Post-congressional Life
In 2007, Kennedy was appointed to the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation (ACTPN). ACTPN, a part of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, considers trade policy issues in the context of overall national interest.
In 2008, Kennedy, along with former congressmen Tim Penny and Bill Frenzel, founded the Economic Club of Minnesota (ECOM), a nonpartisan platform for national and international leaders in business, government, and public policy to present their ideas on how Minnesota can better compete in an increasingly globalized economy.
In 2008, he established the Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series at the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy at his alma mater, St. John’s University.
From 2007-10 Kennedy served as the Global Retail Business Development Lead for Accenture, a global management consulting, technology, and outsourcing services firm. In 2010, he formed Chartwell Strategic Advisors LLC. Kennedy's activities through Chartwell include providing strategic advice in addition to public speaking at business conferences, executive education programs and public affairs forums.
In January 2012, Kennedy accepted the position of Director of the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.
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