Steven L. Pease
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Steven L. Pease is the author of The Golden Age of Jewish Achievement. A CEO specializing in turnarounds, a venture capitalist, and a
community activist, Pease has traveled much of the world in the course of heading up public and private companies as well as not-for-profit organizations.

Born and raised Presbyterian in Spokane, Washington, he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Washington with a master’s degree from Harvard Business School.

He currently serves as cochairman of the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic
Advancement and the Rule of Law, and Chairman of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund.

Both are nonprofit entities, organized by the United States government to work with Russians, encourage entrepreneurship, civil society, and the rule of law, while also improving the U.S.– Russia relationship.

He is also active in the community affairs of the small wine-country town of Sonoma, California, where he lives with his wife, Joyce.

Blog Entries by Steven L. Pease

Jewish Exceptionalism -- A Response to Michael Chabon

Posted June 10, 2010 | 17:27:00 (EST)

Jews have won 23 percent of all Nobel prizes, 51 percent of the Pulitzer prizes for non-fiction and 54 percent of the world chess championships. They represent 38 percent of our most philanthropic donors, 21 percent of Ivy League enrollment and 26 percent of the Kennedy Center honorees. They've started...

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A History of Jewish Appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court

Posted May 18, 2010 | 18:26:52 (EST)

Nothing is more important in U.S. law than the Supreme Court. It is the ultimate arbiter of decisions made in all other courts and it alone can decide if a law passed by Congress or a decision made by the administration is "unconstitutional." Its importance is demonstrated by the constant...

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Celebrating May as Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted May 7, 2010 | 15:51:59 (EST)

We are a nation of immigrants. Little has been more fortuitous than the rich mélange of tribes and cultures that arrived from foreign shores to populate and share our land.

Among them were three major waves of Jewish immigrants whose contributions are now being celebrated during May's Jewish...

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