Doug Band

Education

He later attended Georgetown University"s graduate school at night to earn a master"s degree in liberal arts and then he earned a law degree at night from Georgetown University Law Center.

Career

He is the former body man (personal assistant) and counselor to President Bill Clinton. Band is the youngest of four children of David and Myrna Band. A native of Sarasota, Florida, Band earned a bachelor"s degree from the University of Florida with a major in English and a minor in Ethics.

Band"s physician brother Roger Band serves as Bill Clinton"s personal physician on overseas trips.

Bill Clinton presidency Band previously served as counselor to President Bill Clinton. He began working in the White House in 1995 working with Cheryl Mills as an unpaid intern in the White House Counsel" General’ s Office.

Band served in the White House Counsel"s office for four years, becoming a special assistant to the President before he was made one of the youngest deputy assistants ever to serve a President. Band concluded his final year in the White House in the Oval Office as the President"s Aide.

Post-presidential career Band served as counselor and chief advisor to President Clinton until 2013, and has been described as "the key architect of Clinton"s post-presidency." Although he was not the Chief Executive Officer, he oversaw the 1,200 employees of both the William J. Clinton Foundation and the President"s personal office.

In his previous role, Band traveled to nearly 100 countries, over 2,000 cities, and helped and advised several heads of state transition out of public office into private life. He assisted in creating and building the Clinton Global Initiative that has raised, according to figures released by the Clinton Foundation, $69 billion for 2,100 philanthropic projects around the world. Clinton has credited Band with being the originator of Consultants to Government and Industry and has noted that "Doug had the idea to do this." Band resigned from the Clinton Foundation in April 2015.

Band was responsible for negotiating with the Obama Administration for then-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become Secretary of State.

He also accompanied former President Clinton during negotiations leading to the release of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee on August 4, 2009. Band serves on the Coca-Cola Company International Advisory Board, is a trustee at the Oklahoma National Memorial Museum, and also serves on the Vote Veterans advisory board.

Band is on the faculty of New York University as an adjunct associate professor

Achievements

• Band was a member of the Board of Directors for the United States of America Bid Committee in its effort to bring the Fédération internationale de football association World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022.

Membership

Among his other roles, he is a member of Coca-Cola"s International Advisory Committee and a professor at New York University. As an undergraduate at Florida, Band was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.