The Whitewater controversy,Whitewater scandal,Whitewatergate,or simply Whitewater,was an American political controversy during the 1990s. It began with an investigation into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates,Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal,in the Whitewater Development Corporation. This failed business venture was incorporated in 1979 with the purpose of developing vacation properties on land along the White River near Flippin,Arkansas.
Kissinger Associates,Inc. is a New York City-based international geopolitical consulting firm,founded and run by Henry Kissinger since 1982. The firm assists its clients in identifying strategic partners and investment opportunities and advising them on government relations.
Richard W. Fisher is the former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,having served in that post from April 2005 to 2015. He is a Senior Advisor to Barclays Plc,a British bank holding company,a Director of PepsiCo,and a Senior Contributing Editor for CNBC. From 2011 to 2017,he served on the Harvard Board of Overseers.
Rufus Hawkins Yerxa is an American lawyer and former U.S. government and international official. He is currently a Senior Advisor with the global consulting firm McClarty Associates. He served as Deputy United States Trade Representative during the George H.W. Bush and Clinton Administrations,and served for 11 years as Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). From 2016 to 2021 he was President of the National Foreign Trade Council.
James E. Press is the former Deputy CEO of Chrysler Group LLC,having served in that capacity from June to December 2009. Previously,he served as President of Sales &Marketing Operations of Chrysler LLC from September 2007 to June 2009. He also served as Senior Advisor to Chrysler Financial Company. During this assignment,he assisted Sergio Marchionne in the transition to Fiat. Press was heavily involved in maintaining company operations and product development during the bankruptcy period. Press was also Senior Advisor to the Renault–Nissan Alliance,working closely with the CEO,Carlos Ghosn. Presently he is Senior Advisor to Hyundai Motor North America,AMCI Doppler in Torrance,California and Work Truck Solutions in Chico California.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types:Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types:Life Membership and Term Membership,the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships,both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917,the organization is based in Tysons Corner,Virginia. As the automotive retail industry's primary trade association,NADA monitors federal legislation and regulation affecting dealerships and publishes forecasts and reports about industry trends. American Truck Dealers,established in 1970,is a division of NADA representing nearly 1,800 heavy- and medium-duty truck dealerships throughout the United States.
Carl Spielvogel was an American marketing executive and diplomat.
The Sam M. Walton College of Business is the business school at the University of Arkansas,a public research university in Fayetteville,Arkansas. Created in 1926,the college is the second-largest college at the University of Arkansas,with over 5,000 undergraduate students as of Fall 2016. Walton College offers undergraduate,master's,and doctoral programs and is known nationally for its strong programs in retail,finance,information systems,and supply chain management. U.S. News &World Report consistently ranks Walton College among the top business schools in the country. The college has a close relationship with Walmart Stores,Inc.,based in nearby Bentonville,Arkansas,and related vendor community.
Douglas Jay Band is an American businessman and lawyer who is a founding partner and former president of Teneo,a multinational C-suite advisory firm and investment bank. Previously he was Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton in the White House and later counselor to President Bill Clinton. Band was the "key architect" of the Clinton post-presidency and he created the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Band later worked for the William J. Clinton Foundation,and also traveled to North Korea to orchestrate the release of the two Americans and to Cuba to help secure the release of another American,Alan P. Gross.
Lynn Forester,Lady de Rothschild is an American-British billionaire businesswoman who is the chair of E.L. Rothschild,a holding company she owns.
Kendall Day Garff was a Utah businessman who owned several automobile dealerships along the Wasatch Front.
Francisco J. "Frank" Sánchez is an American lawyer and business advisor,former Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade at the Department of Commerce in the Obama administration.
Richard R. Burt is an American businessman and diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Germany and was a chief negotiator of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Prior to his diplomatic career,Burt worked as director of a non-governmental organization and from 1977 to 1980 was a national security correspondent for The New York Times.
The 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5,1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator David Pryor decided to retire. Republican Tim Hutchinson won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas since Reconstruction in 1872 and the first to ever be popularly elected in the state. He was the first to win this seat since 1870.
Nelson Cunningham is an American attorney and a Democratic political advisor who served in the presidential administrations of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
The RLJ Companies is an American asset management firm owned by entrepreneur Robert Louis Johnson. After selling Black Entertainment Television in 2001,Johnson's first company,he created RLJ Companies in Bethesda,Maryland. The company's network includes hotel real estate investment,private equity,financial services,asset management,insurance services,car dealerships,sports and entertainment,and video lottery terminal (VLT) gaming. The company is headquartered in Bethesda and has additional offices in Charlotte,North Carolina;Little Rock,Arkansas;Los Angeles,California;San Juan,Puerto Rico,and Monrovia,Liberia.
William H. Kennedy III is an American lawyer from Arkansas,who served as Associate White House Counsel during the Clinton administration.
The Foreign Affairs Policy Board is an advisory board that provides independent advice and opinion to the Secretary of State,the Deputy Secretary of State,and the Director of Policy Planning on matters concerning U.S. foreign policy. The Board reviews and assesses global threats and opportunities,trends that implicate core national security interests,tools and capacities of the civilian foreign affairs agencies,and priorities and strategic frameworks for U.S. foreign policy. The Board meets in a plenary session several times a year at the U.S. Department of State in the Harry S. Truman Building.
David B. Burks is an American academic and businessman. He was the fourth President of Harding University in Searcy,Arkansas from 1987 to 2013,after which he became the institution's second chancellor. Burks was the dean of the university's School of Business from 1977 until becoming president.
