| Frank VanderSloot AKA Frank L. VanderSloot Born: 14-Aug-1948
Birthplace: Billings, MT
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Melaleuca CEO
Today we are happy to announce a monumental legal victory for Mother Jones: A judge in Idaho has ruled in our favor on all claims in a defamation case filed by a major Republican donor, Frank VanderSloot, and his company, Melaleuca Inc [...] That September, we broke the story of Romney's 47 percent comments, which some have argued cost the GOP the White House. Four months later, VanderSloot -- who was also one of Gov. Romney's national finance chairs -- filed a defamation lawsuit against Mother Jones, as well as Stephanie Mencimer, the reporter of the article, and Monika [Bauerlein, Mother Jones CEO] personally (for her tweet about the piece). [...]
This was not a dispute over a few words. It was a push, by a superrich businessman and donor, to wipe out news coverage that he disapproved of. Had he been successful, it would have been a chilling indicator that the 0.01 percent can control not only the financing of political campaigns, but also media coverage of those campaigns. [...]
In a way, there was something ironically hopeful about this: A conservative Republican -- someone who not long ago was quoted saying it was "child abuse" to put a film about gay parents on public television -- had apparently come to believe that to call him a gay-basher was so damaging to his reputation that he must fight the argument at virtually any cost.[1]
[1] "We Were Sued by a Billionaire Political Donor. We Won. Here's What Happened." Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones, 8 Oct 2015.
Father: Peter VanderSloot ("Frank", d. 1982)
Mother: Margaret May Christensen Sindberg-Woodley (d. 2-Aug-2004)
Sister: Luana Hiebert
Sister: Marguerite VanderSloot
Brother: Peter VanderSloot
Wife: Kathleen Zundel (div.)
Son: Matthew Trent VanderSloot
Daughter: Cassie VanderSloot
Son: Brian Frank VanderSloot (b. 28-Jun-1974, d. 3-Nov-2011)
Daughter: Eliza VanderSloot
Wife: Belinda Boyack (m. 1995)
High School: Sandpoint High School, Sandpoint, ID (1966)
University: AA Business, Ricks College
University: BS Business, Brigham Young University (1973)
Melaleuca, Inc. CEO
ADP
Cox Communications Regional Vice Present, Washington state
Direct Selling Association
US Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (2004-)
4-H Club
The Commonwealth PAC
Free and Strong America PAC
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
George W. Bush for President
Helen's List
John McCain 2008
McCain-Palin Compliance Fund
McCain-Palin Victory 2008
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Obama for America $250 (11-Jul-2008)
Republican National Committee
Restore Our Future
Romney for President National Finance Co-Chair
Romney Victory Inc.
Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
Trump Victory $446,700 (10-Aug-2016)
Converted to Mormonism senior year of high school (1965)
Religious Mission: Mormon Netherlands
Silver Beaver
Dutch Ancestry
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications
|
