Name | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. |
---|---|
Office | United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
Term start | 2009 |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded | Peter R. Coneway |
Office2 | Chairman of American International AutomobileDealers Association |
Term start2 | 2006 |
Term end2 | 2007 |
Preceded2 | Don Hicks |
Successor2 | John Hawkins |
Order3 | 36th |
Office3 | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
Term start3 | January 14, 1990 |
Term end3 | January 17, 1998 |
Predecessor3 | Doug Wilder |
Successor3 | John H. Hager |
Birth date | June 20, 1950 |
Birth place | Trieste, Italy |
Spouse | Megan Beyer |
Residence | Bern, Switzerland |
Alma mater | Williams College |
Profession | Philanthropist |
Party | Democrat |
Religion | }} |
From 1990-98 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia as a Democrat during the gubernatorial administrations of Democrat Doug Wilder (1990–1994) and Republican George Allen (1994–1998).
He is also credited with writing the original welfare reform legislation in Virginia.
Beyer was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1997, losing in the general election to Republican James S. Gilmore III. He served as Finance Chairman for Mark Warner's Political Action Committee, "Forward Together" and as the National Treasurer for the 2004 presidential campaign of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean.
During 2007-08, he endorsed and campaigned extensively for President Barack Obama, for whom he also raised more than $500,000 in donations. He was appointed by the Democratic National Committee to serve at the 2008 DNC Convention on the Credentials Committee.
Following the 2008 election, President-elect Obama asked Beyer to head up the transition team at the Commerce Department.
Obama nominated Beyer for the post of United States Ambassador to Switzerland on June 12, 2009. In December 2010 Beyer attracted public attention when it was reported that he had warned the Swiss government against offering asylum to Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
In 2006, he served as chairman of the American International Automobile Dealers Association.
Beyer served as a member of the board of Demosphere International, Inc., a leading soccer registration software provider. He also is a board member of History Associates, which bills itself as "The Best Company in History." He has served on the Virginia Board of First Union National Bank, the board of Shenandoah Life Insurance Company, and the board of Lightly Expressed, a fiber optic lighting design and manufacturing firm.
He currently chairs the board of the Alexandria Community Trust, Alexandria's community foundation, and the board of Jobs for Virginia Graduates, the state's largest high school dropout prevention program. He is past president of the board of Youth for Tomorrow, Washington Redskins' coach Joe Gibbs' residential home for troubled adolescent boys and girls. He also serves on the board of the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
Beyer and his wife, Megan, along with his two younger children, Clara and Grace, currently live in Bern, Switzerland. In addition, he has two adult children, Don and Stephanie from a previous marriage.
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