  Note: yes, this is urlLink a re-print , but I think it's good to bring up again since we all met Teresa at the convention. _________________ John Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, has a strong and successful career running several powerful philanthropies and people are bringing forth ethical questions regarding her work, should she become the First Lady. What if she were an international CEO? Imaginging a First Spouse professionally competitive, at the top of almost any industry field in which he or she is engaged brings the country to a paradigm shift that might just make it easier for women to break that political glass ceiling that is the Executive Branch. urlLink The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > The Massachusetts Senator's Wife: In Vast Philanthropy, Kerry's Wife Wields Sway : "...she has made it clear that she intends to carry on her philanthropic activities should she get to the White House. 'I checked it out with lawyers before the campaign began,' she said in a recent one-hour interview about her philanthropy. 'There is nothing that says I cannot do it. ' Yet the idea of a first lady who gives out $50 million to $70 million a year in private grants has intensified focus on her record and her role, supporting not just Pittsburgh but advocacy on issues like women's economic security, drug costs and environmental policy.
Terence Scanlon, president of the Capital Research Center, a conservative nonprofit organization that monitors the charity world and has been critical of some of Mrs. Heinz Kerry's giving, said she could well have even more influence than Mrs. Clinton, who led an effort to enact national health care when she was first lady..." 
