Red Cavaney is an American businessman and lobbyist. He is a former CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, of

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, and he served in the administrations of Richard Nixon and

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Biography

Red Cavaney was born in

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...

on 26 February 1943.ConocoPhillips Board biography
/ref> He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1964.BusinessWeek profile
/ref> He served in the Vietnam War as a United States Navy from 1964 to 1967. He served as a branch manager for the Security Pacific National Bank. From 1978 to 1981, he served as CEO of Ericson Yachts. He served in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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, '' In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir'', New York, NY: Threshold Editions, 2011, p. 71Retirement
/ref> In 1981, he served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison under President

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. From 1983 to 1993, he was a member of the

American Paper Institute The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) is the national trade association of the paper and wood products industry. AF&PA was formed on January 1, 1993, by the merger of the National Forest Product Association and the American Paper Inst ...

. From 1993 to 1994, he was a member of the American Forest & Paper Association. From 1997 to 2008, he served as president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute. He now serves as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs of

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. He is a member of the

American Council for Capital Formation The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) is an American think tank founded in 1975 by Charls Walker. It is located on the District of Columbia's Connecticut Avenue. Mark Bloomfeld serves as its president and Pinar Cebi Wilber serves as i ...

, former chairman of the

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. He sits on the board of trustees of the Center for Excellence in Education and the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and the board of directors of the

United States Energy Association The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, nonprofits, educational institutions, think tanks and government agencies. USEA works with the U. S. Department of Ene ...

and Buckeye Technologies. He sits on the advisory board of Mullin Consulting. He is a former board member of the National Association of Manufacturers and the United States Chamber of Commerce. A Republican, he has been active in

Americans for a Republican Majority Americans for a Republican Majority (also ARMPAC) was a political action committee formed by former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and directed by Karl Gallant. On July 7, 2006 ARMPAC reached an agreement with the Federal Election Comm ...

, Americans for Sound Energy Policy, The Freedom Project, the Monday Morning PAC, the New Republican Majority Fund, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and he has been a board member of

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. He has also supported

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

for President in 2000 and 2004,

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...

in 2008, Elizabeth Dole,

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Kay Bailey Hutchison Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...

, and Tom DeLay.

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