Joseph Cari, Jr.

Joseph A. Cari, Jr. (born 8 October 1952) is a private equity investor, public policy expert, and philanthropist currently residing in New York, New York and Castellina in Chianti, Italy.

Mr. Cari is Chairman & CEO of Castellini Partners, a New York based merchant bank that has invested in technology, medical device, financial services and media companies world wide. Among those companies are: Integration Capital & Trade ^[1], OneMedplace ^[2], Healthpoint Capital Partners ^[3], Amana Creative ^[4], Paradigm Spine ^[5], Crescent Asset Management ^[6] and Medcapital Partners.

Mr. Cari is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York), on the Advisory Boards of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Loyola Marymount University Institute for Leadership and the World Policy Institute. He lectures on American Foreign Policy and presidential politics at Villanova University, Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon) and Loyola Marymount University

Previously, Mr. Cari served in President Clinton’s administration as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, a government funded think tank that works with various branches of the US government including the Department of State.

Philanthropically, Mr. Cari established the Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund at Notre Dame University's Center for Civil and Human Rights. He is also a contributor to, and sponsor of St. Anne’s Grammar School in Chicago, Il. Mr Cari is very active with the University of Notre Dame’s presence in Haiti and has traveld to Haiti concerning the reconstruction efforts ^[7].

Mr. Cari is a member of the Arab Bankers Association.

Biography

Family and education

Cari, an Italian American, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Dr. Joseph and Elaine Cari, who had 3 other children: Patricia, Kathleen, & John.

Joseph Cari Sr. was a prominent physician and surgeon in Chicago who headed the Department of Family Medicine at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Cari was also an author ^[8] who served on the faculty of University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School, and as the Chief Medical Officer for the Chicago Fire Department. Mrs. Elaine Cari served as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Mercy Hospital & Medical Center.

In 1974, Joe A. Cari Jr. graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. degree in Sociology. As an undergraduate at Notre Dame, Joe was a member of the Varsity baseball team,^[9] and was president of Fisher Hall. In 1978 earned a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.^[10] Joe was admitted to practice law but was later disbarred.

In 2001, Mr Cari was awarded, and completed, a fellowship at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.^[11]

Personal life

Mr. Cari married to Rita Bahr, a corporate lawyer who specialized in mergers and acquisitions for Motorola Corporation. Mr. Cari was widowed in 2002 when his wife Rita Bahr Cari died of cancer.^[12] Joe Cari has one daughter, Nicole from a previous marriage.

Professional career

Mr. Cari's professional experience spans senior positions in law and finance, including:

• Private investor and consultant, 2005 – Present.
• Integration Capital & Trade, Inc., Senior Managing Director, Oct. 2006–2008.^[13]
• HealthPoint Capital Partners (private equity firm), Managing Director, 2003–2005.
• Success National Bank, Member of Board of Directors, 1994 - 1997.
• Ungaretti & Harris, Member of Executive Committee and Chair of Regulatory & Public Policy Group, 1984–2005.^[14]
• Lawfirm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Associate, 1978-1983.
• Legislative Assistant, US Congressman Martin Russo (D-Illinois), 1974 - 1975.^[15]

Political service

From 1980 to 2005, Mr. Cari was an active member of the Democratic Party, and held several senior positions in the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and 5 Democratic Presidential campaigns.

• Democratic National Committee, Member, 2000 - 2005.
• Democratic National Committee, Member of Executive Committee, 2000.
• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Vice Chairman of Finance Committee, 1995.
• Democratic National Committee, General Counsel to Rules Committee, 1980 & 1984.
• Democratic National Committee, Member of Platform Accountability Commission, 1983.

Presidential campaigns

• Gore for President, National Finance Chairman, 2000.^[16]
• Kerrey (D-Neb.) for President, Finance Committee Member, 1991–1992.
• Biden for President, Mid-West Political Director, 1987.
• Mondale for President, Associate General Counsel, 1984.
• Carter for President, Illinois General Counsel, 1980.

Public service

Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

In 1995, Mr. Cari was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C., and later named Chairman by President Bill Clinton. As Chairman, Mr. Cari played a central role in the strategic planning of the center and recruiting the Honorable Lee H. Hamilton as CEO.

As chairman, Mr. Cari worked closely with authors & editors of books published by the Wilson Center Press, driving thought leadership in the subjects of Politics, Culture, Society and History between the years 1995 and 2002, including the following titles:

• Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities. Mitchell Reiss, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1995.
• Race: The History of an Idea in the West. Ivan Hannaford, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1996.
• Funding the Modern American State, 1941-1995. W. Eliot Brownlee, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1996.
• The Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia. R.H. Taylor, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1996.
• Preparing for the Urban Future. Michael A. Cohen , Blair A. Ruble , Joseph S. Tulchin and Allison M. Garland, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1996.
• The Crisis in Kashmir: Portents of War, Hopes of Peace. Sumit Ganguly, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• For Democracy's Sake. Kevin F. Quigley, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution. Haleh Esfandiari, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• American Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War. Robert L. Hutchings, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• The Historical Imagination in Early Modern Britain. Donald R. Kelley and David Harris Sacks, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• Beyond the Monolith. Peter J. Stavrakis , Joan DeBardeleben and Larry Black, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• Beyond Gender. Betty Friedan, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• Churchill as Peacemaker. James W. Miller, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1997.
• Brothers in Arms: The Rise and Fall of the Sino-Soviet Alliance 1945-1963-Cold War International History Project Series. Odd Arne Westad, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• India and Pakistan: The First Fifty Years. Selig S. Harrison , Paul Kreisberg and Dennis Kux, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• At the End of the American Century. Robert L. Hutchings, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• Dilemmas of Scale in America's Federal Democracy. Martha Derthick, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• Race, Self-Employment, and Upward Mobility. Timothy Bates, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• In the Face of the Facts. Robert Whitman Fox and Robert B. Westbrook, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1998.
• The Quest for Sustained Growth: Southeast Asian and Southeast European Cases. Samuel F. Wells Jr. , Barry M. Hager , Keith Crane , Paul Tibbitts and Karen Zietlow, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Taking Stock: American Government in the Twentieth Century. Morton Keller and R. Shep Melnick, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Reading Mixed Signals: Ambivalence in American Public Opinion about Government. Albert H. Cantril and Susan Davis Cantril, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Strategic Balance and Confidence Building Measures in the Americas. Joseph S. Tulchin , Francisco Rojas Aravena and Ralph H. Espach, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Paradoxes of Democracy. S. N. Eisenstadt, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Welfare Reform: A Race to the Bottom?. Sanford F. Schram and Samuel H. Beer, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• The American Planning Tradition: Culture and Policy. Robert Fishman, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Inventing Grand Strategy and Teaching Command: The Classic Works of Alfred Thayer Mahan Reconsidered. Jon Tetsuro Sumida, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America. Cynthia J. Arnson, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• Rabin and Israel's National Security. Efraim Inbar, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 1999.
• NetPolicy.com: Public Agenda for a Digital World. Leslie David Simon, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2000.
• The Future of Merit: Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act. James P. Pfiffner and Douglas A. Brook, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2000.
• Rogue States and U.S. Foreign Policy: Containment after the Cold War. Robert S. Litwak, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2000.
• Combating Corruption in Latin America. Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2000.
• Nationalism and the Crowd in Liberal Hungary, 1848-1914. Alice Freifeld, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2000.
• The United States and Pakistan, 1947-2000: Disenchanted Allies. Dennis Kux, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka. Blair A. Ruble, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects. Gordon H. Chang, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• The Breakdown of Class Politics: A Debate on Post-Industrial Stratification. Terry Nichols Clark and Seymour Martin Lipset, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Economic Cold War: America's Embargo against China and the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1949-1963-Cold War International History Project Series. Shu Guang Zhang, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Between the State and Islam. Charles E. Butterworth and I. William Zartman, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Kinship and Capitalism: Marriage, Family, and Business in the English-speaking World, 1580-1740. Richard Grassby, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Regional Russia in Transition: Studies from Yaroslavl. Jeffrey W. Hahn, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Congress and the People. Donald R. Wolfensberger, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• Commerce in Russian Urban Culture 1861-1914. William Craft Brumfield , Boris V. Anan'ich and Yuri A. Petrov, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• European Defense Cooperation: Asset or Threat to NATO?. Michael Quinlan, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2001.
• A Revolutionary Year: The Middle East in 1958. Wm. Roger Louis and Owen Roger, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Political Parties after Communism: Developments in East-Central Europe. Tomáš Kostelecký, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Replicating Microfinance in the United States. James H. Carr and Zhong Yi Tong, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Entangled Evolutions: Media and Democratization in Eastern Europe. Peter Gross, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union. Anthony Pagden, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Fragmented Space in the Russian Federation. Blair A. Ruble , Jodi Koehn and Nancy Popson, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• The Communitarian Persuasion. Philip Selznick, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947. Sumit Ganguly, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Beyond State Crisis? Post-Colonial Africa and Post-Soviet Eurasia in Comparative Perspective. Mark R. Beissinger and Crawford Young, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia. David J. O'Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Uncle Sam and Us: Globalization, Neoconservatism, and the Canadian State. Stephen Clarkson, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and the Congress. Lee H. Hamilton and Jordan Tama, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Environmental Peacemaking. Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.
• Democracy and the Internet: Allies or Adversaries?. Javier Coralles , Donald R. Wolfensberger and Leslie David Simon, Washington D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press (Copub: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2002.

Additional public service

In addition to his work at the Wilson Center, Mr. Cari has a track record of actively contributing to public service initiatives for a variety of organizations, including:

• Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Advisory Board, 2002 – Present.
• St. Anne’s Grammar School, Chicago Il., Instructor, 2005–2008.
• University of Notre Dame School of Law, Member of Advisory Board, 2003–2005.
• Kroc Institute of Peace, University of Notre Dame, Chairman of Advisory Board, 2002.
• Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Chairman of Board of Directors, 1998-2002 (appointed by President Bill Clinton).
• Chicago Public Library, Member of Board of Directors, 1989–2000. (appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley)
• Chicago Urban League, Member of Board of Directors, 1994 - 2000.
• Illinois Public Action Council, Member of Board of Directors, 1985 - 1990.
• Mercy Medical Center, Chicago, Il., Member of Advisory Board, 1980 - 2000.
• United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Narcotics, Special Counsel, 1987. (appointed by US Senator Joseph Biden)
• United States Senate Judiciary Committee, Member of Advisory Board, 1988–1992. (appointed by US Senator Joseph Biden)
• Mayoral Commission on Consumer Services, Chicago, Il., Member, 1984 - 1987.
• State of Illinois, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1990 - 1992.
• State’s Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Special Assistant, 1981–1990.
• US Congressman Martin Russo (D-Illinois), Legislative Assistant, 1974 - 1975.

Philanthropy

When Rita Bahr Cari passed in 2003, Mr. Cari created a living memorial in her honor that underscores her compassion for the underprivileged, particularly in the Central and South American region where she spent a considerable amount of time as a child. In 2004, Joe Cari established the Rita Bahr Cari Memorial Fund at Notre Dame University’s Center for Civil and Human Rights. The fund is used to advance the Center’s mission to aid victims of human rights violations and “will enable the center to enhance its innovative and internationally renowned contributions in teaching, research, and service on behalf of human rights. Many of its graduates (a number of whom are from Central and South America) are an integral part of an international network of lawyers who, through their teaching and practice, strive to develop a global human rights culture.”^[17]

Federal Plea Agreement

In 2005, after full co cooperation with the US Attorney's office in Chicago, Cari entered a plea of violating 18 U.S.C £ 1951. Cari was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine, provide 250 hours of community service and serve 3 years of probation. ^[18]

External links

• Politics & Economics Blog - JosephCari.com.
• Washington supports an ideology based on ethnic purity.
• Official Website - JoeCari.com.
• Professional Profile at LinkedIn.com.
• Joseph Cari on the Obama Administration transition to power and implications for Middle East region at DailyStar.com on 03/05/09.
• Mr. Joseph Cari on Palestinian Economic Development at FT.com on 12/17/08.
• Mr. Joseph Cari on Israel, America, & a One-State Solution at FT.com on 12/10/09.

References

1. ^ Integration Capital & Trade
2. ^ OneMedplace
3. ^ Healthpoint Capital Partners
4. ^ Amana Creative
5. ^ Paradigm Spine
6. ^ Crescent Asset Management
7. ^ Notre Dame and Haiti
8. ^ "Dr. Cari Writer Reference". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006WIRXO/. 
9. ^ "Varsity Baseball Reference". ND.edu. http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/PHR068.htm. 
10. ^ "Notre Dame Law Degree Reference". ND.edu. http://law.nd.edu/alumni/advisory.html. 
11. ^ "JFK School of Government Reference". Harvard.edu. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/press/backup/iop_fellows_fall2001.htm. 
12. ^ "Rita Bahr Cari Reference". Cook County Clerk, Chicago Illinois. http://www.cookctyclerk.com/html/040702resdoc.html. 
13. ^ "Integration Capital & Trade, Inc. Reference". Integration Capital & Trade, Inc.. http://www.integrationcap.com/abt_ICT_Professionals.asp. 
14. ^ "Ungaretti & Harris Reference". ClintonFoundation.org. http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/010599-president-names-two-to-international-center-for-scholars-board.htm. 
15. ^ "Legislative Assistant, US Congressman Martin Russo Reference". Opensecrets.org. http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.asp?id=13097. 
16. ^ "Democratic National Finance Committee Chairman Reference". C-Span. http://www.c-span.org/campaign2000/dem_schedule2.asp. 
17. ^ "Rita Bahr Memorial Fund Philanthropy Reference". University of Notre Dame. p. 35. http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/alumni/ndlawyer/spring04/spring04.pdf. 
18. ^ FUSCO, CHRIS (August 9, 2011). "Ex-Democratic fund-raiser...". Chicago Sun Times. http://www.suntimes.com/6966243-417/ex-democratic-fund-raiser-gets-3-years-probation.html. Retrieved August 11, 2011.