Tweed Roosevelt

Tweed Roosevelt, the CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and a great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, has been involved with the TRA for over a quarter of a century, serving as Trustee, as a member of the Executive Committee. and as President.

After graduation from Harvard, Mr. Roosevelt served for two years as a VISTA volunteer in Harlem, Bedford Stuyvesant, and the Lower East Side of New York City and went on to NYC’s Human Resources Administration.  He subsequently earned his MBA and then taught for two years at Columbia University.  A long career in management consulting and finance culminated in his becoming Chairman of Roosevelt China Investments, which, among other businesses, owns and operates the House of Roosevelt on Shanghai’s Bund. 

Over the years, Mr. Roosevelt has done much to further the memory and ideals of Theodore Roosevelt.  He has lectured and taught about TR at numerous institutions and schools around the world, including Harvard, Marshall, and Santa Clara Universities, ranging from single lectures to a 20-hour course that involved as guest speakers most of the well-known historians of TR.  He has also lectured on a wide range of other subjects, including conservation and the environment, hunting, politics, literature, history, mathematics, Japanese-American relations, and exploration, and has retraced many of TR’s adventures in the American West, Africa, and the Amazon.  He has appeared on numerous television documentaries and radio programs and was awarded the prestigious Telly Award for his public service announcement on Presidential log cabins.

Mr. Roosevelt has two children and lives in Boston and on Martha’s Vineyard.