Businessman

Ray McGuire

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RAY MCGUIRE

Businessman

Ray McGuire is a former Citigroup executive and a current candidate for Mayor of New York City. In this crowded race, McGuire has raised over $2.5 million for his campaign since January, and is on pace to outraise every Democratic candidate for mayor in the past 32 years ahead of the June primary. 

Raised by a single mother in Dayton, Ohio, Ray McGuire graduated from Harvard University’s joint JD/MBA program, before coming to New York to work on Wall Street.

Ray aims to help New York City recover from the pandemic with his Comeback Job Accelerator Plan, create new oversight of policing practices, and find a path to permanent housing for the city’s homeless population.

Ray McGuire participated in The Common Good New York City Mayoral Series With Ray McGuire, on April 23 2021.

David Rubenstein

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DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN

Businessman and Philanthropist

David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private investment firms. He is a 1970 graduate of Duke University and a 1973 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. He served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments before becoming the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy during the Carter Administration. He also practiced law in both New York City and Washington, D.C.

Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Council on Foreign Relations; a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation; a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; a Trustee of the National Gallery of Art, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; a Director of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and President of the Economic Club of Washington, among other board seats.

Mr. Rubenstein is an original signer of The Giving Pledge; the host of The David Rubenstein Show; and the author of The American Story and How to Lead.

David M. Rubenstein participated in "How to Lead" with David M. Rubenstein and Adam Grant, on February 20 2021. Rubenstein and Grant explored the hallmarks of good leadership from our best political leaders, CEOs, founders and other giants, including the understanding of good - and bad - leadership in the U.S. Presidency and the political arena.

Dylan Ratigan

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Dylan Ratigan

Businessman, political commentator

Dylan Jason Ratigan is an American businessman, author, film producer, former host of MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show, former contributor to The Huffington Post, and political commentator for The Young Turks. He was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 21st Congressional District.

The former Global Managing Editor for Corporate Finance at Bloomberg L.P., Ratigan has developed and launched more than six broadcast and new media properties.

Ratigan was hosted by The Common Good in 2012: Dylan Ratigan “Greedy Bastards”.

Twitter: @DylanRatigan

Bobby Sager

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Bobby Sager

Businessman

Bobby Sager has spent the last decade of his life traveling around the globe giving away his money to make whatever difference he can.

In 2000, Bobby founded the Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow. He and his family traveled to some of the poorest nations on earth, living in villages and cities in developing countries. Always looking for the most efficient and sustainable way to solve any issue, Bobby believed the best way to solve pressing issues was through catalyzing the efforts of other leaders, no matter where or who they were. The family traveled the globe, meeting those leaders and setting up projects to assist their efforts, whether in a mountain tent or jungle prison. Additionally, he began recruiting other high-powered business leaders to use their considerable skills in the service of something larger, through his involvement with the Young Presidents Organization, which counts among its members over 20,000 leaders in 100 countries.

Sager was hosted by The Common Good in 2010 for a Meet & Greet,

Eric Schmidt

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Eric Schmidt

Businessman

In his time at Google in 2001, Eric Schmidt helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology.

From 2001 to 2011, Eric served as Google’s chief executive officer, overseeing the company’s technical and business strategy alongside founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Under his leadership, Google dramatically scaled its infrastructure and diversified its product offerings while maintaining a strong culture of innovation. From 2011 to 2015, Schmidt served as Executive Chairman at Google. and then as Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc. from 2015 to 2017.

Eric is a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council in the U.K. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a fellow in 2007. He also chairs the board of the New America Foundation, and since 2008 has been a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In May 2012, Eric became a member of Khan Academy’s board of directors and the following year he joined the board of The Economist. In 2013, Eric and Jared Cohen co-authored The New York Times bestselling book, The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives. In September 2014, Eric published his second New York Times best-seller, How Google Works, which he and Jonathan Rosenberg wrote with Alan Eagle.

Schmidt was hosted by The Common Good in 2014 for a Meet & Greet.

Twitter: @ericschmidt

Alan Schwartz

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Alan Schwartz

Businessman

Alan Schwartz joined Guggenheim Partners, a global, independent, and privately held financial services firm in June, 2009. Guggenheim Partners is a premier asset management and investment advisory firm with expertise in fixed income, equity, alternatives, and advisory solutions. Schwartz was previously Chief Executive Officer of The Bear Stearns Companies. During his career with Bear Stearns, he also served as President and Chief Operating Officer, and Head of Investment Banking. He previously worked in various capacities with Wertheim & Company and R.W. Pressprich & Company.

Alan Schwartz is a member of the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, Marvin and Palmer, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, American Foundation for AIDS Research, NYU Langone Medical Center, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Madison Square Garden.

Schwartz spoke alongside Stephanie Ruhle in “Growing a Fair Economy” at The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards, 2019 on May 10th, 2019, and spoke at The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards 2016. Schwartz also moderated the History in the Making: Post-Election Panel 2016 with Carl Bernstein, Kellyanne Conway, and Governor William Weld.

Erik Prince

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Erik Prince

American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL

Erik Prince is an American businessman and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer best known for founding the government services and security company Blackwater USA, now known as Academi. He served as its CEO until 2009 and later as chairman, until Blackwater Worldwide was sold in 2010 to a group of investors. Prince currently heads the private equity firm Frontier Resource Group and is chairman of Hong Kong-listed Frontier Services Group Ltd. He lives in both Middleburg, Virginia and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Prince spoke at The Common Good in 2017: Rethinking the Afghanistan War with Erik Prince.

Eric Spiegel

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Eric Spiegel

Businessman

Eric Spiegel is the President and CEO of Siemens USA and is responsible for growing the U.S. business in the company’s largest market. With over $22 billion in sales including exports and approximately 50,000 employees in the U.S., Siemens is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. Siemens has over 25 major manufacturing sites across the U.S. and is represented in all 50 states.

Twitter: @ericspiegel

Kenneth Mehlman

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Kenneth Mehlman

Businessman, attorney, political figure

Kenneth Brian Mehlman  is an American businessman, attorney, and political figure who served as the campaign manager for the 2004 re-election campaign of George W. Bush and Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, President Bush appointed Mehlman to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

On August 26, 2010, Mehlman came out as gay, making him one of the most prominent openly gay figures in the Republican Party.

Mehlman is currently a member and Head of Global Public Affairs for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s global external affairs activities. He previously served as a partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

Mehlman spoke at The Common Good’s Elections 2012 Forecast – Mehlman, Shrum, Wolffe – November 17, 2011.

Twitter: @MehlmanKen

The Honorable Bob Kerrey

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the honorable Bob Kerrey

American politician

Bob Kerrey is a former member of the elite Navy SEAL Team and a highly decorated Vietnam veteran who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, America’s highest military honor. Kerrey served one four-year term as Governor of the State of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987, then won election to the Senate in 1988, defeating an incumbent senator. He ended his congressional tenure in 2001.

Kerrey is a self-made businessman who, upon returning from the war and starting from scratch in 1972, built a chain of highly successful restaurants and health clubs that now employ more than 900 people.

Twitter: @KerreyBob