Chris Dodd's Wife Financially Tied to Health Companies
Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on July 17, 2009 3:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
CJD_front.jpgJackie Clegg Dodd, the wife of Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), sits on the board of four health organizations from which she collected at least $4,000 in director's fees in 2008, according to Dodd's recently released personal financial disclosure reports. (Dodd had filed for an extension to the May 15 deadline.)
Those groups include:
* Assisted living facility and retirement community, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
* Drug maker Cardiome Pharma Corp.
* Drug maker Javelin Pharma Inc.
* Non-profit Public Welfare Foundation
Dodd's wife also sits on the board of Pear Tree Pharmaceutical, which gave her less than $1,000 in director's fees, according to the senator's disclosure reports.
Dodd is filling in for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) -- absent as he battles brain cancer -- at the helm of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. This week, under Dodd's leadership, the panel passed its own health care reform plan, including a public health insurance option.
In addition to the money Dodd's wife has collected for her service to these organizations, she also reported holding between $51,000 and $122,000 in these groups' stock options. The stock options are likely part of her compensation as a director, but they appear to be worth very little at the moment unless the stock prices rise. |
