Editing Dick Gephardt (section)

==Post-congressional career==
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[[File:Transportation Policy Conference (5839359479).jpg|thumb|Gephardt speaking in 2009]]
On January 3, 2005, Gephardt's three-decade political career ended with the expiration of his 14th term in the House of Representatives. That month, Gephardt started a consulting and lobbying firm, Gephardt Group, of which he is president and CEO.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gephardtgroup.com/ |title=Gephardt Group (2008) |publisher=Gephardt Group |access-date=2010-05-24 |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207134452/http://gephardtgroup.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gephardt also joined the international law firm [[DLA Piper]] as strategic advisor in the government affairs practice group from June 2005 to December 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/richard-gephardt/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708145953/http://www.forbes.com/profile/richard-gephardt/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2013|website=[[Forbes]] |title=Richard Gephardt - Forbes }}</ref>

In his new role as a Washington lobbyist, Gephardt, on behalf of the Republic of Turkey, has been actively lobbying against the House resolution condemning the [[Armenian genocide]] of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. While supportive of the resolution while in Congress, he now contends that facts need to be better known before any position is taken on this historical controversy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=K_Street_Cashes_In_On_The_1915_Armenian_Genocide |title=The New Republic |publisher=Armeniapedia.org |access-date=2009-08-23 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012132424/http://armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=K_Street_Cashes_In_On_The_1915_Armenian_Genocide |url-status=live }}</ref> Gephardt served on the board of directors of the [[Embarq Corporation]] from June 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.embarq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=197829&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1018876&highlight= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714235714/http://investors.embarq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=197829&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1018876&highlight= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-14 |title=News Release &#124; EMBARQ |publisher=Investors.embarq.com |date=2007-07-01 |access-date=2009-08-23 }}</ref> to July 1, 2009, when he became a member of the board of directors of [[CenturyLink]], Embarq's successor corporation.<ref name="CenturyLink">[http://www.centurylink.com/aboutus/governance/board.html About Us: Directors] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503073850/http://www.centurylink.com/aboutus/governance/board.html |date=May 3, 2016 }}, CenturyLink (accessed February 14, 2016).</ref> Gephardt also serves as a director of [[Centene Corporation]], [[Ford Motor Company]], [[Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.]], and [[United States Steel Corporation]].<ref name="CenturyLink" /> He joined Ford's board in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |work=New York Times |date=May 1, 2010 |title=What Does Dick Gephardt Know About Management? |author=Jack Stack |url=http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/why-dick-gephardt/ |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009160824/http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/why-dick-gephardt/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2007, Gephardt endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008|for president]], leading some to speculate that he was interested in running for vice president in 2008. [[DLA Piper]] become a major donor to Clinton's campaign, donating about $190,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-17-na-hillary17-story.html |title=He backs Clinton; her backers help him |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-07-17 |access-date=5 November 2015 |first=Dan |last=Morain |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527222354/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-17-na-hillary17-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gephardt was mentioned during the summer of 2008 as a possible vice-presidential choice for eventual nominee Senator [[Barack Obama]]. A collection of Gephardt's congressional documents, dating from 1994 to 2004, was processed from 2006 to 2007 by the [[Missouri Historical Society]] for academic use, with a grant through the [[Institute of Museum and Library Services]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.earmarks.omb.gov/resources/citations/citation_21.pdf |title=Earmarks |publisher=Earmarks.omb.gov |date=2010-04-13 |access-date=2010-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327130142/http://www.earmarks.omb.gov/resources/citations/citation_21.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-27 }}</ref> In 2005, [[Washington University in St. Louis]] inaugurated the Richard A. Gephardt Institute of Public Service (now the [[Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement]]), which educates students for life-long engaged citizenship and civic leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-17 |title=About the Gephardt Institute |url=https://gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/about/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement |language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2005, Gephardt has been a consultant to [[Goldman Sachs]] and [[DLA Piper]].<ref name="Forbes" /> Since 2007 he has been a consultant to [[FTI Consulting]].<ref name="Forbes" />

In 2007, Gephardt began serving on the advisory board of the Extend Health insurance company, and then became a member of its board of directors. In 2009, Gephardt advised [[UnitedHealth Group]], one of America's largest private insurers, in waging a strong campaign against a public option for national health care.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091019/jones/single |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913215053/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091019/jones/single |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |title=The Nation Magazine |publisher=The Nation Company, L.P. |date=September 30, 2009 |access-date=October 13, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Gephardt was elected chair of the Board of Trustees of [[The Scripps Research Institute]], a nonprofit institute focusing on biomedical research.<ref>"Business Executive and Former U.S. House Leader Richard A. Gephardt Elected to Lead Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees" {{cite web|url=http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20100222/trustees.html |title=TSRI - News & Views, Business Executive and Former U.S. House Leader Richard A. Gephardt Elected to Lead Scripps Research Institute Board of Trustees |access-date=2012-12-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012234/http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20100222/trustees.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 }}</ref>

[[File:LBJ Foundation and More Perfect hosted a two-day conference, Trust News Democracy at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum on 10 April 2024 - DIG15200jjg-008 (53656050628).jpg|thumb|left|Gephardt at the [[LBJ Presidential Library]] in 2024]]
Gephardt has been significantly involved with the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. In addition to a large lobbying contract with the Medicines Company,<ref>{{cite news |work=Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/24/gephardt-the-public-optio_n_298353.html |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Gephardt: The Public Option Is "Not Essential," Trigger Could Work |author=Sam Stein |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918054910/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/24/gephardt-the-public-optio_n_298353.html |url-status=live }}</ref> he serves as chair of the Council for American Medical Innovation (CAMI), formed by and affiliated with [[PhRMA]]. In this capacity he hired his own firm to lobby for the organization, to push to extend patents and block [[generic drugs]] from the market.<ref name="Spectacular">{{cite news |work=The Nation magazine |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/dick-gephardts-spectacular-sellout |title=Dick Gephardt's Spectacular Sellout |date=October 19, 2009 |author=Sebastian Jones |access-date=January 17, 2011 |archive-date=March 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327125530/http://www.thenation.com/article/dick-gephardts-spectacular-sellout |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Gephardt also co-founded a [[Direct primary care]] group called [https://solidaritus.net/ SolidaritUS Health], with the goal of increasing the accessibility of quality healthcare to working families.

Gephardt has also served as a [[lobbyist]] for [[Boeing]].<ref>Carney, Timothy (2011-02-24) [https://archive.today/20120614054114/http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/who-were-boeings-lobbyists Who were Boeing's lobbyists?], ''[[Washington Examiner]]''</ref> He is a labor consultant for Spirit Aerosystems and sits on its board of directors.<ref name="spiritaero_pr">[http://www.spiritaero.com/plain.aspx?width=800&height=550&header=0&id=909 "Richard A. Gephardt Joins Onex Team"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003012219/http://www.spiritaero.com/plain.aspx?width=800&height=550&header=0&id=909 |date=October 3, 2011 }}, Spirit Aero news release 2005-04-29 (PDF)</ref> In these roles, Gephardt has presided over an aggressive anti-union campaign that has bewildered many of his traditional political allies. In July 2011, Spirit Aerosystems walked out of negotiations with the union that represents its engineering, technical and professional workforce.<ref name="SPEEA">[http://www.speea.org SPEEA]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027180521/http://www.speea.org/ |date=October 27, 2016 }}, SPEEA</ref> The union subsequently voted down the company's last contract offer, with 96.5% voting no. The company did not change its contract offer significantly after this rejection and relations with its workforce have been contentious ever since. With negotiations at a standstill, production schedules for 2011 and 2012 were threatened.<ref name="Wichita Eagle">[http://www.kansas.com/2011/07/28/1952949/speea-members-reject-spirit-contract.html SPEEA Members Reject Spirit Contract Offer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926032230/http://www.kansas.com/2011/07/28/1952949/speea-members-reject-spirit-contract.html |date=September 26, 2013 }}, Wichita Eagle</ref><ref name="Wichita Business Journal">[http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2011/09/spirit-disputes-speea-work-to-rule.html Work To Rule At Spirit Disputed ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016224121/http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2011/09/spirit-disputes-speea-work-to-rule.html |date=October 16, 2015 }}, Wichita Business Journal</ref> Around mid-2023 Spirit Aerosystems agreed to a new contract with its workers at the Wichita, Kansas plant. Key provisions in the contract include increased pay, workers being allowed to keep their current health plans, and removal of mandatory overtime requirements.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Insinna |first=Valerie |date=2023-06-30 |title=Spirit AeroSystems union workforce approves new contract, ending strike at Kansas plant |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spirit-aerosystems-union-workforce-approves-new-contract-ending-strike-kansas-2023-06-30/ |access-date=2023-07-23}}</ref>

In October 2022, Gephardt, along with Republican former Massachusetts [[Kerry Healey|Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey]], launched the Council for Responsible Social Media, a project of nonprofit organization Issue One, which he had already been involved with as a member of its ReFormers Caucus. Gephardt and Healey serve as co-chairs of the project, which focuses on addressing the harmful influence social media can have on children, communities, and national security.<ref name="cnbc2022">{{cite web |last=Feiner |first=Lauren |title=New bipartisan council will focus on tackling harms of social media |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/council-for-responsible-social-media-features-haugen-gephardt-hagel-.html |website=CNBC |date=October 12, 2022 |access-date=September 20, 2024 |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926212522/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/council-for-responsible-social-media-features-haugen-gephardt-hagel-.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2024, Gephardt gave the commencement address and received an honorary degree at [[Iona University]] in [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]], [[New York (state)|New York]].