David C. Chavern
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,  U.S. Chamber of Commerce

 

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David C. Chavern is executive vice president and chief operating officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Chavern has responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Chamber including finance, small business and Mid-Market membership, information technology, and human resources, and he serves as chair of the Chamber’s Management Committee. Chavern also is responsible for the Chamber’s Capital Markets and Intellectual Property policy initiatives. In addition, he has oversight 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 on the regulation of U.S. capital markets. Earlier, he served in several senior positions at the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, including deputy general counsel.

Before coming to Washington, Chavern was in private legal 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 on the board of governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, the leading think tank focusing on policy issues of importance to African-Americans. Formerly, he was an elected member of the City Council of Falls Church.

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