Doug Hickey

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Doug Hickey
United States Ambassador to Finland
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingIan Campbell (chargé d'affaires)
Personal details
Born
Douglas T. Hickey
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Dawn Ross
ResidenceSan Francisco, California, U.S.
EducationSiena College (BA)

Douglas T. Hickey is an American businessman and diplomat who is the nominee to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to Finland.

Education[]

Hickey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Siena College in 1977.[1]

Career[]

From 1989 to 1994, Hickey was the president of Metropolitan Fiber Systems. He later joined GlobalCenter, a web hosting service, before it was acquired by Exodus Communications. From 1998 until his resignation in 2001, Hickey was the president and CEO of Critical Path, Inc.[2] From 2000 to 2010, Hickey was a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in San Francisco. He was later the president and CEO of BinWise, Inc., a company that provides software for businesses in the food and beverage industry. In 2014, Hickey was appointed to serve as the United States Ambassador and commissioner general to Expo Milano by President Barack Obama.[3][4]

Despite initial reports that President Joe Biden was considering to nominate him as Ambassador to Italy and San Marino, he was eventually nominated as Ambassador to Finland on October 8, 2021.[5][6]

Personal life[]

Hickey and his wife, Dawn Ross, have been prominent financial supporters of Democratic presidential candidates, including John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden.[7][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Douglas T. Hickey '77". Siena College. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  2. ^ "Doug Hickey critical path - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  3. ^ Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Human. "Ambassador Doug Hickey". Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  4. ^ Milano 2015, Friends of the USA Pavilion. "Doug Hickey Named the Commissioner General for the USA Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ^ Moynihan, Lydia [@LJMoynihan] (2021-06-09). "SCOOP: Doug Hickey—a top Biden donor and VC is expected to be offered the ambassadorship to Italy imminently; former Republican Senator Jeff Flake expected to be offered ambassadorship to New Zealand imminently" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-17 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  7. ^ ABC7. "Vice President Joe Biden's visit for Democratic fundraiser snarls Sea Cliff traffic | ABC7 San Francisco | abc7news.com". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  8. ^ Buckman, Rebecca (2008-01-22). "Democrats Woo Silicon Valley". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  9. ^ Schwartz, Brian (2019-06-13). "Former Twitter executive and Obama financiers will host Joe Biden during Bay Area fundraising blitz". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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