Person Mitt Romney - Connecting the Bennett v. Southern Witness Murder to his donor

Connecting Success Factors to Bennett

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project

The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

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My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.  

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Mitt Romney
AKA Willard Mitt Romney
Born: 12-Mar-1947
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician, Business
Party Affiliation: Republican
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
W. Mitt Romney is the former Governor of Massachusetts. His influential father was three times elected Governor of Michigan, and appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Richard M. Nixon administration. Romney had a privileged upbringing, attending the Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills. The Romneys are Mormon, and he went on to Brigham Young University before matriculating at Harvard Business School and then Harvard Law School.
In 1984, Romney founded Bain Capital, an investment company that quickly came to own hundreds of other companies, including Staples, Domino's Pizza, Bright Horizons Childcare, Sealy, FTD Florists, Brookstone, and The Sports Authority. Romney's claim to national fame came in 1999, when an inquiry into corruption found that the two top officials who led Salt Lake City's bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics had actually paid bribes of more than $1 million to 24 members of the International Olympic Committee. Organizers were embarrassed by the scandal, but terrified by hints that corporate sponsors might reduce their financial commitments.
Romney was the Salt Lake City Olympics' savior. As the event's CEO, he brought in new, stricter policies on ethical behavior (like having some) and, after the unfortunate events of September 11, Romney instituted what some people considered to be draconian security measures for the event. Even so, millions of tickets were sold, millions more watched on TV, and the athletic competition and clearly rigged judging were memorable.
As a businessman, Romney knows how and when to capitalize his assets, and in the Olympics afterglow he quickly announced his candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts. With no prior experience holding political office, Romney won handily. He was Massachusetts' fourth Republican Governor in a row, somewhat surprising for a state where only 13% of voters are registered as Republicans.
Romney was prominent among the contenders for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, despite the fact polls indicate 17% of Americans would refuse to vote for any Mormon candidate. Still, to appeal to conservatives, he has taken a hard stance on gay marriage, by a quirk legalized in his state by a judicial action of the state supreme court. In response he activated a long-inactive law aimed at interracial marriage, which forbids nonresidents to marry in Massachusetts if it is illegal for them to marry in their home states. He called for gun control legislation when he ran for the Senate in 1994, but in 2006 he joined the National Rifle Association.
He has also taken a firm stand against illegal immigration, which is somewhat ironic, as the evidence suggests that Romney's own grandfather came to America as an illegal immigrant. His great-grandfather, a devout Mormon in a time when his church encouraged polygamy, fled the US with his multiple wives in 1884, when American law could strip polygamists of the right to vote or serve on juries. Romney's grandfather and father were born and raised in Mexico, and Romney's father was a child when his family left Mexico at the height of the Mexican Revolution, in 1912. Romney's father's and grandmother were American citizens under the law at that time, and came to America on a train, while his grandfather crossed the border northward in classic "illegal immigrant" fashion, entering US territory on a long walk over barren desert land.
Romney won the Republican nomination for the 2012 Presidential election. His chosen running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, is intelligent, photogenic and likable, and while young he is considerably more experienced than the party's nominee in 2008. But Ryan is also the architect of a budget plan which dismantles Medicare while at the same time giving tax cuts to the wealthy -- a plan which passed the US House and which Romney himself endorsed -- and this may bring several states which were considered safe Republican territory back into the fray, including populous Florida.
Father: George W. Romney (Governor of Michigan, b. 8-Jul-1907, d. 26-Jul-1995)
Mother: Lenore Emily LaFount Romney (b. 1908, d. 1998)
Brother: G. Scott Romney (attorney)
Sister: Jane Romney Robinson
Sister: Lynn Romney Keenan
Wife: Ann Romney (m. 21-Mar-1969, five sons)
Son: Tagg Romney (b. 1970)
Son: Matt Romney Jr.
Son: Josh Romney
Son: Ben Romney
Son: Craig Romney
    High School: Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1965)
    University: Stanford University (attended two semesters)
    University: BA, Brigham Young University (1971)
    University: MBA, Harvard Business School (1975)
    University: JD, Harvard Law School (1975)
    Governor of Massachusetts (2-Jan-2003 to 4-Jan-2007)
    Bain Capital Co-Founder (1984)
    Bain & Company
    Member of the Board of Marriott (1993-2002)
    Member of the Board of Sports Authority (1995-99)
    Member of the Board of Staples (1986-2001)
    Boy Scouts of America
    College Republicans
    DeMint for Senate Committee
    Free and Strong America PAC
    Friends of George Allen
    John McCain 2008
    National Council for a New America Founding Member
    National Republican Congressional Committee
    National Republican Senatorial Committee
    National Rifle Association (joined in 2006)
    Points of Light Foundation Board of Directors
    Restore Our Future Beneficiary
    Romney for President
    Romney Victory Inc.
    Funeral: Gordon Hinckley (2008)
    Funeral: Ted Kennedy (2009)
    Draft Deferment: Vietnam 4-D (missionary deferment)
    Religious Mission: Mormon France (1966-68)
    Global Warming Skeptics Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA (27-Oct-2011)
    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Mitt (17-Jan-2014) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.mittromney.com/
Author of books:
No Apology: The Case For American Greatness (2010)

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The PG&E Domestic Terrorism Investigation via FBI Director from the horses mouth

Convert-to-Cards rework

Connecting the PG&E Terrorism Network to Bennett 

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project

The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistle-blower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus and Private Equity to the economic collapse

Beat the PG&E Programmer

Bleeding For PG&E

In July 2011 while working as PG&E Sub Contractor my car was totaled Lafayette CA - I've blogged those facts a long time ago on Contra Costa Watch

Unpaid former PG&E Programmer

There is no reality to events around me.  Accidents, arson and fires.

Saturday July 26th 2014



Mr. Brian Cherry

77 Beale Street, Room 1087

San Francisco, CA 94105

Mail Code B10C

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

P.O. Box 770000

San Francisco, CA 94177

415.973.4977

Internal: 223.4977

Fax: 415.973.7226

Internet: BKC7@pge.com



Re: San Bruno Fire September 2010

1. Possible Domestic Terrorism Access 
• Valves, Gas Lines, Fuel Lines and related infrastructure information 
2. Metcalf Station Maps 
• Possible connection to Sniper Attack 
3. PG&E Software Sub Contractor Dispute 
1. Connected accidents and several attempted murders of this vendor
2.  Ravenel Enterprises - False PG&E Projects / Internal Security Breach
4. SharePoint Documents Stolen From Laptop
5. Impact on my Sons 
1. When PG&E welches on it's vendor People end homeless
1. When you don't pay your bills it actually effects others
2. One near fatal accident in 2005 
3. The Perfect Arson Target for my connection to the Gas Pipeline Explosions 

Dear Mr. Cherry,



I am writing to express my concerns over the handling of my complaints in regards to following events related to payments or lack of, several hit and runs targeting this former PG&E vendor and related information connecting the 2004 Kinder Morgan Fire in Walnut Creek CA, several fires in Walnut Creek, the kidnapping of a PG&E Employee working in the same building Wiget address where project meetings were held and the near pathetic indifferent response from PG&E security, the legal department, outside legal counsel Attorney Kate Dyer and internal PG&E resources who've been fully informed about the many attempts on my life since being contracted to PG&E post explosion efforts.



Paying Your Vendors (me) vs. Leaving me to be hit by cars 



Around 9:00 AM today (7/26/14) another attempt was made to hit me in a crosswalk.  Last year my roommate was mugged resulting in severe head injury, my other roommate was David Bremer was murdered somewhere between Walnut Creek to Martinez Detention Facility (MDF)) where he was beaten to death.



He was a nice kid sad story here in Contra Costa County where we should really call this place Cold Case County as we have blacks hanging from trees back in the 80s, where little old Japanese Ladies (Fake Tip Line) burn to death on remote road,  where the Town of Lafayette Chief Christiansen refused to investigate my July 20th, 2011 accident but lest not forget I was nearly killed while working on the deadliest gas pipeline explosion in the country.



PG&E Security, Inside and Outside Counsel



A few weeks ago I visited PG&E Offices in an attempt to resolve the Ravenell issues.  My goal was to get paid but instead I was left outside with the three goons.  We'll tell the goons that once again someone tried to run me today and this time they missed again but it was close.



Outside Counsel Attorney Kate Dyer 

1. Possible Domestic Terrorism Access 
• Valves, Gas Lines, Fuel Lines and related infrastructure information 
2. Metcalf Station Maps 
• Possible connection to Sniper Attack 
3. PG&E Software Sub Contractor Dispute 
1. Connected accidents and several attempted murders of this vendor
2.  Ravenel Enterprises - False PG&E Projects / Internal Security Breach
4. SharePoint Documents Stolen From Laptop
5. Impact on my Sons 
1. When PG&E welches on it's vendor People end homeless
1. When you don't pay your bills it actually effects others
2. One near fatal accident in 2005 
3. The Perfect Arson Target for my connection to the Gas Pipeline Explosions 

The Core Issues Are:

• The PG&E San Bruno Gas Line Explosion 
• A PG&E Funded software development project with Ravenel Enterprises 
• Possible Domestic Terrorism data breach
• The Metcalf Sniper Attack 
• Connections between the only two deadly Northern California Gas Pipeline/Fuel Line Explosions 
• Domestic Terrorism Links related to pipe bombs 
• The San Bruno Fire Gas Can Man
• The Hillgrade Ave Pipe Bomb Events - Dangerous Downstream Valve Attack 
• The Driscoll Murders Connected to the Kinder Morgan Fire 
• The deceased witness

PG&E's Failure to Address Complaints 


On July 20th 2011 my car was totaled enroute to Lafayette CA from Walnut Creek.  At the time I was contracted to PG&E where unknowingly possessed thousands of pages of maps, GPS, sensitive internal documents, litigation sensitive files, and was essentially by definition facing criminal imprisonment over Child Support a problem developed over issues related to persons now in Federal Prison




I'm also betting they are now key suspects in many primarily East Bay arson fires which in brief several are highlighted below

1. Attorney Don Moats at 1776 Ygnacio Valley Road 2001
2. August 2004 Bennett Truck Fire (arson) NB 680 Danville
3. November 2004 Kinder Morgan 
4. March 2010 Piedmont Fire - Pictures by SFPD Lt. David Oberhoffer
5. Sept 2010 San Bruno Fire

There are many East Bay Fires started by molotov cocktails being tossed through businesses along with far too many restaurant fires of which several are businesses connected to my former Commercial Cabinet Shop Projects back in the 80s.





Incident Overview  

1. PG&E High Performance Engineer 
1. Hugh Smith - Senior Performance Engineer at PG&E 
2. His connection to a SFPD Lt. David Ober

1. Suicide Connected to SCADA Control Expert 
2. The San Bruno Fire Gas Can Man 
3. PG&E Vendor Ravenel Enterprises 
1. How did I get through your background checks 
2. Why has PG&E ignored my concerns about this vendor 
3. Critical PG&E Data 

The Blogs - why they are here



Throughout my blog you'll find references to many incidents that go far beyond the Explosions.



 I've endured pre/posts San Bruno Fire and pre Kinder Morgan Explosions.  Lafayette Police's handling of my 2011 accident which was they refused to handle it meaning no police report, no investigation and tough luck you were almost killed.



Attacks now almost weekly







A Mid-August 2004 Jet Fueled Arson







Gas Transmission Group Incidents 



Your Vendor



Pete Bennett





PG&E in the Gas Transmission Group as a High Performance Engineer.



CC: City Of Lafayette

City Of Walnut Creek Legal Department

CHP State of California Threat Assessment Group

Town of Danville

CEO Michael Fleming CSAC Excess Insurance Authority (EIA)



Jake O'Malley

Executive Risk Manager, 1911 San Miguel Dr., #200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (925) 943-1100 - jomalley@mpa-nc.com





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Michael Fleming CEO

CSAC Excess Insurance Authority, 75 Iron Point Circle, Suite 200, Folsom, CA 95630, (916) 850-7300

Addendums

PG&E Software Sub Contractor Dispute


In March 2011 I was contracted to PG&E at the rate of $65 per hour to develop tracking databases in highly fluid project connected to the HydroTesting, the San Bruno Fire and Welding all of which are connected to this US Grand Jury Indictment where I personally appreciate the gusto of Senator Jerry who is out there shouting for his constituents which in contrast State Senator Mark DeSaulnier



Coming soon . ..
Possible Domestic Terrorism Links



Without great detail at this time there are numerous connections to the PG&E and Kinder Morgan Fire.  I've met probing PI's, probing investigators, law enforcement personnel and respective investigators who all have come to me.  The only time I reached out directly was to CAL Fire Pipeline Safety Group, then later to EBMUD who are fully informed about my position about deaths near their catastrophic event.



Disposition of Highly Sensitive PG&E Documents Stolen From Laptop  



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Connecting David Leslie Milne of Patterson, Teele and Dennis to Joseph P. Kennedy to 417 Park Ave 12c New York.

Connecting David Leslie Milne of Paterson, Teele and Dennis to Joseph P. Kennedy to 417 Park Ave 12c New York. 

The Dubious Phone Call and Time Wasting Project

The folks at TPG will have to answer to my Whistleblower Complaints on the truly odd collection of RFPs emanating from companies connected to Richard Blum, William McGlashan, CBRE, Regency Centers, Trammel Crow, Lennar, Catellus.

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My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989.  It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.  

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Christopher G. Kennedy

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Chris Kennedy
Chair of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees
In office September 2009 – January 2015
Preceded by	Niranjan Shah
Succeeded by	Edward McMillan
Personal details
Born	Christopher George Kennedy July 4, 1963 (age 55) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Sheila Sinclair-Berner (m. 1987)
Children	4
Parents	Robert F. Kennedy Ethel Skakel
Relatives	See Kennedy family
Education	Boston College (BA) Northwestern University (MBA)
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Christopher George "Chris" Kennedy (born July 4, 1963) is an American businessman, politician, and Chair of Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.^[1] He is a son of former U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a member of the Kennedy family. Kennedy served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois from 2009 to 2015.^[2] Until April 2012, he was also president of Merchandise Mart Properties, a commercial property management firm based in Chicago.^[3]

He was a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election.^[4]

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• 1Early life and education
• 2Career
  • 2.1Top Box Foods
• 3Personal life
• 4Political career
• 5Business and economic involvement
• 6Other civic involvement
• 7Residential development
• 8See also
• 9References
• 10External links

Early life and education[edit]

Chris, only 30 days old, being held by his sister Kathleen

Kennedy was born on July 4, 1963, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert Francis Kennedy Sr. and Ethel (née Skakel) Kennedy, the eighth of their eleven children. He is one of four grandchildren of George Skakel, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy born during the administration of his uncle U.S. President John F. Kennedy. His siblings are:

• Kathleen Hartington Kennedy (born 1951)
• Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (born 1952)
• Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. (born 1954)
• David Anthony Kennedy (1955–1984)
• Mary Courtney Kennedy (born 1956)
• Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (1958–1997)
• Mary Kerry Kennedy (born 1959)
• Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy (born 1965)
• Douglas Harriman Kennedy (born 1967)
• Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy (born 1968)

He grew up at his family home, Hickory Hill, in McLean, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., and attended the Our Lady of Victory Catholic School in McLean through the eighth grade.^[5] He transferred to Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, also a suburb of Washington, and graduated in 1982.^[6] While in high school, he volunteered at a home for runaway youth.

Kennedy graduated from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1986.^[7]

In 1994, he graduated with a master of business administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Career[edit]

Kennedy is chairman of the Kennedy family investment firm Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.^[8] He is treasurer of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, he was on the Executive Committee for the Chicago Community Trust, and he has been a board member of the Catholic Theological Union, Interface, Inc. and Knoll Inc.^[1][9] He is a member of the mutual fund board of trustees for Ariel Investments.^[10]

Kennedy moved from Boston to Decatur to work for Archer Daniels Midland in the 1980s, and has spent his life working around issues of hunger, whether as the chairman of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, or now helping to run the non-profit he and his wife founded, Top Box Foods.^[11]

Kennedy was the president of Merchandise Mart Properties in Chicago, Illinois, from 2000 until 2012. The property was originally owned by the Kennedy family until it was sold to Vornado Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust. The Merchandise Mart, one of the properties of Merchandise Mart Properties, is the largest commercial building in the world, serving as both a luxury wholesale design center and one of the leading international business locations in Chicago. The Mart spans two city blocks and rises twenty-five stories for a total of 4.2 million square feet (390,000 square metres) Three million people come through the Mart each year to visit its retail shops, permanent showrooms, and office space as well as attend the numerous trade, consumer and community events hosted there.

Kennedy also served as Chairman of the board at the University of Illinois.^[12]

Top Box Foods[edit]

In May 2012, Kennedy started the Chicago-based non-profit Top Box Foods. The organization was created as a way to get discounted groceries to families who live in areas that either lack grocery stores or have an abundance of fast food. Kennedy initially invested $150,000 to get Top Box started, and subsequently designed the organization to be self-sustaining.

Top Box as an organization purchases food, boxes it in various combinations and delivers it monthly to churches and organizations in mostly low-income neighborhoods. The food items in the box change from month to month and include a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, and frozen meals, with box prices ranging from $19 to $39. The boxes can be ordered online or through the organizations where the boxes are delivered. These organizations, otherwise known as Top Box "host sites," range from small neighborhood churches with a few dozen families to some of the Chicago's largest, including Trinity United Church of Christ and Salem Baptist Church.

Personal life[edit]

Kennedy met Sheila Sinclair-Berner (born December 4, 1962), an Illinois native, while attending Boston College. After graduating from college in 1986, Kennedy moved to Decatur, Illinois, and married in 1987.^[13] The couple had four children, Katherine Frances Kennedy (1990-), Christopher George Kennedy, Jr. (1992-), Sarah Louise Kennedy (1994-),^[14] and Clare Rose Kennedy (1998-),^[15] whom they are raising in the Chicago suburb of Kenilworth. His wife earned a law degree from Northwestern University and practiced at Sidley & Austin^{[citation needed]} in Chicago before taking time off to take care of their children.

Political career[edit]

Kennedy attending Chicago's Pride Parade.

Kennedy's political activism began at an early age, and in 1979 and 1980 he worked on his uncle U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy's bid for the 1980 Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. President. He was also treasurer of the campaign committee for his brother Joe's reelection to the U.S. House in 1988. Over the years he has organized numerous fundraising events in Chicago for his uncle Ted, his sister Kathleen, his brother Joe and his cousin Mark Shriver.

The National Journal once quoted Kennedy as saying, "I have a lot to keep up with: a brother who might run for Congress, a sister and a brother considering races for governor, a cousin who might run for Congress, another in Congress, an uncle in the Senate and a cousin-in-law, Arnold [Schwarzennegger], who is thinking of running for governor."^[16]

Beyond his family, Kennedy has served in a variety of capacities for numerous political campaigns, including hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama in his bid for U.S. Senate.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2009, after considering a run for the U.S. Senate,^[17] as did many others, Kennedy decided not to run.^[18] Also in August 2009, on the day after his uncle Ted's death on August 25, 2009, Kennedy was appointed to the University of Illinois board of trustees by Democratic Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.^[19] On September 10, 2009, Kennedy was elected by the trustees as their chairman.^[20]

Kennedy with supporters during the 2018 Chicago St. Patrick's Dayparade

Prior to February 8, 2017, when Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic Nomination for Illinois Governor in 2018,^[21] he had never ran for any elective office.^[19]

Kennedy during his campaign for governor advocated for "a property tax system that can't be abused by the wealthy and insiders" in a fundraising email.^[22] Kennedy criticized one of his fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidates, J.B. Pritzker, for getting a large property tax reduction on a Gold Coast mansion.^[23] "It's an inherently corruptible system and we ought to reject it," Kennedy said to reporters in reference to Pritzker's property taxes.^[24] "The Cook County property tax appeals business is notorious for pricing political connections at a premium," wrote the Illinois Policy Institute, a conservative website.^[25] Kennedy has further gone on to state that what Mike Madigan is doing, referring to his conflict of interest from serving as the house speaker while working as a property tax attorney, should be illegal.^[26]

In June 2017, Kennedy was endorsed by Congressman Bobby Rush.^[27]

Kennedy called for an open primary in the 2018 gubernatorial race, urging the Cook County Democratic party not to throw their weight behind any other candidate, instead allowing for voters to vet all the candidates in the race.^[28]

On March 20, 2018, Kennedy lost the Democratic primary, finishing in third place behind Pritzer and state senator Daniel Biss. He carried only two counties, Ford and Hardin.

Business and economic involvement[edit]

He is on the board of trustees of the mutual funds managed by Ariel Investments,^[29] a Chicago-based investment-management firm.

From 1997 to 1999, Kennedy served as chairman of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, a sales-and-marketing organization promoting Chicago to the tourism and convention industries. Under Kennedy's chairmanship, the bureau retained and expanded Chicago's event-and-convention industry.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2000, Kennedy has been a member of the City Club of Chicago, a group that brings together civic and cultural leaders to discuss and debate issues affecting the Chicago area.

Since 2005, he has been a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a group that brings together the city's business, educational, and cultural leaders on projects to improve central industries and create new economic opportunities.

Other civic involvement[edit]

• Since 1996, he has been a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a nonpartisan group that seeks to impact discourse on global issues through leadership, education, and policy.
• Since 1996, Kennedy has been on the board of directors at The Irish Fellowship Club,^[30] a Chicago-based group dedicated to preserving and promoting Irish heritage.
• From 2006 until the Spring of 2013, he served on the board of directors of Catholic Theological Union, the largest Roman Catholic graduate school of theology and ministry in the U.S.^[31]
• Greater Chicago Food Depository is a nonprofit food distribution and training center providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger throughout Cook County, Illinois. It also offers education programs providing the knowledge and tools needed to break the poverty cycle.
• El Valor^[32] is a nonprofit group seeking to enrich the local community by empowering the underserved, disenfranchised, and disabled while creating a sense of unity among all community members.
• Heartland Alliance^[33] is a human-rights-advocacy group providing housing, healthcare, economic security, and legal protection for low-income citizens.
• Governor Pat Quinn appointed Kennedy to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois in September 2009. He served in that role until his gubernatorial appointment expired in January 2015.
• He served as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust until January 2015.
• He served as the Lund-Gill Chair in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences at Dominican University (Illinois).^[34]
• He is the chairman of the board of Innovation Illinois, a progressive 501(c)(4) non-profit advocacy group formed in April 2015.

Residential development[edit]

As Chairman of Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., Kennedy is responsible for the development of the Kennedy family real estate holdings in Chicago known as Wolf Point, Chicago. The Wolf Point development site represents a billion-dollar commitment to the downtown core, and the site is zoned for construction of a residential apartment building, a self-park garage, and two additional high-rise buildings.

Kennedy also is a partner in Sudbury Station LLC, a development entity proposing a 250-unit luxury rental housing development with a state mandated minimum affordable housing set aside in Sudbury, Massachusetts, designed to meet local housing needs for seniors and the working class community. Proposed on a 39-acre parcel zoned residential near the Historic District of Sudbury, the Village at Sudbury Station would satisfy the Massachusetts affordable housing mandate for Sudbury, would be located close to schools, parks, churches and public safety facilities, and would contribute significant additional tax revenue to the town.^[35][36] The project has received criticism from town officials and residents. Residents voted unamiously to hire a special counsel to stop the development, which they allege violates over thirty local zoning ordinances.^[37][38]

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