16 Facts About Toby Moffett

Toby Moffett attended Suffield Elementary School in Suffield, Connecticut and graduated from Suffield High School.

Toby Moffett received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1966 and studied in Florence, Italy from 1963 to 1964.

Toby Moffett received his Master of Arts from Boston College in 1968.

An avid Democrat and leading voice on environmental issues, Toby Moffett first appeared on the national scene in the 1970s as an environmental activist and coalition-builder in his home state of Connecticut.

Toby Moffett served as Director of the Office of Students and Youth in the Office of Education within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1969 to 1970, but quit to protest the Vietnam War.

Toby Moffett was regarded as a liberal and an opponent of the oil industry.

Toby Moffett served as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources.

Toby Moffett attempted a political comeback in 1986 seeking to gain the Democratic nomination over incumbent Governor William O'Neill.

Toby Moffett later was a broadcaster on WVIT Channel 30 in Hartford.

Toby Moffett was among those who coordinated a national effort on behalf of the Democrats to deny votes and ballot access to the Nader campaign.

Toby Moffett recently criticized the independent campaign of Joe Lieberman.

In 1999, Toby Moffett was nominated by President Clinton to be US Ambassador to Argentina.

Toby Moffett is a Washington consultant, and Chairman of The Toby Moffett Group, representing for-profit and nonprofit entities, including large renewable energy developers and several foreign governments.

In 2014, Toby Moffett joined the law firm of Mayer Brown as a consultant.

In 2020, Toby Moffett joined Washington, DC lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs as co-chairman.

In June 2021, it was reported that Toby Moffett registered as a foreign agent lobbying on behalf of Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned video surveillance manufacturer.