Stacy H. Schusterman

After the buyout of Samson Resources, Schusterman founded Samson Energy, a deepwater drilling company whose main assets are on the Gulf Coast of the United States.[1][7] She serves as its chair and chief executive officer.[1] From 2019 to 2020, Samson Energy contributed $2.5 million to liberal groups.[8]

Samson Energy's activities in Cheyenne, Wyoming are reportedly controversial due to their proximity to populated areas.[2] In 2019, the Cheyenne Area Landowners Association voiced concern about the placement of Samson Energy drilling spacing units, which partially fell within city limits.[9] In opposition to Samson Energy's proposed expansion, Wayne Lax, the vice president of the association, cited a study by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that found that fracking sites posed a health danger to individuals living within 2,000 feet.[10]

In 1991, with Michael W. Dardick, Schusterman co-founded Granite Properties, a Plano, Texas-based real estate investment company.[3][11][12] The company owns buildings in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Denver.[13] By 2015, Granite Properties had an annual revenue of $182.7 million and 150 employees.[11]

Schusterman is also the founder of Black Coral Capital, a Boston-based clean technology investment firm.[3]

Schusterman is a top donor for advocacy group Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI), and donated $1.55 million to the organization.[2] Schusterman has donated to a variety of political candidates, including Democratic politicians such as Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Shontel Brown and Republicans such as Senators Jim Inhofe and John Barrasso.[14] Schusterman serves on the board of trustees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).[15] Schusterman is a supporter of LGBT rights and has called for Congress to pass the proposed Equality Act.[16] Schusterman also helps fund National Parent Union and financial donor of most charters in Tulsa.

Schusterman also serves as the president of Bezalel Foundation, a non-profit organization which endows Jewish causes,[3] and as a member of the BBYO board of trustees.[3][17] She also serves on the international board of governors of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.[18] During the 2010-2011 period, Schusterman endowed the Stacy Schusterman '85 Scholarship at her alma mater, Yale University.[6]

Alongside her mother Lynn Schusterman, Schusterman co-chairs the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, "the largest Jewish family foundation in America", with her mother.[1] Schusterman and her husband support the Winter Relief Program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine and Moldova.[19]