He has three older sisters, Marion, Laura, and Lucy, and is a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family.
Both of his grandmothers, Mary Billings French and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, were important to the early development of YWCA USA.
Rockefeller ran for the Republican nomination in the 1992 United States Senate election in New York, campaigning against incumbent Alfonse D'Amato, and criticizing the conservative wing of the party.
[7] Rockefeller is currently a Trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council and President of the American Conservation Association.
Rockefeller served as a member of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission for 27 years.