Mallory Factor

Mallory Factor

Mallory Factor is an American businessman and political activist. He is president of Mallory Factor, Inc., an independent merchant bank and financial relations consultancy that he founded in 1976. Mr. Factor and his firm advise companies in a wide range of industries including biotechnology, financial services and manufacturing.

Career

Early career and education

Prior to establishing Mallory Factor, Inc., Factor served as a supervisor of management consulting services at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). He holds a B.A. in biochemistry from Wesleyan University and attended Columbia University’s Graduate Business and Law Program.

Professorships

He held adjunct professorships at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University from 1992 to 1996, and at the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions at the New School for Social Research from 1985 to 1992. Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. ^[1]

The Monday Meeting and the Free Enterprise Fund

Factor is the founder and co-chair of the Monday Meeting, a nationally-recognized gathering of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and conservative authors in New York City, and a similar gathering in Charleston, SC known as The Charleston Meeting.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} Previously, he served as chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market “do” tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government.^[8][9]

The Council on Foreign Relations and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Economic Roundtable

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and recently served as Vice-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing.^[10][11] He has frequently testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on terror financing, regulation of the financial services industry and other economic issues.^[12] Mr. Factor chaired the Economic Roundtable for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and led the 2009 Economic Summit for the U.S. House Republican Conference and Policy Committee in Washington, D.C.

Kronos Advisory, LLC

Factor is a founder of Kronos Advisory, LLC, a U.S.-based company that, according to Dun & Bradstreet, conducts business in the areas of national security and international affairs.^[13][14][15] According to the firm’s website (www.kronosadvisory.com), Kronos is a strategic advisory firm established in 2011 by Medal of Honor recipient MajGen James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret), Factor, and counter-terrorism advisor Michael S. Smith II to “deliver global stakeholders the situational awareness solutions they require to address strategic and tactical threats to their interests.”^[16]

Additional career accomplishments

He was Chairman of the New York Public Asset Fund from 2002 to 2006 and Vice-Chairman of Governor’s Island Preservation and Education Corporation from 2006 to 2007. Factor was a member of the Board of Governors of the New York State Banking Department from 2001 to 2007. From 1987 to 1988, he was a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council for the Federal Home Loan Bank. He has been an underwriting member of Lloyd’s of London since 1987.^[17][18]

Committees

Factor is an active member of a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards. He has also been involved in Broadway theater for many years in a volunteer capacity. He has served on the Tony Awards Administration Committee since 2003, served on the Tony Awards Management Committee from 1999 to 2003, and served as a Tony Awards nominator from 1996 to 1999.^[17] He also served as a member of the US Air Force, Air Mobility Command Civic Leader Group. Factor has served as a Senior Fellow for the US House of Representatives Republican Policy Committee from 2007 to 2011.

Publications

Factor has written widely on economic and financial issues for publications including the Wall Street Journal,^[19] Christian Science Monitor,^[20] National Review^[21] and newspapers nationwide and is also a Fox News^[22] and Forbes Magazine^[23] contributor. Factor is the Senior Editor of Money and Politics at TheStreet, Inc. Factor has also appeared on numerous networks and cable stations including Fox News,^[24][25][26] CNBC,^[27] and Bloomberg^[28] to discuss finance and politics.

Personal life

Originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut, Factor resides in Charleston, South Carolina^[29] with his wife, Elizabeth, and their five children.^[30][31]

References

1. ^ "Mallory Factor brings geopolitics to The Citadel". The Citadel. 2011-5-27. http://externalaffairs.citadel.edu/Factor_named_West_Chair. Retrieved 2011-06-13. 
2. ^ "Charleston Meeting organizers aim to shape national debate as invitation-only group meets again today". postandcourier.com. 2011-01-24. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/jan/24/gathering-mirrors-monday-meeting/. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
3. ^ "The Monday Meeting, A Right-Wing Cabal Ready to Convert N.Y. | The New York Observer". Observer.com. 2004-02-08. http://www.observer.com/node/48776. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
4. ^ "New York Republicans - The Sugar Daddies for Bush's America". Nymag.com. 2005-07-25. http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/features/12265/index2.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
5. ^ "The Monday Meeting, A Right-Wing Cabal Ready to Convert N.Y. | The New York Observer". Observer.com. 2004-02-08. http://www.observer.com/node/48776. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
6. ^ "The Holy City Cabal". Fits News. http://www.fitsnews.com/2010/12/09/the-holy-city-cabal/. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
7. ^ "About Lloyd's - Lloyd's". Lloyds.com. 2005-12-31. http://www.lloyds.com/Lloyds/About-Lloyds. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
8. ^ "Free Enterprise Fund". SourceWatch. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Free_Enterprise_Fund. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
9. ^ "Dave Johnson: Today's Front Group: Free Enterprise Fund". Huffingtonpost.com. 2006-09-19. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/todays-front-group-free-e_b_29779.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
10. ^ "Council on Foreign Relations". Nndb.com. http://www.nndb.com/org/505/000042379/. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
11. ^ O'Brien, Timothy L.; Kirkpatrick, David D. (2004-06-12). "THE REACH OF WAR: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS; Nonpolitical Study of Terror Is Caught Up in Politics - New York Times". Nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/world/reach-war-council-foreign-relations-nonpolitical-study-terror-caught-up-politics.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
12. ^ Mallory Factor (2004-06-15). "Testimony By Mallory Factor Concerning the Second Report of an Independent Task Force on Terrorist Financing Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations - Council on Foreign Relations". Cfr.org. http://www.cfr.org/publication/7108/testimony_by_mallory_factor_concerning_the_second_report_of_an_independent_task_force_on_terrorist_financing_sponsored_by_the_council_on_foreign_relations.html?id=7108. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
13. ^ Kronos Advisory, LLC - About Page, Accessed July 18, 2011
14. ^ Dun & Bradstreet Business Information Report Synopsis, Accessed July 18, 2011
15. ^ South Carolina Secretary of State – Kronos Advisory, LLC Accessed July 18, 2011
16. ^ Kronos Advisory, LLC - About Page, Accessed July 18, 2011]
17. ^ ^{a b} "Biography - Mallory Factor". American Theatre Wing. http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/mallory_factor. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
18. ^ "About Lloyd's - Lloyd's". Lloyds.com. 2005-12-31. http://www.lloyds.com/Lloyds/About-Lloyds. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
19. ^ The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=mallory%20factor. 
20. ^ "The business-arts partnership: a two-way street / The Christian Science Monitor". CSMonitor.com. 1987-07-23. http://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0723/efund.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
21. ^ Search Nro. "Search - National Review Online". Nationalreview.com. http://www.nationalreview.com/search/?q=mallory+factor&sa=Search+NRO&cx=partner-pub-7596656896688386%3Aktx6rmwscfs&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1#986. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
22. ^ Factor, Mallory (2010-04-07). "Opinion - Commentary from Mallory Factor". FoxNews.com. http://www.foxnews.com/contributor/mallory-factor/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
23. ^ "Forbes.com - ForbesFinder". Search.forbes.com. http://search.forbes.com/search/find?tab=searchtabgeneraldark&MT=mallory+factor. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
24. ^ "Where Are the Jobs? - Fox News Video - FoxNews.com". Video.foxnews.com. 2009-12-23. http://video.foxnews.com/v/3942318/where-are-the-jobs/. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
25. ^ "Rep. Rooney on the Fox News Strategy Room with Mallory Factor". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1QjhWYfGMw. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
26. ^ Mulvaney, Mick. "Mick Mulvaney: On Mallory Factor on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. http://vimeo.com/11056062. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
27. ^ "News Headlines". Cnbc.com. 2009-02-26. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1219535078. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
28. ^ Salant, Jonathan D. (2008-05-09). "Bush Business Donors Shunning McCain for Democratic Candidates". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=anDWekGuCW8E&refer=home. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
29. ^ "Mallory Factor Decamps New York, Surprising Many - August 15, 2006 - The New York Sun". Nysun.com. 2006-08-15. http://www.nysun.com/new-york/mallory-factor-decamps-new-york-surprising-many/37932/. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
30. ^ "» Mallory Factor". Big Government. 2010-04-07. http://biggovernment.com/author/mfactor/. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 
31. ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/307/000213665/

External links

• "The Mallory Factor" by Brad Warthen
• "Meet the 'Powerbrokers' Behind the Botched GOP Debate" by FITSNews
• "The Sugar Daddies for Bush's America" by Ryan Lizza
• "Free Enterprise Not Surprised, Will Appeal Sarbox Ruling" by Lora Bentley

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