Ira Magaziner
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Ira Magaziner (born November 8, 1947)[1] is an American advisor. He was born in New York City, New York, US. After being a student activist and business consultant, Magaziner became the senior advisor for policy development for President Clinton, especially as chief healthcare policy advisor. He now serves in a leadership capacity for two of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation's international development initiatives, which are at the forefront of non-governmental organizations in addressing global health and environmental issues.
Student activism
During his college years at Brown University, Magaziner was one of the two architects of the "New Curriculum", a liberal academic approach which eliminates core requirements outside of the concentration the student pursues. Magaziner excelled academically at Brown and in 1969 was named valedictorian of his class.
During the 1968 black student walkout at the University, Magaziner held rallies in support of their demands, and as president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, he negotiated with the administration on the terms of their return. His valedictory address at graduation was featured in a 1969 Life magazine special on student leaders—a special which also included a story about a recent
He was named a
After Oxford, Magaziner and a group of former Brown students attempted to implement social democratic reforms in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts. These reforms included starting an agricultural cooperative, supporting liberal candidates for city council, strengthening the union movement, and printing a progressive town newspaper. Magaziner soon abandoned the project, after the group recognized that the effects of foreign business competition on the local manufacturing base would undercut their efforts. He then determined that a greater understanding of business was necessary to promote broad-based social and economic reforms.
Business consulting
Magaziner went on to work for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, London and Tokyo from 1973 to 1979. He founded Telesis in 1979, sold the company in 1986 to Towers Perrin Inc. and managed the U.S. strategy practice for Towers Perrin from 1986 to 1989. Throughout his consulting career, Magaziner's client list has included General Electric, Corning Glass, the Governments of Ireland and Sweden and other high-tech manufacturing and health care companies.
Magaziner also has had significant influence in Rhode Island. Working alongside Governor J. Joseph Garrahy, he devised a state economic plan, known as the "Greenhouse Compact", which, upon approval by the voters, aimed to resolve several key economic issues in the state, to create several business "incubators", and to stimulate state exports. While initially popular among state legislators, and some civic and business leaders, it was ultimately voted down by referendum.[3] Magaziner and his family continue to support prominent Democratic Rhode Island politicians and other social causes, including the Rhode Island Food Bank.
Magaziner has authored two books on business strategy and industrial policy: Minding America's Business and The Silent War. The former, co-authored with future Clinton
The Clinton years
Magaziner is best known for leading, along with
Magaziner was court ordered to pay $285,864 to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons,[5] in 1997 by a federal judge for alleged cover up of whether the Task Force to Reform Health Care hired non-governmental employees and therefore had to release documents from their strategic deliberations upon public request. Magaziner was subsequently cleared of all allegations and the fine was overturned by unanimous decision of the United States Court of Appeals on August 25, 1999.[6]
Magaziner stayed in the administration and worked to develop an E-Commerce policy initiative with OSTP staff and industry advisors. That initiative evolved to include a facilitative role in the formation of the
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Since 2002, Magaziner is the chief executive officer and vice chairman of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), which works to save lives in low and middle income countries by helping people gain access to essential medicines and health services.[citation needed]
Personal life
Magaziner lives in Bristol, Rhode Island, with his wife Suzanne. He has three children: Seth, Jonathan, and Sarah. Seth Magaziner was elected General Treasurer of Rhode Island in 2014.[7] On September 14, 2021, Seth announced his candidacy for governor, focusing on issues that included women's rights, clean energy, reducing gun violence, fiscal responsibility, pandemic response and school improvement.[8]
Magaziner repeatedly flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s jets and his personal phone number and private email were in Epstein’s “black book.”[9]
References
- ^ "Ira Magaziner Profile". NNDB. Retrieved 2006-10-12.
- ^ Sternlight, Judy, ed. (2014). "Talkin' bout my generation". The Brown Reader. Simon & Schuster.
- ^ Feldman, Allan. (1984) Rhode Island: Sunset for Industrial Policy. Policy Review No. 30(Fall 1984):84-86. pdf version Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Economist Brad DeLong's Fair, Balanced, and Reality-Based Semi-Daily Journal
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Seth Magaziner '10 Elected General Treasurer of Rhode Island | Yale SOM Alumni". alumni.som.yale.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- Providence Journal, Katherine Gregg, September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Sexual Predator Epstein Tied to RI's Ira Magaziner, Father of General Treasurer UPDATED".