Joint Ctr for Pol and Econ Studies

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies "is one of the nation's premier research and public policy institutions and the only one whose work focuses exclusively on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color. For over three decades, our research and information programs have informed and influenced public opinion and national policy to benefit not only African Americans, but every American." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#cite_note-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#Board_of_Governors" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1 Board of Governors</a>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#Members_Emeriti" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.1 Members Emeriti</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#Founders" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">1.2 Founders</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#Related_Sourcewatch_articles" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.1 Related Sourcewatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3.2 References</a></li>

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Accessed August 2008: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#cite_note-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[2]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chair - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joyce_London_Alexander&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joyce London Alexander (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joyce London Alexander</a> - U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States District Court of Massachusetts</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Vice Chair - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_E._Kennard" title="William E. Kennard" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William E. Kennard</a> - Managing Director, The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carlyle_Group" title="Carlyle Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Carlyle Group</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Vice Chair - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roderick_D._Gillum" title="Roderick D. Gillum" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Roderick D. Gillum</a> - Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Diversity, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors" title="General Motors" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">General Motors</a> Corporation</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Secretary - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jacqulyn_C._Shropshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacqulyn C. Shropshire (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Jacqulyn C. Shropshire</a> - President/Owner, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Momentum_Unlimited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Momentum Unlimited (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Momentum Unlimited</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Treasurer - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Larry_D._Bailey" title="Larry D. Bailey" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Larry D. Bailey</a> - President, LDB Consulting, Inc.</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">President - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ralph_B._Everett" title="Ralph B. Everett" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ralph B. Everett</a> - President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dwight_L.Bush" title="Dwight L. Bush" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dwight L. Bush</a> - Managing Director - <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=D.L.Bush_%26_Associates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D.L. Bush & Associates (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">D.L. Bush & Associates</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_C._Chavern" title="David C. Chavern" style=" text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">David C. Chavern</a> - Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States Chamber of Commerce</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sanford_Cloud,_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanford Cloud, Jr. (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sanford Cloud, Jr.</a> - Chairman and CEO, The Cloud Company, LLC</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_W._Franklin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John W. Franklin (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John W. Franklin</a> - Program Manager, National Museum of African American History and Culture, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Smithsonian Institution</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_L._Mallett" title="Robert L. Mallett" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert L. Mallett</a> - Senior Vice President, Global Stakeholder Alliances, Philanthrophy & Corporate Citizenship, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pfizer" title="Pfizer" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pfizer</a>, Inc. and President of The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pfizer_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pfizer Foundation (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pfizer Foundation</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cynthia_G._Marshall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cynthia G. Marshall (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cynthia G. Marshall</a> - President, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AT%26T" title="AT&T" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">AT&T</a> North Carolina</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/William_F._McSweeny" title="William F. McSweeny" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William F. McSweeny</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dianne_Pinderhughes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dianne Pinderhughes (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Dianne Pinderhughes</a> - Professor, Africana Studies and Political Science, Presidential Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marva_Smalls" title="Marva Smalls" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Marva Smalls</a> - Executive Vice President for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Nickelodeon</a>, Nick at Nite, TV Land and Noggin</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_L._Taylor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Susan L. Taylor (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Susan L. Taylor</a> - Editor Emerita, Essence Magazine, Founder, National Cares Mentoring Movement</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Reed_V._Tuckson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reed V. Tuckson (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Reed V. Tuckson</a> - Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/UnitedHealth_Group" title="UnitedHealth Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">UnitedHealth Group</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_R.Webber,3rd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul R. Webber, 3rd (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Paul R. Webber, 3rd</a> - Senior Judge, D.C. Superior Court</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cynthia_M._Bodrick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cynthia M. Bodrick (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Cynthia M. Bodrick</a> - Assistant Secretary of the Corporation</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_B._Boyd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William B. Boyd (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">William B. Boyd</a> - President Emeritus, The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Johnson_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johnson Foundation (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Johnson Foundation</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Eddie_N._Williams" title="Eddie N. Williams" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Eddie N. Williams</a> - President Emeritus, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_D._Wolfensohn" title="James D. Wolfensohn" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">James D. Wolfensohn</a> - President and CEO, Wolfensohn and Company, LLC</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kenneth_B._Clark" title="Kenneth B. Clark" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Kenneth B. Clark</a> - Served from 1970 to 2005</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Louis_E._Martin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis E. Martin (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Louis E. Martin</a> - Served from 1970 to 1997</li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/James_A._Harmon" title="James A. Harmon" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">James A. Harmon</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Endowment_for_Democracy:_Grants_By_Country" title="National Endowment for Democracy: Grants By Country" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">National Endowment for Democracy: Grants By Country</a> (Received grants for work in Sudan in 1990 and 1991, and a grant for work in Zimbabwe in 1991)</li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barry_Malin" title="Barry Malin" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Barry Malin</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robert_M._Franklin" title="Robert M. Franklin" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Robert M. Franklin</a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gail_C._Christopher" title="Gail C. Christopher" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Gail C. Christopher</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies#cite_ref-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jointcenter.org/index.php/about_the_joint_center" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">About</a>, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, accessed August 20, 2008.</li>

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David C. Chavern "is chief operating officer and senior vice president at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Chamber of Commerce" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a>.

"As chief operating officer, Chavern manages the day-to-day activities of the U.S. Chamber's finance, information technology, communications, and human resources areas and serves as chair of the Chamber's Management Committee. He also has oversight responsibility for the National Chamber Foundation”the organization's public policy think tank”as well as relations with association and state and local chamber members. In addition, he has responsibility for the National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC) and the Office of the General Counsel. NCLC is the Chamber's public policy law firm.

"Chavern previously served as the Chamber's chief of staff and vice president of its capital markets initiative, where he quickly became one of the nation's leading voices on corporate governance and the regulation of U.S. capital markets. Before that, he served in several senior positions at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.Export-Import(Ex-Im)_Bank&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank (page does not exist)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank</a>, including deputy general counsel.

"Prior to joining Ex-Im in 1992, Chavern was in private practice in Philadelphia. He holds an M.B.A. from Georgetown University (valedictorian) and is a graduate of the Villanova University School of Law (Order of the Coif) and the University of Pittsburgh (University Scholar).

"Chavern resides with his wife and two children in Falls Church, Virginia. He is an elected member of the City Council of Falls Church." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_C._Chavern#cite_note-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">[1]</a>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Board of Governors, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joint_Center_for_Political_and_Economic_Studies" title="Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies</a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/David_C._Chavern#cite_ref-0" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jointcenter.org/index.php/about_the_joint_center/board_of_governors/david_c_chavern" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); padding-right: 13px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">David C. Chavern</a>, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, accessed August 20, 2008.</li>

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