Don Graves

Donet Dominic Graves, Jr.[1] is an American banker and government official. On January 7, 2021, Graves was announced as the nominee for United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration.

Don Graves
United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
LeaderGina Raimondo (Nominee)
SucceedingKaren Dunn Kelley
Personal details
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Georgetown University) (JD)
Don Graves at Union Depot, Downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota in February 18, 2016

Education

Graves earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history from Williams College and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center.[2]

Career

From 1995 to 1997, Graves was the vice president and Washington, D.C. office director of New Equality. From 1997 to 1999, Graves was a policy advisor in the United States Department of the Treasury. From 1999 to 2005, he was the policy director of Business Roundtable. He was a founding partner at Graves & Horton, LLC, a legal services firm.[3]

During the presidency of Barack Obama, Graves served as the executive director of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.[4] After the council disbanded, he became a counselor to Vice President Joe Biden. In 2016, Biden chose Graves to lead the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot.[5]

After the Obama administration, Graves worked as the head of corporate responsibility and community relations and senior director of corporate community initiatives and relations at KeyBank.[6] In January 2021, President-elect Biden announced that he will nominate Graves to be United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.[7][8]

References
  1. "PN79-3 - Nomination of Donet Dominic Graves Jr. for Department of Commerce, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". United States Congress. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  2. "FDIC: Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (ComE-IN)". www.fdic.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  3. "Biden Transition Organization - Staff, Advisors". www.democracyinaction.us. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  4. Wallsten, Peter (August 23, 2011). "Black lawmakers grill Obama aide on jobs". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  5. Says, Blanka (February 10, 2016). "Biden picks adviser — and survivor — to oversee 'moonshot'". STAT. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  6. "KeyBank names Obama administration adviser and an industry lobbyist to lead government relations and community initiative strategies". Crain's Cleveland Business. May 4, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  7. Allard, Sam. "Biden Appoints KeyBank's Don Graves Deputy Commerce Secretary". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  8. "Biden expected to nominate Raimondo as Commerce secretary, Walsh as Labor secretary". NBC News. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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