Memberships
Thain is a member of the following organizations:
- Howard University - Board of Trustees
- MIT Corporation, Dean's Advisory Council – MIT Sloan School of Management
- INSEAD – U.S. National Advisory Board
- James Madison Council of the Library of Congress
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Capital Markets Advisory Committee
- French-American Foundation
- Board of Trustees of the National Urban League
- The Trilateral Commission
- Yale University - John and Carmen Thain established the "Thain Family Café", which is part of the Yale University Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Library. The Café offers refreshments prepared with organic and local ingredients, secured through the Yale Sustainable Food Project. At the dedication of the Library in November 2007, Thain spoke warmly of Yale’s attention to its undergraduates (his daughter attended the University) and stated, “This was a way for us to give back and contribute to the student experience.”
- New York-Presbyterian Foundation - Thain serves as a governor
- Republican Party - Thain is a prominent member of the party and a personal friend of Senator John McCain. Thain was a senior economic policy adviser to McCain and was considered a leading candidate to be his Treasury Secretary. In support of McCain's unsuccessful 2008 bid for the presidency, Thain sponsored a number of fundraisers, including a $2,300-a-seat breakfast at The Regency Hotel on Park Avenue on December 14, 2007.
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