Thomas J. Donohue Sr. (born 1938) is the President and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce

United States Chamber of Commerce

The United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....

 located in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 The Chamber of Commerce supports pro-business causes, and it is the largest and oldest trade association

Trade association

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 in the United States. He has been the Chamber's president since 1997.

Career

Donohue studied at St. John's University, before pursuing an MA in Business at Adelphi University (1965). He then worked as an administrator at Fairfield University (1967–69) and worked as a trustee at Marymount University.

From 1969 to 1976 he was the US Official Deputy Assistant Postmaster General. From 1984 to 1997 Donohue was President and CEO of the American Trucking Association.

He has also served as the President of the Center for International Private Enterprise. He is an Emeritus Hudson Institute Trustee, a member of the board of Qwest

Qwest

Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.On April...

 (2001-?), of Sunrise Assisted Living Corporation (1995-), of Union Pacific (1998-), and of XM (1999-).

Chamber of Commerce

The New York Times writes that “through Mr. Donohue’s efforts, the Chamber has become the most visible and effective business lobby in the country.” The Washington Post says “Nobody has mastered the new Washington game better than Tom Donohue.”

Among his achievements, Donohue established the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Institute for Legal Reform

The US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform is an advocacy group founded in 1998 by the United States Chamber of Commerce, with a focus on what it calls "tort reform."- Stances on Issues :...

, which has won significant cases in the courts, at the state and federal levels, and in elections for state attorneys general and Supreme Court judges.

Donohue is president of the National Chamber Foundation as well as the Center for International Private Enterprise, a program of the National Endowment for Democracy

National Endowment for Democracy

The National Endowment for Democracy, or NED, is a U.S. non-profit organization that was founded in 1983 to promote US-friendly democracy by providing cash grants funded primarily through an annual allocation from the U.S. Congress...

dedicated to the development of market-oriented institutions around the world.