About The Patriotic MillionairesThe group first came together in 2010 to demand an end to the Bush tax cuts for millionaires, instantly sparking the public’s attention. Overnight, the group became a media sensation, and we’ve built on that momentum ever since. Over the last decade, the group has generated hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of media attention, appearing on outlets from the New York Times to MSNBC to NPR; from the cover of the New Yorker to USA Today. The Patriotic Millionaires’ reach is so vast that our work has been featured in over 75 countries in the last year alone, in major outlets such as BBC, Deutsche Welle, and CBC.In addition to driving the public narrative, the Patriotic Millionaires have met privately with hundreds of elected leaders from both parties. We have testified in front of lawmakers at the local, state, and federal levels on issues from minimum wage to campaign finance to tax policy. We had the honor of joining President Obama in the White House in 2012 for his Tax Day address and in 2014 for the signing of the Executive Order raising wages for federal contract employees.The Patriotic MillionairesTPM_4a4fc4b6-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea00Proud “traitors to their class,” members of the Patriotic Millionaires are high-net worth Americans, business leaders, and investors who are united in their concern about the destabilizing concentration of wealth and power in America. Morris PearlThe group is chaired by Morris Pearl, a former Blackrock executive who retired after a long career on Wall Street to work with the Patriotic Millionaires full time.Patriotic Millionaires MembersPatriotic Millionaires members include investors and business owners from across the country engaged in a wide array of industries. Our members include:Abigail DisneyfilmmakerSteve SilbersteintechnologistRoberta KaplanlawyerLawrence Benensoninvestor, Benenson Capital PartnersJames S. “Great Neck” Richmantextile entrepreneurMolly MungerphilanthropistDennis Mehielcorrugated cardboard magnatePatriotic Millionaires Advisory BoardMorris PearlMorris Pearl currently serves as Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires, a group of hundreds of high-net-worth Americans who are committed to making all Americans, including themselves, better off by building a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive nation. The group focuses on promoting public policy solutions that encourage political equality, guarantee a sustaining wage for working Americans, and ensure that millionaires, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. His work included the Maiden Lane transactions and assessing governments’ potential losses from bank bailouts in the United States and in Europe. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He is a CFA Charter Holder, a member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Securities Analysts, and on the board of Verified Voting and The Center for Political Accountability. Mr. Pearl lives in New York City with his wife Barbara where he enjoys spending time with his two adult sons and riding his bicycle around the city.Stephen PrinceStephen Prince is the Vice-Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires and a businessman who founded National Business Products, now known as Card Marketing Services, in 1993. In the early years of his company, Mr. Prince focused attention on finding innovative print solutions for the credit, debit, and prepaid segment of the payments industry. As the gift card phenomenon began to evolve in the late ‘90’s, he switched the company focus from one that provided heavy paper print offerings to one whose primary product line was printed plastic cards and support materials for that market segment. Today, as gift and loyalty card programs have proliferated and grown, Mr. Prince is invited to deliver his “gift card gospel” to sales staffs, merchant clients as well as potential platform partners all over the U.S. Of late, he has become more and more involved in startups, primarily in the payments industry, where and when his technology experience enhances an opportunity. Mentoring young entrepreneurs is something he not only enjoys but is something he feels is his responsibility.Lawrence B. BenensonLawrence Benenson is a Principal of the Benenson Capital Company and a member of the company’s Investment Committee, involved in developing and implementing the company’s investment strategies and internal operations as well as guiding the company’s short and long-term planning. He guides the company’s near-term and long-range planning and has helped Benenson Capital Partners grow to become one of the nation’s premier owners of net-leased properties. He has been involved with the Benenson family business since 1990. Mr. Benenson is the Chairman of the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy and Head Co-Chairman of the Lincoln Center Real Estate and Construction Council. He serves on the Boards of the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center in the Bronx, the Museum for African Art, the Center for Arts in Education, American Folk Art Museum, the ART/OMI International Arts Center, the New York Junior Tennis League, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, and the Ad Reinhardt Foundation. He also serves on the Boards of the Inner-City Scholarship Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Previously, Mr. Benenson worked for Rose Associates, a real estate investment and development company specializing in Manhattan properties. Mr. Benenson holds a BA from Duke University. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, Vice President of the Realty Foundation of New York, and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.Daniel BergerDaniel Berger is a Philadelphia lawyer specializing in complex litigation from the plaintiff’s perspective including antitrust, securities, consumer protection, employment, environmental, and civil and human rights. Mr. Berger’s firm has been a pioneer in the field of class action litigation and was one of two firms who filed the original class actions starting in the 1960s. For his long career in law, Mr. Berger was recently named as a “Titan” in the field of complex litigation by the publication Law 360. Mr. Berger is also very politically active and is the largest supporter of progressive political causes and groups in the Philadelphia area. He is currently a sponsor of the Progress and Open Society projects which are being co-sponsored with the Brookings Institute and which are investigating the nature of social, economic, and political progress in the historical sense along with how to re-start and enhance historical progress.Chuck CollinsChuck Collins is an author and senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good and co-edits Inequality.org. He is the great-grandson of meatpacker Oscar Mayer and gave away his inheritance at a young age. Mr. Collins is an expert on U.S. economic inequality and has pioneered efforts to bring together investors and business leaders to speak out publicly against corporate practices and economic policies that increase economic inequality. He is co-author, with Bill Gates Sr., of Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. His most recent book is Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good. Mr. Collins is the co-founder of Wealth for Common Good, which merged into the Patriotic Millionaires in 2015.Geoff CoventryGeoff Coventry is a founding member, owner, and COO of Tradewind Energy, Inc. Together with his two business partners, Coventry has overseen the growth of Tradewind from a startup to one of the nation’s largest independent developers of wind and solar energy projects. Prior to Tradewind, Mr. Coventry was a co-founder and vice president of NetSales, Inc., one of the first companies to provide outsources electronic commerce services to businesses. The core business was sold to Digital River, Inc. in 2001. As a proponent of sustainable prosperity, an advocate for a national Job Guarantee, and a serious student of modern money theory (MMT), Mr. Coventry enjoys writing about how nations should use their currency-issuing power to address major social, economic, and ecological challenges. Mr. Coventry holds a degree in business administration from Baker University in Kansas and is a native of New Zealand.Alan S. DavisAlan Davis is president of The Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund, a private family foundation. Mr. Davis is the Director of the WhyNot Initiative, the foundation’s program to support social change efforts that have the potential to significantly address problems with the democratic process, income and wealth distribution, universal healthcare, and tolerance. He was founder and CEO of Conservatree Paper Company, the leading distributor of recycled paper, and founder and CEO of ASDavis Media Group, a publisher of more than 40 travel guidebooks.Jerry FiddlerJerry Fiddler is founder, CEO and Chairman of Wind River Systems, a software design and consultancy firm with a market cap of over $1 billion. Mr. Fiddler founded Wind River out of a rented garage and by 2009, the company was the leading provider of embedded software worldwide; its operating systems could be found in millions of devices and was used in historic projects including the NASA Clementine moon probe and all of the Mars rovers and landers. Mr. Fiddler is currently the Chairman of Solazyme, a biotech company doing groundbreaking work in renewable energy, and the Principal of Zygote Ventures, a privately held venture capital fund. Mr. Fiddler serves on the UC President’s Advisory Board on Science and Innovation, the foundation board of Chabot Space & Science Center, and is a trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and The California Jazz Conservatory.Ellyn GelsonEllyn Gelson is a California-based philanthropist who has long supported organizations focused on arts and culture, education, medical research, and charities that provide assistance to the disabled and disenfranchised. Ms. Gelson learned the lessons of philanthropy from her late husband Bernard, the founder of Gelson’s Markets, an upscale supermarket chain in Southern California. Together, the two were committed to a living wage, to lending a helping hand to those who need it, and to providing a quality education—be it at a trade school or a university—so that everyone can enjoy the dignity that comes from contributing to society. Ms. Gelson continues to champion those values today.Jeffrey GuralJeffrey Gural is Chairman of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, an international commercial real estate firm covering 320 offices worldwide. Prior to joining Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Mr. Gural was a member of the staff of Morse-Diesel Construction Co. Mr. Gural is recognized as an invaluable member of the Greater New York community, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Real Estate Board of New York, a member of the Board of Directors of the UJA-Federation, Chairman of the “I Have a Dream Foundation – NY,” and Co-Sponsor of the Chelsea-Elliot “I Have a Dream” Project,” Chair of the Board of Governors for Eugene Lang College- The New School for Liberal Arts, and many more.Patricia MartonePatricia Martone is an attorney and arbitrator whose work focuses on intellectual property disputes involving technology leaders based in the United States, Europe, and Asia. After forty years in ‘Big Law,” including partnerships in the firms of Fish & Neave LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP, and Morrison & Foerster LLP, in 2014 she started her own firm. Patricia has been perennially ranked as a leading attorney by publications including Chambers, Best Lawyers, and Who’s Who Legal. She also served as an Adjunct Professor at the New York University School of Law for twenty-eight years. Patricia has received a number of awards, including the NOW-NYC Women of Power and Influence Award in 2009, and has served on a number of charitable and legal services Boards. She received a B.A. from New York University’s Washington Square College, an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University, and her law degree with honors from New York University School of Law, where she was the Managing Editor of the Review of Law and Social Change.Keith MestrichKeith Mestrich is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Amalgamated Bank and brings with him 25 years of experience working with the bank’s core constituencies in the labor movement and non-profit organizations. Mr. Mestrich is a leader in the movement for labor unions and nonprofit organizations to build wealth for a purpose, not just a profit. Previously, he advocated for the rights of working people as the CFO and Deputy Chief of Staff for SEIU and as an organizer for the AFL-CIO and UNITE. Mr. Mestrich is a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Roosevelt Institute, Democracy Alliance, Progressive Congress, Sidney Hillman Foundation, Capital and Main, The Workers Lab, Working America Education Fund, The Public Utility Law Project, Hot Bread Kitchen, and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition. He serves on the Advisory Boards of Girls Who Invest, is a Trustee on the Consolidated Retirement Fund, and a member of the Habitat for Humanity NYC Leadership Council. Mr. Mestrich was recently named one of Washington Life Magazine’s “Power 100” top influencers and appeared on City & State’s “25 Most Influential Leaders in Manhattan” list.James S. “Great Neck” RichmanJames S. “Great Neck” Richman is President and CEO of Richloom Fabrics Group, a textile convertor, designer, and distributor of home furnishing fabrics located in New York, with subsidiaries offices in Shanghai and Gurgaon. Mr. Richman runs the Richloom Family Foundation, which has set up the Endowed Scholarship at George Washington University and Case Western Reserve University, the Richman Visiting Professorship at Brandeis University, and given major donations to Jewish Philanthropic America and other organizations. Mr. Richman serves on the Board of Overseers at the New York University Stern School for Business, the Advisory Committee at Case Western Reserve University, and the Board of Trustees of the Atlanta High Museum of Art. He is also associated with several New York City Local Charities, such as the Association to Benefit Children and Publicolor.Eric SchoenbergEric Schoenberg is Chairman of CampusWorks, Inc., a provider of technology leadership services to universities and colleges. Dr. Schoenberg also conducts research on the psychology of money and asset market bubbles, and has taught classes in behavioral economics, decision making, family wealth and leadership at Wharton, Columbia Business School, NYU’s Stern School of Business, and the Haas Business School of the University of California at Berkeley. Previously, he was Managing Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of Broadview International, a boutique investment bank offering merger and acquisition advisory services to Information Technology companies. Before that, he served as a Foreign Service Officer in the U.S. Department of State.Joe ZimlichJoe Zimlich is the Chief Executive Officer of Bohemian Companies. Bohemian Companies is a private investment office committed to innovative and sustainable investment opportunities that often target social impact as well as financial returns. Mr. Zimlich also serves on the board of Bohemian Foundation, a family foundation.Mr. Zimlich has held board or director level positions in the following industries: technology, semi-conductors, water filtration, trust, private & commercial banking, food service, and venture-capital funds. Joe served previously as a manager in mergers and acquisitions and as a specialist in the not-for-profit and banking industries, both at an international accounting firm. He currently serves as a Board member for Bohemian Foundation, First Western Trust Bank, Ampt, LLC, Democracy Alliance, Third Way, Committee On States Executive Committee, America Votes Executive Committee, Colorado Democracy Alliance Executive Committee, and Colorado Donor Alliance.Mr. Zimlich graduated from the University of Iowa with a BBA in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). He has been active in his community of Fort Collins, Colorado, notably with the Colorado State University System Board of Governors (where he previously served as Board Chair), Colorado State University’s College of Business Global Leadership Council, EnviroFit International, the Economic Opportunities Advising Committee, Community Development Block Grant Committee, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, Human Resources Ordinance Task Force, and Leadership Fort Collins.George ZimmerGeorge Zimmer is the Founder and former CEO and Chairman of The Men’s Wearhouse. Founded in 1973, he led the Company as Chief Executive Officer through 2011, at which time he named a successor. Mr. Zimmer is an active Advisory Board member with the Oakland Zoo and the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland, and has served on numerous other boards, both for profit and non-profit, throughout his career. Mr. Zimmer is widely recognized in his community for his philanthropic efforts, which include the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Chabot Space & Science Center, and Northern Lights School, all in the Bay Area. He received Honorary Doctorates from Holy Names University, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, and the University of Redlands. Mr. Zimmer earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Washington University in 1970.Patriotic Millionaires StaffOur staff is based out of Washington DC, Los Angeles, and New York. They are:Erica PayneFounder and PresidentKelsea-Marie PymExecutive DirectorGene HaighChief of Staff & Senior Vice President of Government AffairsJodie RubensteinDevelopment DirectorChloe ShanklinPolitical and Membership DirectorSam QuigleyCommunications DirectorRené FeltArt DirectorDeVeria FlowersDirector of Finance and AdministrationDylan DusseaultPolicy DirectorIzzy WeirDeputy Digital DirectorFiona McCarthyDeputy Communications DirectorClark LundayDeputy Political DirectorPeter RossiSenior Associate, Western StatesFred RowlesJunior AssociatePatriotic MillionairesThe Patriotic Millionaires is a group of high net worth individuals with annual incomes over $1 million and/or assets over $5 million who are committed to raising the minimum wage, combatting the influence of big money in politics, and advancing a progressive tax structure. Some of our members include:Franklin ArthurPiedmont, CAWilliam BattleLos Altos, CAMarc BaumNew York, NYSeverin BeliveauAugusta, MELawrence BenensonNew York, NYDaniel BergerPhiladelphia, PAPaul BettnerMcKinney, TXKaty Drake BettnerMcKinney, TXEleanor Bingham MillerGoshen, KYRich BobergSaratoga, CABob BurnettOccidental, CADonna CarpenterBurlington, VTRon CarterColumbia, MOSandy CarterColumbia, MOD.E. Woody ClinardSalem, NCJames ColenDavie, FLBill CollinsNorwalk, CTChuck CollinsJamaica Plain, MACynda Collins-ArsenaultSuperior, COGeoff CoventryOverland Park, KSAlan DavisSan Francisco, CAJohn DeaneNashville, TNPierce DelahuntNew York, NYAbigail DisneyNew York, NYTim DisneyLos Angeles, CAMichael DonoghueRochester, NYJohn DriscollStamford, CTKaren EdwardsPalo Alto, CAStephen EnglishPasadena, CAAndrew FaulkSan Francisco, CARick FeldmanNew York, NYJim FelichSanta Cruz, CAJerry FiddlerBerkeley, CACharlie FinkVienna, VARichard FoosLos Angeles, CAPatricia FoschiSanta Fe, NMRobert E. FriedmanBerkeley, CAEllyn GelsonEncino, CABecky GochmanNew York, NYMolly GochmanNew York, NYRobert GoldschmidtUniversity Park, FLRon GuillotDenver, COJeffrey GuralNew York, NYRobert HainesCollegeville, PADonna HallSan Francisco, CAJohn Michael HemmerBethesda, MDJames IacinoRidgeway, COPhil JensenSebastopol, CAFrank JerniganSan Francisco, CAJoshua KanterMidvale, UTJean KaplanSanta Barbara, CARochelle KaplanSalt Lake City, UTWoody KaplanBoston, MARoberta KaplanNew York, NYEric KloseBoston, MAMichael LambertPortland, METed LaRocheMurfreesboro, TNAlida LathamSeattle, WADavid LedyNew York, NYDavid LeeHouston, TXArt LipsonSalt Lake City, UTBecky LiebmanOlympia, WAStephanie LowNew York, NYKristin LuckBend, ORRichard MaderPasadena, CABarbara ManninaManhattan Beach, CAPatricia MartoneNew York, NYRichard MasterLehigh Valley, PASherry McVickarExton, PATerry MeehanNew York, NYDennis MehielNew York, NYKaren MehielNew York, NYFriedrike MerckGarrison, NYKeith MestrichWashington, DCMolly MungerLos Angeles, CAMichael NashBridgehampton, NYScott NashChevy Chase, MDJohn NettoSalt Lake City, UTKen OlumSharon, MAFrank PatitucciPleasanton, CADonna PatrickFairbanks, AKMichael PatrickFairbanks, AKBarbara PearlNew York, NYMorris PearlNew York, NYJudy PigottSeattle, WAStephen PrinceBrentwood, TNWilliam PughBethesda, MDAmelie RatliffJamaica Plain, MAGreat Neck RichmanNew York, NYSara RobinsonSeattle, WAMichael RothmanChicago, ILJonathan RugaSalt Lake City, UTGuy SapersteinPiedmont, CAEric SchoenbergFranklin Lakes, NJBarry SegalWarren, NJMartin SegalWarren, NJStephen SegalPhiladelphia, PAJon ShirleyMedina, WAStephen SilbersteinBelvedere Tiburon, CACharles SimmonsLos Altos Hills, CAIan SimmonsBoston, MADiane Meyer SimonSanta Barbara, CADaniel SimonNew York, NYSue SmalleyBeverly Hills, CADouglas SmithSeattle, WAJeff SmulyanIndianapolis, INMarguerite SnowdonWilson, WYBarbara StampflLakeland, FLKaren StewartVista, CAArthur StraussIrvine, CAHenry ThorneSewickley, PAAndrew TobiasNew York, NYSidney TopolBoston, MAKathleen Kennedy TownsendBethesda, MDRoy UlrichVan Nuys, CAKevin WallBeverly Hills, CAChristy WallaceBethesda, MDScott WallaceBethesda, MDDavid WatsonOakland, CAVinitha WatsonOakland, CAPeter WeinbergerSyosset, NYBennet YeeMountain View, CAScott YoungSalt Lake City, UTGeorge ZimmerFremont, CAA stable, prosperous, inclusive nation_4a4fc6a0-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea00To build a more stable, prosperous, and inclusive nation_4a4fc876-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea00StabilityProsperityInclusivenessPoliciesPromote public policies based on the “first principles”_4a4fca7e-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea00RepresentationEnsure equal political representation_4a4fcbf0-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea001All citizens should enjoy political power equal to that enjoyed by millionaires;Living WageProvide a guaranteed living wage for all working citizens_4a4fcd44-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea002All citizens who work full time should be able to afford their basic needs;TaxationAdopt a fair tax system_4a4fcec0-4338-11eb-a3c4-4bb92b83ea003Tax receipts from millionaires, billionaires and corporations should make up a greater proportion of federal tax receipts.2020-12-20https://patrioticmillionaires.org/about/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net