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...Economic Recovery Advisory Board, a committee of corporate leaders and economists whom Obama brought inside the White House to advise on everything from regulatory reform to global warming. Formed during the transition, it included top fundraisers such as Hyatt family scion Penny Pritzker, Obama's Silicon Valley ally Doerr and two ambassadors from Wall Street, UBS's Robert Wolf and private-equity investor Mark Gallogly. This foursome and their spouses had collectively given roughly $2.4 million to Democrats since 2000. Doerr's venture-capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, made more than $1 million in donations to Democrats since...
...persuaded Obama to take a more aggressive approach to banking regulation. But it also includes several executives whose firms stand to benefit from more federal funding of green technology - people like General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt and Caterpillar's James Owens, both of whom supported John McCain. Doerr took the lead on the group's energy subcommittee, drafting a 2009 memo that called for increasing fees on carbon pollution and changing rules to encourage electric utilities to move to a unified smart grid, which would benefit an industry in which he has significant investments...
...Doerr's journey to the Roosevelt Room is the stuff of Silicon Valley legend. Born in St. Louis, Mo., he got his first tech job in 1974 as an Intel engineer and went on to become a prescient bankroller of such companies as Google, Compaq and Amazon.com He later helped fund TechNet, the valley's first major Washington lobbying effort, and became close friends with then Vice President Al Gore, who has since become a partner at Kleiner Perkins. Doerr's enthusiasm and vision have been welcomed by the Obama team, just as they were by the Clinton Administration...
...Crimson showed off its doubles finesse to start the day when Chijoff-Evans and Tchan paired up to defeat the Bulldogs’ Louis Cant and Chris Doerr, 8-2. Harvard also took the other two doubles matches, with duos Felton and Nguyen and Omodele-Lucien and Schultz taking care of the sweep...
...addition, the eco-friendly homes tax credit, affectionately labeled “cash for caulkers,” serves the dual goals of economic stimulus and environmental reform. The program, a brainchild of John Doerr, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and Bill Clinton, would give households anywhere from $2,000 to 4,000 to pay for weatherization projects. This stimulus is beautifully effective—homeowners are incentivized to carry out renovation projects that generate job growth and create more environmentally friendly homes. By combining green initiatives with fiscal stimulus, Obama’s proposal kills two important birds with...