Mark Nielsen (born August 25, 1964) is an American business executive, former elected official, and attorney.
Nielsen's current position is Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of
Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FYBR), at the company's headquarters in
Norwalk, Connecticut. Frontier is America's fourth largest landline telecom company providing data and voice services in 25 states.
Nielsen started his legal career in 1990 as an associate lawyer at the Hartford law firm o
Murtha, Cullina, Richter & Pinney concentrating on federal and state litigation.
Nielsen's public roles have included Republican State Representative in Connecticut (1992 to 1994), Republican State Senator in Connecticut (1994 to 1998), and staff member to
Mitt Romney when Romney was Governor of
Massachusetts
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. Nielsen served as Romney's Chief Legal Counsel from 2004 to 2006, and his Chief of Staff from 2006 to 2007, succeeding
Beth Myers
Beth Myers (born 1957) is an American political consultant, campaign advisor, and attorney who has held senior positions in the political campaigns and the Massachusetts governorship of Mitt Romney, the nominee of the Republican Party for Preside ...
in that position.
In his memoir, ''In My Time'', Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledges that he was initially angered by Nielsen’s favorable comments about Cheney's opponent in the 2000 election, Senator
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for ...
, but that, upon reflection, he couldn’t disagree with what Nielsen had said about Lieberman.
Nielsen is an honors graduate of
Harvard College
Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...
and
Harvard Law School, and currently serves as a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Columbia Law School. His brother Steven Nielsen is CEO of Dycom Industries, Inc. (NYSE: DY) and his wife Jane Nielsen is COO/CFO of Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL).
References
External links
*http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/CT/H/05/mark.nielsen.html
*http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=95565
The Washington Post*http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/19910/striving-first-class-corporate-compliance-changing-world
*http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/articles/24426/insider-advice-building-effective-board-processes
*http://modern-counsel.com/frontier/
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Living people
1961 births
Harvard College alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Connecticut state senators
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut lawyers
Chiefs of staff to United States state governors