[5] Buttenwieser taught at the Dalton School for two years before leaving for Uganda as part of a federal teaching exchange program.
During the mid-1960s, he taught in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, headed the Pennsylvania Advancement School, and founded the Durham Child Development Center in 1970.
[9] He was also among the largest political contributors in Pennsylvania and supported for the campaigns of prominent politicians such as Ed Rendell, Paul Wellstone,[7] Michelle Nunn,[10] Tammy Baldwin,[11] and Bob Casey Jr.[1][12][13] During the 2000 United States presidential election alone, he donated $1 million to various Democratic Party candidates.
[14][15] Buttenwieser served on the board of EMILY's List to help advance female candidates and of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
[19][20] She is married to Gibson Dunn partner and sports litigation lawyer Maurice Suh, who was a former deputy mayor of Los Angeles in charge of public safety under Antonio Villaraigosa.