Daniel Delen

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Daniel Delen is the CEO, President and Chairman of Reynolds America, the corporation also known as RJ Reynolds Tobacco.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

Reynolds is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and sits on its Corporate ("Private Enterprise") Board as of 2011.[1]

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Background

Delen has served as Reynold's CEO since March 2011, replacing former CEO Susan M. Ivey.[2] He made $6.2 million in 2010. Delen was Chairman of the Board of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. since May 2008 and was its Chief Executive Officer since January 2007.

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References

  1. Private Enterprise Board, ALEC website, accessed July 7, 2011.
  2. Delen Profile,"Bloomberg BusinessWeek"

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