Re: Fw: FYI

From:cheryl.mills@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2011-12-07 16:48 Subject: Re: Fw: FYI

K - will send this to them in a revised version and ask them their take on it - doing now. cdm On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:24 AM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> wrote: > I like this, but think we need one more round with Doug, Justin and > Terry to nail down that Doug and Justin will support this; then figure > out who can run the personal office. > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:43 AM, Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What do you think of the proposed structure I sent the saturday b/f last? > > Attaching it again. It essentially creates a full-time Personal office > of > > the President headed by a new CEO/COS. That person -- who is > unaffiliated > > with any of the entities or Teneo -- b/cs the decisionmaker on the > > allocation of the President's time and management and implementation of > the > > President's desires with respect to each activity. Doug and Justin > advise > > that person but do not make final decisions or have final implementation > > authority on any matters - which is consistent with what Doug has said he > > seeks - the ability to recommend but for others to be accountable for > making > > the ultimate decisions. This does turn on who we can hire to be > effectively > > an alter ego for WJC as this is role Doug played b/f Teneo -- Bruce never > > did. > > > > Happy to do a call today or any day this week if we pick the time. > > > > cdm > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:12 PM, John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com> > >> Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:12 PM > >> Subject: Re: Fw: FYI > >> To: aj66@nyu.edu > >> Cc: Bruce Lindsey <BruceRLindsey@aol.com>, Victoria B Bjorklund > >> <vbjorklund@stblaw.com>, Jennifer Reynoso <jreynoso@stblaw.com>, Terry > >> McAuliffe <terry@tdmca.com> > >> > >> > >> We need to move to a resolution of this quickly. > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:34 AM, <aj66@nyu.edu> wrote: > >> > John, Bruce, Terry, Victoria, Jennifer - fyi re: below. I've asked > that > >> > it make my father's clips (it wld historically not as I understand > it). > >> > On another note, I was in London Sunday and did a Foundation event > >> > Sunday evening and two people separately voiced concerns directly to > me > >> > about Teneo, neither of whom I know well (one of whom is a friend of > one of > >> > Marc's old colleagues, ie we know only tangentially) and Sara Latham > (whom > >> > Victoria and Jennifer, I do know well - she worked for my Dad in the > WH and > >> > lives in London) voiced serious concerns to Bari - including telling > her > >> > Ilya has called Members of the House and Members of Parliament, "on > behalf > >> > of President Clinton," for Teneo clients (eg for Andrew Liveris and > Dow > >> > who's coming this month to London), without my father's knowledge and > >> > inelegantly and ineffectually at best and at worse has now > precipitating > >> > people in London making comparisons between my father and Tony Blair's > >> > profit motivations. Which would horrify my father. Sara also told > Bari she > >> > started working for Teneo, as Teneo, more than a year ago and then > recently > >> > stopped because she was so upset, partly because of what Doug and > Declan > >> > asked her to do/ pretend was happening for their clients at Davos- > that's > >> > all I know. I am hoping to connect directly with Sara this week, if > only to > >> > connect her belatedly into Victoria and Jennifer. > >> > I'm speaking at an innovations in governance conference today here in > >> > Oxford and flying back later this afternoon. I will raise all of this > and > >> > more with my father this evening. Wanted to update you all in the > meanwhile > >> > about my augmented concerns post London and the below. Thank you. > >> > Chelsea > >> > > >> > ----- > >> > From: "Bari Lurie" <bari@chelseaoffice.com> > >> > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:38:28 > >> > To: CVC<aj66@nyu.edu> > >> > Reply-To: bari@chelseaoffice.com > >> > Subject: FYI > >> > > >> > Claim: Clinton Collected $50K Per Month From MF Global > >> > Former president's new firm Teneo Strategy was hired to boost > >> > Corzine.by Neil W. McCabe12/05/2011 > >> > > >> > A former MF Global employee accused former president William J. > Clinton > >> > of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory firm in the > >> > months before the brokerage careened towards its Halloween filing for > >> > Chapter 11 bankruptcy. > >> > > >> > Teneo was hired by MF Global’s former CEO Jon S. Corzine to improve > his > >> > image and to enhance his connections with Clinton’s political family, > said > >> > the employee, who asked that his name be withheld because he feared > >> > retribution. > >> > > >> > “They were supposed to be helping Corzine improve his image as a CEO—I > >> > guess you can tell how that went,” he said. Corzine resigned as CEO > and > >> > chairman November 4. > >> > > >> > Before Corzine joined MF Global in May 2010, the firm was a smart and > >> > well-run commodities broker, a culture that was turned upside-down by > his > >> > leadership style, he said. > >> > > >> > “The traders would be shaking their heads,” he said. “They would come > >> > back to their desk and say, ‘Well, I thought we were going to do > this—but > >> > Corzine would come by and do something else all by himself,’” he said. > >> > > >> > The Teneo contract with MF Global lasted at least five months, he > said. > >> > “The board cancelled it after Corzine resigned.” > >> > > >> > The source, who is no longer associated with MF Global, said Teneo is > a > >> > dual-track company with one side devoted to merchant and investment > banking > >> > and the other side set up to provide image and strategy consulting > services. > >> > > >> > Clinton is the chairman of the company’s advisory board. His duties > and > >> > compensation have not been released. The other member of the board is > former > >> > British prime minister Tony Blair. > >> > > >> > Two of the three founding partners are very close to the former > >> > president and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton. They > are > >> > Douglas J. Band, who is the former president’s counselor and has > served on > >> > his personal staff since 1995 and Declan Kelly, who earned the > “Hillraiser” > >> > status in the secretary’s 2008 run for president for bundling more > than > >> > $100,000 for the campaign. > >> > > >> > Another prominent member of the Clinton political family is Tom Shea. > >> > Shea is a senior vice president for Teneo Strategy and served as > Corzine’s > >> > chief of staff, when Corzine was the governor of New Jersey. > >> > > >> > Kelly sold his public relations firm Financial Dynamics in 2006 to FTI > >> > for $340 million, and stayed with that company until July 2009, when > he > >> > joined the State Department as the Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland. > >> > > >> > The source said, “Kelly was given a job they created out our whole > >> > cloth.” The job did not exist previously. > >> > > >> > “He basically got to ride around developing a book of business, while > he > >> > waited for his non-compete clause to run out,” he said. > >> > > >> > Kelley and the former president traveled together networking and > making > >> > introductions at international conferences and events, he said. > >> > > >> > The Secretary of State also traveled with Kelly, including the October > >> > 2010 U.S. – Northern Ireland Economics Conference, which Kelly > organized and > >> > at which the secretary was the featured speaker. > >> > > >> > The secretary announced that she accepted Kelly’s resignation May 11. > >> > > >> > Teneo landed its first major client June 1, when the Rockefeller > >> > Foundation gave Teneo a $3,447,150, six-month contract to help plan > the > >> > foundation’s 2013 centennial. > >> > > >> > The foundation is another member of the Clinton’s extended family. It > >> > gave Clinton its Lifetime Innovation Achievement Award July 27 and the > >> > foundation is listed as a between $1 to $5 million contributor to the > >> > William J. Clinton Foundation, along with several members of the > Rockefeller > >> > family who are listed as individual contributors. > > > > >