Mamet, Noah Bryson, 1969-

<p>Noah B. Mamet most recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina during President Obama's administration. Ambassador Mamet was awarded the Medal of San Martin at the rank of Great Cross in December 2016 by the government of Argentina, only the third American in over 200 years to receive such a distinction. He was also the first diplomat ever on the cover of the most recognized national newspaper magazine, La Nacion, in June of 2016 as well as on the cover of Gente Magazine's 'People of the Year' in 2016.</p>

<p>During the Ambassador’s tenure in Argentina, bi-lateral relations between the U.S. And Argentina dramatically improved by initially focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship, energy, and educational exchanges and later adding security cooperation, counter-narcotics and climate change. His efforts resulted in a special "Corporate Citizenship Award" from the American Chamber of Commerce and the “Bridges of the Americas” award from the Centro de Estudios Americanos for his work promoting educational, cultural and professional exchanges between both countries. One such initiative was a unique educational exchange created for Argentine undergraduate students called “Friends of Fulbright” scholarship program, to dramatically increase the number of Argentines studying in the United States. It was lauded as the first public-private partnership in the history of Fulbright scholarships.</p>

<p>Previously, Ambassador Mamet was the founder of a business consulting firm with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The firm represented numerous business clients including Tesla electric cars, as well as SpaceX, the private sector leader partnering with NASA. Previously, he had been a key advisor to Democratic presidential candidates as well as numerous U.S. Senators and members of Congress. During the 2012 election, he served on President Obama's National Finance Committee.</p>

<p>A graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, he now lives in California as well as Buenos Aires, focusing on international investments in Argentina as well as Argentine companies expanding internationally.</p>

<p>Noah Bryson Mamet (born April 1969) was the United States Ambassador to Argentina under U.S. President Barack Obama. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California, and worked as the National Finance Director for House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt for nine years. He was a fundraiser for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and was nominated as Ambassador to Argentina in 2013, which was met with criticism. His appointment was filibustered by Senate Republicans, which was overcome by Senate Democrats. He resigned from office with a letter to the President on December 7, 2016, and left office as Ambassador on January 20, 2017.</p>

<p>Mamet was born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother in Manhattan Beach, California. He attended Mira Costa High School. In 1992, he graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree.</p>

<p>At age 21, Mamet entered politics by working on the 1992 U.S. Senate primary bid by onetime U.S. Rep. Mel Levine. He also worked for the California Democratic Party helping with Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign in Santa Barbara County. From 1995 until 2003, Mamet worked for onetime U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt while he was House Democratic leader as a senior advisor and national finance director. Mamet also worked on Gephardt's 2004 presidential bid.</p>

<p>In 2004, he founded Noah Mamet and Associates, a business and political consulting firm with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.</p>

<p>In 2007, Mamet served on the international delegation for the National Democratic Institute to monitor elections in Sierra Leone. He also has served as an adviser to the Wasserman Family Foundation in Los Angeles.</p>

<p>Mamet raised $3,200,000 for then President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in 2012. He is a member of the National Jewish Democratic Council.</p>

<p>On July 30, 2013, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Mamet to be the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This received criticism from certain political figures, who criticized the fact that Memet had never been to Argentina. On July 31, 2013, Obama formally nominated Mamet to the post. Mamet's nomination languished for months after his United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. He speaks conversational Spanish.</p>

<p>On June 24, 2014, the Senate's foreign relations committee voted to forward Mamet's nomination to the full Senate. On November 20, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Mamet's nomination.</p>

<p>On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Senate voted 50–36 for cloture on Mamet's nomination, thereby ending a Republican-led filibuster of his nomination. On December 2, 2014, the Senate confirmed Mamet in a 50–43 vote and he was sworn in on December 10, 2014. He arrived in Argentina on January 16, 2015, and presented his credentials that same day.</p>

<p>As Ambassador, Mamet stated his desire to build connections between the US and Argentina through science, technology, energy and student exchange.</p>

<p>After his appointment as U.S. ambassador to Argentina, Mamet was criticized for being part of a group of nominated "ambassadors that raised six-figure sums" for President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, including by websites such as The Washington Examiner and The Huffington Post.</p>

<p>Mamet has been a resident of Marina del Rey, California. He is not married and has no children.</p>

<p>One Barack Obama campaign contribution bundler will soon succeed another in Buenos Aires as ambassador to Argentina. Noah Bryson Mamet, who raised more than $500,000 for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, was nominated by Obama on July 30 to succeed Vilma Martínez, who served in Buenos Aires starting in July 2009.</p>

<p>Born circa 1971 in Manhattan Beach, California, Noah Mamet earned a B.A. at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1992. At the age of 21, Mamet worked for the Democratic Party as a driver and bodyguard during the primary election campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Mel Levine, who lost his race for the nomination to Barbara Boxer, who then beat Republican Bruce Herschensohn in the general election. Mamet went on to work for the California Democratic Party and helped run the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign in Santa Barbara County. In 1994 he was the campaign manager for Peter Mathews’ unsuccessful Congressional run in Long Beach.</p>

<p>Mamet served as senior advisor and national finance director for House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt from 1995 to 2003, and continued working for Gephardt’s unsuccessful presidential bid in 2004. Between 1995 and 2002, Mamet helped Gephardt raise more than $238 million for Democratic congressional campaigns, committees and other political groups. After the dust of the 2004 primaries had settled, Mamet founded Noah Mamet & Associates, a Los Angeles-based political consulting firm that today also has offices in San Francisco and New York.</p>

<p>Although he worked as a campaign contribution bundler for Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2008, Mamet became a key player in President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, bundling more than $500,000 for the President.</p>

<p>Mamet serves as a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the American Council of Young Political Leaders. He also sits on the boards of the Los Angeles based Green Dot Public Schools, a public charter school operator in California, and NatureBridge, a nonprofit that teaches math and science to children. In 2007, Mamet served on an international delegation for the National Democratic Institute monitoring the first elections in Sierra Leone after that country’s civil war. Mamet has also been an adviser to the Wasserman Family Foundation in Los Angeles, which focuses on philanthropic causes including education reform.</p>