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 Mark Kennedy brings extensive political, business and community leadership experience to his advocacy for continued American leadership in nurturing peace and prosperity by advancing freedom and free markets.
Kennedy served three terms representing Minnesota in the United States Congress from 2001 until 2007. He currently serves as a member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation.
In business, Mark helped Pillsbury buy and globally expand Häagen Dazs, was a Fortune 100 senior executive (Macy’s) and is currently in a global leadership role with Accenture.
Mark believes in America’s role to advance and defend freedom. Kennedy’s advocacy in his 2006 U.S. Senate race for perseverance in Iraq caused Brit Hume of Fox News to call him “the most honest Republican in this campaign” and attracted an hour long profile by CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Kennedy has long championed expanding prosperity through open trade and free markets. Mark was the deciding vote in giving the President Trade Promotion Authority and in passing the Central America Free Trade Agreement.
In Congress, Kennedy supported tax relief for hard working families which sparked an economic revival and created millions of jobs. Mark was the deciding vote for legislation to give consumers more control of their own health care and was also the deciding vote on a bill to control unfunded entitlement spending. Congressman Kennedy was a strong advocate of education reform, religious freedom and common sense conservation.
Kennedy has been instrumental in founding three lecture series – the Minnesota Rough Riders, the Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series at St. John’s University and the Economic Club of Minnesota.
A graduate of St. John’s University, Kennedy began his career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and received a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with distinction from the University of Michigan.
Mark and Debbie, his wife of 28 years, have four young adult children and reside in Watertown, Minnesota.
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