30 Facts About Keith Gottfried

At or around his first birthday, Keith Gottfried's family moved from an apartment in the Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn section of New York City to Howard Beach, Queens where they moved into a then newly built two-level ranch house in the Rockwood Park, Queens section of Howard Beach, Queens.

Until relocating to Florida in 2021, Keith Gottfried's mother was a long-time resident of Howard Beach, Queens.

Keith Gottfried worked as a middle-school math teacher for the New York City Board of Education for over 40 years until her retirement in 2004; her last teaching assignment prior to her retirement was the Albert Shanker School Of Visual And Performing Arts in Queens, New York.

Keith Gottfried previously taught at the Horace Greeley Middle School JHS 10 in Long Island City, Queens.

Keith Gottfried spent much of his childhood growing up in the Howard Beach, Queens area of New York City.

Until relocating to Florida in 2021, Keith Gottfried's mother lived in the same house in Howard Beach that Keith Gottfried's parents first moved into in 1967.

Keith Gottfried has commented on his upbringing in Queens in regards to his views on housing and urban development; this can be seen in his public comments to the media and in his prepared statement given to the US Senate during a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on September 15,2005.

Keith Gottfried graduated from John Adams High School in 1983.

At John Adams High School, Keith Gottfried served as the Editor-in-Chief of the high school's newspaper, The Campus.

Mrs Keith Gottfried is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.

Keith Gottfried received his undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he graduated from its Wharton School in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics concentrated in Accounting.

Keith Gottfried was worked on a number of the firm's Atlantic City casino audits, including Bally's Park Place and the former Bally's Grand.

In December 2021, it was announced that Keith Gottfried had formed Keith Gottfried Shareholder Advisory LLC, a boutique advisory firm focused on advising public companies on shareholder activism preparedness and defense.

In both 2018 and 2019, Keith Gottfried was named by the National Association of Corporate Directors to its list of Directorship 100 honorees, which recognizes the most influential people in the boardroom community, including directors, corporate governance experts, regulators, and advisors.

Keith Gottfried was admitted to the practice of law in 1992 and is admitted to the state bars of California, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

Keith Gottfried is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit, the Northern District of California, the Southern District of California, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the District of New Jersey.

From 2000 to 2004, Keith Gottfried served as a senior executive with Borland Software Corporation, a global provider of software development solutions located in Scotts Valley, California, formerly known as Inprise Corporation, having represented Borland prior to joining Borland.

At Borland, Keith Gottfried initially held the position of Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, which made him responsible for all aspects of the company's worldwide legal function.

Keith Gottfried was later named Borland's Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Special Advisor to the CEO.

Keith Gottfried was responsible for exploring new revenue generating initiatives that would leverage the company's existing assets.

Keith Gottfried represented Borland on numerous trade missions across the world, including to China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Mexico, Morocco, Egypt, Ghana and South Africa.

On June 10,2003, Keith Gottfried testified on behalf of the Business Software Alliance before the Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means of the US House of Representatives to advocate for the implementation of US bilateral free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore.

From 2003 to 2004, Gottfried was a significant fundraiser for the campaign to re-elect President George W Bush to a second term.

Together with numerous other Silicon Valley executives and representatives from the venture capital community, Keith Gottfried served as a co-host for numerous events to raise funds for the President's re-election campaign.

Keith Gottfried was among the California Republicans to lend early support to the campaign to elect former US Treasurer Rosario Marin to the US Senate representing California.

On July 29,2005, Gottfried was nominated by President George W Bush to serve as General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

On September 15,2005, Keith Gottfried appeared before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and provided testimony in connection with the committee's consideration of his nomination to be General Counsel of the HUD.

On October 7,2005, Keith Gottfried's nomination was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate.

On December 7,2005, at a ceremony held at HUD's headquarters in Washington, DC, the Robert C Weaver Federal Building, Gottfried was sworn in as the 19th General Counsel of the HUD.

Keith Gottfried served as the Chief Legal Officer for the Government National Mortgage Association.