People (Page 87)


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    Peter B. Lewis

    Peter B. Lewis was an American insurance industry executive and a major financial backer of left-of-center political and social causes. While he was best known for his career with Progressive Corporation, one of the largest automobile insurance firms in the United States, Lewis was also a patron of the
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    Peter Benenson

    Peter Benenson was a British lawyer and the founder of human rights group Amnesty International. Benenson refused all honours but in his 80s, largely to please his family, he accepted the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2001.
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    Peter Buffett

    Peter Buffett is a musician and the youngest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Peter is deeply involved in the Buffett family’s left-of-center advocacy philanthropy, as he sits on the board of the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and leads the NoVo Foundation with his wife, Jennifer.
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    Peter Buttenweiser

    Peter Buttenweiser was a key figure in left-of-center politics who, using his connections to the wealthy elite of New York City, raised and contributed millions of dollars to Democratic and independent candidates through the Peter L Buttenweiser & Associates. The organization was listed as a healthcare and services company and
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    Peter Daszak

    Peter Daszak is a virologist and the president of EcoHealth Alliance, an American nonprofit dedicated to developing global healthcare infrastructure. Daszak built his career in the study of zoonosis, the transmission of viruses from animals to humans. After becoming president of EcoHealth Alliance, the organization received a grant from
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    Peter Edelman

    Peter Edelman is a Georgetown University Law Center law professor and former Democratic political aide who worked for Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-N.Y.), for his brother Ted’s 1980 Presidential campaign, and in the Clinton administration.
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    Peter Fritsch

    Peter Fritsch is an American journalist and Democratic Party operative. He is a founding partner at Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm that produced the controversial and unverified document commonly known as the Steele dossier containing accusations against then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle. During
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    Peter Gleick

    Peter H. Gleick is an American scientist working on issues related to the environment. He works at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California, which he co-founded in 1987. In 2003 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water resources.
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    Peter Maysmith

    Peter “Pete” Maysmith is senior vice president of campaigns for the League of Conservation Voters (LCV). He previously served as executive director of Conservation Colorado, a left-of-center environmental advocacy group.
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    Peter Murray

    Peter Murray is president of Accelerate Change, a project of the Center for Public Interest Research, and a board member of the Center.
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    Peter ONeill

    Peter O’Neill is a descendant of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the founder of Standard Oil Company. O’Neill was born to Abby Milton O’Neill, the oldest grandchild of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who ran many of the family’s investments and much of philanthropic work for decades. O’Neill is active in the
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    Peter Thiel

    Peter Thiel is a technology investor and a mega-donor to Republican Party candidates. 1 Thiel co-founded PayPal in 1998 and in 2004 was the first outside investor in Facebook. He was on the Facebook
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    Peter Ward

    Peter Ward is the president of the New York Hotel Trades Council (HTC), vice-president of the New York State AFL-CIO, and has been described as one of the most powerful labor leaders in New York due to his union’s efforts in political organizing.
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    Peter Zahn

    Peter Zahn is a left-of-center environmental activist that has worked in the philanthropic industry for upwards of a decade. He is the CEO of the left-leaning Moxie Foundation.
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    Phil Angelides

    Phil Angelides is a Democratic politician from California. From 1999 until 2007, he served as California State Treasurer.
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    Phil Buchanan

    Phil Buchanan is a left-leaning philanthropic officer who works as the president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). An executive at CEP since its founding in 2001, Buchanan is also the author of Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count. He also co-hosts a podcast,
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    Phil Radford

    Phil Radford is a left-wing environmentalist activist and the former executive director of Greenpeace USA (2009-2014). He is also the founder of president of Progressive Power Lab, co-founder of the Democracy Initiative, a board member of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and a board member of the left-of-center environmental advocacy group Green
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    Philip B. Duffy

    Philip B. Duffy is a director of Woods Hole Research Center, an environmentalist research group. He has held senior research positions with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and visiting positions at the Carnegie Institution for Science and the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
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    Philip F. Anschutz

    Philip F. Anschutz (born 1939) is a businessman and the president of The Anschutz Corporation, a holding company based in Denver, Colorado. Anschutz is a prominent donor to Republican politicians and a supporter of conservative advocacy causes, being perhaps best known for his ownership of the Washington Examiner and, from
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    Philip Munger

    Philip Munger a left-of-center activist and the son of Charles Munger, the longtime business partner of liberal investor Warren Buffett. Munger is a major donor to the Democratic Party.