Ted Kaufman
Senior Lecturing Fellow
Senator Kaufman was sworn in as Delaware’s United States Senator on January 16, 2009.
Since 1991, he has been a Senior Lecturing Fellow at the Duke University of Law, also teaching in the Fuqua School of Business, and the Sanford School of Public Policy. From 1995 to 1999, Senator Kaufman served as Co-Chair of the Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of Congress.
In 1995, he was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the U S Senate to be a charter member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. This federal agency is the independent, autonomous, entity responsible for all US government and government sponsored non-military international broadcasting – including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, Radio and TV Marti, and The Middle East Broadcasting Network.
He was with Senator Joseph R. Biden’s staff from 1973 through 1994, nineteen years as Chief of Staff. He has held a senior position in all of Biden’s federal campaigns.
He was President of Public Strategies, a political and management consulting firm based in Wilmington, Delaware, from 1995 – 2008.
He previously worked for the Dupont Company in a variety of finance, technical, and marketing positions.
He has a BSME from Duke University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.