Kenneth Mehlman JD

Kenneth Mehlman JD General Information

Biography

Mr. Kenneth Mehlman serves as Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. He serves as Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. He joined the firm in April 2008 from a law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where KKR was among his clients and served as Partner. He focuses on constructive outreach to the numerous stakeholders of KKR and its portfolio companies around the world, including relationships with governments, third parties and NGOs. He previously served in high-level positions on Capitol Hill and the White House, including as Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Campaign Manager of President Bush's successful re-election campaign. He received his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in 1988 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1991. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars. Mr. Mehlman is a trustee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Franklin & Marshall College and the Strong American Schools Foundation. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and also serves on the Council on Foreign Relations Climate Change Task Force, the Senior Advisory Committee of the Harvard University Institute of Politics, the board of directors at the National Endowment for Democracy and the executive leadership cabinet of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation. He currently serves as a Board Member at Resource Environmental Solutions and as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Franklin & Marshall College.