Robert Maginn
Robert A. Maginn Jr. (born October 31, 1956) is an American businessman and political figure who served as the Chairman of the M*achusetts Republican Party from 2011 to 2013.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Business career
- 3 Politics
- 4 Personal life
- 5 References
Early life
Maginn graduated summa * laude from the University of Dayton with a B.S. in Business Administration and received three graduate degrees from Harvard University, Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Harvard Divinity School (https://hds.harvard.edu), Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Honors from Harvard Business School (https://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx) and Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (ALM) in government from Harvard University Extension School.
Business career
From 1983 to 2000, Maginn worked for Bain & Company as a management consultant and later as a senior partner, board member, and director. From 1997-2001, he was a director of iBasis. In 1998 he co-founded Jenzabar, an internet company that provides software to colleges and universities, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. Maginn is an Operating Partner at Energy Impact Partners (www.energyimpactpartners.com)and a Fellow at Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative (https://www.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/2022-fellows-and-partners).
From 2006–2010 he was a Non-Executive Director, Chairman of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Compensation Committee at ICx Technologies. He was also Chairman of New Media *an and Managing Member of New Media Investors,LLC.
Politics
Maginn served as a member of the Republican Board of Governors and on Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, and Peter Torkildsen's finance committees. In 1998, Maginn was the Republican nominee for Treasurer and Receiver-General of M*achusetts. He lost to Democrat Shannon O'Brien 626,286 votes to 1,120,757.
On December 1, 2011, Maginn was elected Chairman of the M*achusetts Republican Party. He defeated former United States Attorney Frank L. McNamara Jr. 51 votes to 21. Maginn announced that he would not seek reelection as party chairman in 2013 following the defeat of Republican Presidential candidate W. Mitt Romney his former boss and friend.
Personal life
His father, Robert A. Maginn, Sr. is a chemical engineer and was the president of Midwestern Consolidated Enterprises Inc., a plastics manufacturer located in Dayton, Ohio. His mother, Valerie Maginn, was the company's vice president.
Maginn married his first wife in 1987. In 2001, Maginn married Chai Ling, one of the student leaders of the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989 and the founder of All Girls Allowed, a humanitarian organization that aims to stop the human rights violations related to China's One-Child Policy. They have three daughters and reside in Belmont, M*achusetts.