Asked to serve by President Bill Clinton, he chaired the Committee from 1999 to 2001. He was one of the youngest National Chairs in the nearly 200 year history of the DNC and one of the most successful. Joe brought the Party out of debt, raised nearly a quarter of a billion dollars, hired and managed the most diverse staff in the party’s history, and successfully served as the CEO of an organization with thousands of employees on election day.

Today, Joe is a partner with the law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP in Washington, DC in the Corporate and Securities, Venture Capital and Public Law & Policy Strategies practice groups. He represents Fortune 1000 companies in mergers and acquisitions with an eye toward the larger governmental and policy implications involved in each transaction. A widely regarded negotiator, he has led teams that have negotiated major contracts, merged or acquired companies, formed joint ventures and founded new companies.

Joe is the Chairman of the New Democratic Network, an organization dedicated to modernizing the Democratic Party, and co-founder and Chairman of the Board of The Blue Fund, a mutual fund which invests in companies meeting standards of social responsibility, environmental sustainability, community participation and respect for human rights, and whose political contributions demonstrate a commitment to these values.

Joe is an entrepreneur, a published author, frequent speaker on political and demographic trends, a board member of several not-for-profit organizations, and a member of various progressive policy organizations. In addition to his corporate legal background, he is a leader in historic preservation and smart growth and urban planning. He frequently speaks on election law reform and electronic voting. His spy novel, The Disciples, was published by Simon & Schuster.

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