BOSTON—President Barack Obama's "pay czar" has been elected the new chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Kenneth Feinberg succeeds Paul G. Kirk Jr., who was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to fill the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's Senate seat until after a special election in January
The foundation's board of directors announced Feinberg's election Wednesday.
The 64-year-old Feinberg was born in Brockton and has worked as chief of staff for Kennedy and an Assistant U.S. Attorney before founding his own law firm in 1993.
He's currently the Treasury Department official overseeing compensation at the the top seven recipients of government bailout money.
The Kennedy library foundation provides financial support, staffing and other resources to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
