to work for Edelman, a corporate public relations consultancy. In 2006 Dach accepted the position of Executive Vice-President of Governmental Relations and Corporate Affairs at Wal-Mart with a compensation package reported to be worth $3 million in stock options, on top of his annual salary. [4] During the administration of Barack Obama he served as a senior counselor at the Department of Health and Human Services for almost two years. There, he worked on promotion of Obamacare. [6]

The month following his departure from government, Dach was appointed to the board of directors of Sunrun. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brad Woodhouse Appointed Protect Our Care Campaign Director". Protect Our Care . September 5, 2017. Archived from the original on May 22, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ "The 11th Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship - Program" (PDF). Skoll Foundation . March 2014. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ Goldberg, Jeffrey (April 2, 2007). "Selling Wal-Mart". The New Yorker . Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Frazier, Mya (October 4, 2006). "Wal-Mart's $3 Million Man: Leslie Dach". Advertising Age . Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Clifford, Stephanie (March 8, 2013). "Man Who Helped Image of Wal-Mart Steps Down". The New York Times . Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Diamond, Dan (April 12, 2016). "How to think about Medicare's new primary care plan". Politico . Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sunrun Appoints Former Walmart Executive Leslie Dach to Board of Directors". May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
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