From Conway's October, 2009 Federal Election Commission Report
Information about a corporation came from the corporation's website, unless noted. I will go over Mongiardo’s (D-KY) FEC report tomorrow to compar his haul from financial interests to those reported for Conway. Please let me know, if there are any mistakes on my tabulations. Thanks, Dr. Ted
$3,000 contribution from Trevor L. Ahlberg (Irving Texas)
Occupation: CEO of Cottonwood Financial
Date of Receipt: 9/30/09
Info about Cottonwood Financial
8-20-09
'THE CASH STORE' SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST MANAGER WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
SEATTLE — Payday lending chain Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., which does business as The Cash Store, refused to accommodate a manager with bipolar disorder at its store in Walla Walla, Wash., and unlawfully fired him due to his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today...
$2400 contribution from Stephen Campbell (Darien, CT);
Occupation: Investment Banker for Lazard
Date of Receipt: 09/20/09
Info about Lazard
Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 39 cities across 24 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America.
$1000 contribution from Jill Daschle (NYC--Daughter of Former Senator Tom Daschle)
Occupation: Managing Partner, EnTrust Capitol
Date of Receipt: 9/30/09
Information about EnTrust Capital
EnTrust Capital is an independent investment firm specializing in managing alternative investments for Public, Corporate and Taft-Hartley Pension funds, foundations, endowments, and high net worth individuals and families.
$4800 Contribution from James Elkins(Houston TX)
Occupation: Chairman of the Houston Trust Company
Date of Reciept: 09/28/09
Information about Houston Trust Company
The Houston Trust Company works closely with professional, specialty firms to enhance performance and to allow company personnel to focus more on customer service. The company recommends the use of independent, professional investment firms to enhance investment performance.
$4800 Contribution from Virginia Elkins(Houston TX)
Wife of James Elkins; Chairman of the Houston Trust Company
Date of Reciept: 09/30/09
Occupation: Partner, EnTrust Capitol
Date of Receipt: 9/30/09
Information
Gregg Hymowitz is a Managing Partner of EnTrust Capital, a role he has filled since April 1997, and is currently the Chair of the EnTrust Capital Diversified Fund Investment Committee. He is also a managing member of EnTrust Securities LLC. Before he launched EnTrust, Gregg spent time as a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he joined in 1992.
$2400 from Mark Joseph (Baltimore, MD)
Occupation: Chairman of the Board, Municipal Mortgage and Equality (MuniMae), LLC
Date of Receipt: 09/30/09
Information about MuniMae
MuniMae is a diverse real estate finance company specializing in tax-exempt bonds for the multi-family housing segment.
$2000 from Richard L. Kauffman (NYC)
Occupation, Investment Banker for the Goldman Sachs Group
Date of Receipt: 09/28/09
Information about the Goldman Sachs Group
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services firm providing investment banking, securities and investment management services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals.
S1000 from Carl M. Kawaja (San Francisco, CA)
Occupation: Portfolio Manager, a Director of Capital International Asset Management Global Equity
Date of Receipt: 09/23/09
Information about Capital International Asset Management—Global Equity
Long-term growth of capital through investments primarily in common stocks, including growth-oriented stocks, on a global basis. Future income is a secondary objective
$2000 from Peter S. Knight (NYC)
Occupation: Managing Partner and President, US Business for Generation Investments
Date of Receipt: 09/15/09
Information about Generation Investments
Generation Investment Management LLP is dedicated to long -term investing, integrated sustainability research and client alignment. Generation is an independent, private, owner- managed partnership with offices in London and New York. The firm was co- founded in 2004 by Al Gore and David Blood.
Occupation: CEO, Brownstone Investment Group
Date of Receipt: 09/29/09
Information about Brownstone Investment Group
Since its inception in 1998, Brownstone Investment Group LLC has carved out a distinct niche within the financial community. The firm focuses exclusively on trading and investing in the fixed income marketplace through wholesale transactions within the broker dealer community.
$250 from Zachery Merriman (San Francisco, CA)
Occupation: Finance, Capital Group
Date of Receipt: 09/29/09
Information about Capital Group
The Capital Group companies manage the investments of individuals and large institutions through mutual funds, separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.
$2,400 from Charles Mayer (Los Angeles, CA)
Occupation: (former?)Chair of LaSalle Investment Group
Date of Receipt: 09/30/09
Information about LaSalle Investment Group
LASALLE CAPITAL GROUP has a wealth of experience in understanding and overcoming the financial, strategic and operational challenges faced by growing lower middle market businesses.
Chicago, IL – LaSalle Capital Group, L.P. ("LaSalle Capital") is pleased to announce that its portfolio company Collection Associates,LLC ("CAI") has acquired Immediate Collection Enterprise, LLC, and Nationwide Collection Corporation, (collectively "ICE"). ICE, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, provides accounts receivable management and debt collection services to the healthcare industry.
$250 from Helen Perkins (NYC)(I had trouble reading this name.)
Occupation, with Lizard
Date of Receipt: 09/29/09
Info about Lazard
Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 39 cities across 24 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America.
Occupation: Investment Manager, Capital Group
Date of Receipt: 09/23/09
Information about the Capital Group
The Capital Group companies manage the investments of individuals and large institutions through mutual funds, separately managed accounts and pooled investment funds.
$2400 from David Saperstein(Houston)
Occupation: Investor, 5 S Capital Ltd
Date of Receipt: 09/30/09
Info about David Saperstein from Wikipedia:
David Saperstein once had control of media empire that included Westwood One. Saperstein has started a new company called Five “S” Capital Inc, which is an investment company that helps to fund new business development.
$4800 From Richard Watson
Occupation, Investments, Alameda Corporation
Information about Alameda Corporation from Business Wire, 2006
Mr. Truman Arnold, President of Alameda Corporation announced today that Alameda will become a consultant to AMIN in the oil and gas industry.
$2000 from William Webster, IV (Spartanburg, SC).
Occupation: CEO, Advance America Cash Advance
Information about Advance America.
Advance America is the leading payday advance provider with more than 2,800 centers nationwide.
$500 from Lynn Zises(NYC)
Occupation: Finance
Date of Receipt: 09/29/09
$2500 from Zelig Zises(NYC)
Occupation: Investor
Date of Receipt: 09/29/09
Information about Zelig Zises
Selig Zises, along with his brother Jay, have been involved in a number of high-risk ventures over the years. Both created (Selig was the chairman of) Integrated Resources, with the help of Michael Milken, the junk bond king of Drexel Burnham Lambert fame in the 1980s. The firm collapsed at the end of that decade and the Zises were named in a class action suit, which was settled in 1995 for $10.6 million. Source: The Free Library
Occupation: Managing Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners
Date of Receipt: 09/24/09
Information about EKO
EKO is a specialized investment firm focused on discovering and monetizing unrealized or unrecognized environmental assets. We do this by matching smart capital with people, projects, and companies that are poised to profit from new and emerging environmental markets (markets for carbon, water, and biodiversity.
$3000 from the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA: Alexandria, VA)
Date of Receipt: 09/30/09
Information about CFCA:
The Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) was established in 1999 to ensure consumer confidence in, and long-term success of, the payday advance industry— one of the fastest-growing financial service industries in the United States. Today, CFSA’s member companies represent more than half of the nearly 24 thousand payday advance locations nationally.