Robert A. Maginn Jr. (born October 31, 1956) is an American businessman and political figure who served as the chairman of the

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from 2011 to 2013.

Education

Maginn graduated ''summa cum laude'' from the

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with a B.S. in business administration and received three graduate degrees from

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, including a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from

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, Master of Business Administration (MBA) with honors from

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and Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in government from

Harvard Extension School Harvard Extension School (HES) is the extension school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school is one among 12 schools that grant degrees and falls under the Division of Continuing Education in the Harvard Faculty of Arts ...

Career

Business

From 1983 to 2000, Maginn worked for

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as a management consultant and later as a senior partner, board member, and director. From 1997-2001, he was a director of

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. In 1998, he co-founded

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, an internet company that provides software to colleges and universities, as chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. Maginn is an operating partner at Energy Impact Partners, and a fellow at Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative. From 2006 to 2010, he was a non-executive director, chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, member of the Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee at ICx Technologies. He was also chairman of New Media Japan and managing member of New Media Investors,LLC.

Politics

Maginn served as a member of the Republican Board of Governors and on

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, and

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's finance committees. In

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, Maginn was the Republican nominee for

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. He lost to Democrat

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626,286 votes to 1,120,757. On December 1, 2011, Maginn was elected Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. He defeated former United States Attorney Frank L. McNamara Jr. 51 votes to 21. Maginn announced that he would not seek reelection as party chairman in 2013 following the defeat of Republican Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney his former boss and friend.

Personal life

His father, Robert A. Maginn, Sr. is a chemical engineer and was the president of Midwestern Consolidated Enterprises Inc., a plastics manufacturer located in

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. His mother, Valerie Maginn, was the company's vice president. Maginn married his first wife in 1987. In 2001, Maginn married

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, one of the student leaders of the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989 and the founder of All Girls Allowed, a humanitarian organization that aims to stop the human rights violations related to China's

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. They have three daughters and reside in

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References

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