Vincent A. Roberti, Sr.

Mr. Roberti is Chairman of Roberti Associates and VAR II, LLC; and Chairman of the Board of Palisades Media Corp. and its related companies

Recently Mr. Roberti was credited as being instrumental in shepherding through the $67 billion merger of AT&T and BellSouth.

Mr. Roberti served four consecutive terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, and has the distinction of being one of the youngest members ever elected to a state legislature.

Mr. Roberti is an active member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) Speaker’s Cabinet. He serves on the finance committees of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the New York State Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

In the last election cycle Mr. Roberti acted as an advisor on more than 50 Senate and House races across the country.

Mr. Roberti serves on the board of the American Foundation for Aids Research (AmFAR) and has co-chaired its Cinema Against AIDS gala at the annual Cannes Film Festival since 2004. The 2007 gala, which Mr. Roberti chaired with Mr. Harvey Weinstein, raised more than $7 million.

Mr. Roberti serves as a trustee of the Empire State College Foundation (SUNY), the Catholic Alliance for the Common Good, as well as a board member of Blue Tiger Democrats, Inc.

Mr. Roberti was recently elected Board Chair of the Center for Christian–Jewish Understanding. 

Mr. Roberti was educated at Fairfield University in Connecticut.