Senator Leahy Business Breakfast

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Wednesday, May 25
8 - 9:45 am
Diamond Ballroom - $35 per person, REGISTER
 

Keynote Speaker: Don Graves, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development and Housing Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Kick off EXPO with the annual U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy's Business Breakfast.  This year's informative breakfast will host U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Graves.  Learn about the Treasury Department's efforts to expand capital to small businesses and have an interactive discussion with one of President Obama's leading economic policy advisor.

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287Don_Graves_Jr17.jpgDon Graves is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development and Housing Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.  In this role, Mr. Graves manages a portfolio of policy issues including business and small business finance and development, housing policy, community and economic development, capital access, job creation and issues related to underserved communities including community development financial institutions.  Previously, he served as a partner with Graves, Horton, Askew & Johns, LLC.  He is the former Director of Public Policy for the Business Roundtable, and was previously a Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Domestic Finance.  In addition, Mr. Graves oversees the newly created Small Business Lending Fund and State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Mr. Graves holds degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Williams College and Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center where he received the Dean's Award.  He served as volunteer Chief Executive Officer of Progress Through Business, a national nonprofit focused on economic development, supporting lower-income employees and sustainability.  He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Community Reinvestment Fund and Board of Directors of the Center on Business and Poverty, as well as the Advisory Boards of Wall Street Without Walls and the Greater Washington Board of Trade's Small Business Network