Vernon E. Jordan
Born: August 15, 1935
Company: Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
Position: Senior Managing Director
Industry: Financial Services
Country: United States
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. has served as a Senior Managing Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC since January 2000.
He is a personal friend and advisor to former President Bill Clinton.
Prior to joining Lazard, Vernon Jordan was a senior executive partner with the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., where he remains Of Counsel. While there Mr. Jordan practiced general, corporate, legislative and international law in Washington, D.C.
Before Akin Gump, Vernon Jordan held the following positions: President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, Inc.; Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc.; Director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council; Attorney-Consultant, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; Assistant to the Executive Director of the Southern Regional Council; Georgia Field Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and an attorney in private practice in Arkansas and Georgia.
Mr. Jordan's presidential appointments include: the President's Advisory Committee for the Points of Light Initiative Foundation; the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on South Africa; the Advisory Council on Social Security; the Presidential Clemency Board; the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission; the National Advisory Committee on Selective Service; and the Council of the White House Conference "To Fulfill These Rights." In 1992, Mr. Jordan served as the Chairman of the Clinton Presidential Transition Team.
Vernon Jordan's corporate and other directorships include: America Online Latin America, Inc.; American Express Company; Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.; Callaway Golf Company; Clear Channel Communications, Inc.; Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; Howard University (Trustee); J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; Revlon, Inc.; Sara Lee Corporation; Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (Senior Advisor); Xerox Corporation; International Advisory Board of DaimlerChrysler; Fuji Bank and Barrick Gold.
Vernon Jordan is a graduate of DePauw University and the Howard University Law School. He holds honorary degrees from more than 50 colleges and universities in America. He is a member of the Bars of Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Georgia and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association and The Bilderberg Meetings. Mr. Jordan is Co-Chair of the Ad Council's Advisory Committee on Public Issues and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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