Senator (D-CO) 1975-1987

Gary Hart is Senior Counsel to Coudert Brothers, a multinational law firm.

He was a United States Senator for Colorado from 1975 to 1987. In 1984 and 1988 he was a candidate for his party’s nomination for President. During his twelve years in the Senate, he served on the Armed Services Committee, the Senate Environment Committee, Budget Committee, and Intelligence Oversight Committee. He was co-chair of the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century. He was president of Global Green, the U.S. affiliate of Mikhail Gorbachev’s environmental foundation, Green Cross International. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.-Russia Investment Fund, a former member of the Defense Policy Board, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was co-chair of the Council task force that produced the report: “America Unprepared- America Still at Risk”, in October, 2002.

Senator Hart has been Visiting Fellow, Chatham Lecturer, and McCallum Memorial Lecturer at Oxford University, Global Fund Lecturer at Yale University, and Regents Lecturer at the University of California.