ALEXANDER M. CRENSHAW (ANDER)
Director
Former Congressman Ander Crenshaw was elected to
the U.S. Congress in 2000 and represented
Florida’s Fourth Congressional District in the
U.S. House of Representatives for sixteen years.
During his tenure in Congress, he served
on numerous committees including the House
Appropriations Committee, where he chaired the
Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Subcommittee. He also sat on the
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and State
and Foreign Operations Appropriations
Subcommittee. Congressman Crenshaw also served
as a Deputy Majority Whip.
As Chairman of the Financial Services and
General Government Affairs Subcommittee,
Congressman Crenshaw was charged with the
oversight and funding of the Department of the
Treasury, Securities and Exchange Commission,
Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Internal Revenue
Service, Federal Trade Commission, and Federal
Communications Commission, among others. In this
role, he also led efforts to reform the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau and other aspects of
the Dodd-Frank Act.
Originally a member of the House Armed Services,
Budget, and Veterans Affairs committees,
Congressman Crenshaw also was active in
international affairs and established himself as
a respected voice on military issues. A champion
for our men and women in uniform, he advocated
for strengthening the nation’s defense
capabilities and secured funding for numerous
projects involving the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine
Corps, the Coast Guard, and Customs and Border
Protection Services in particular. In 2013, Navy
Secretary Ray Mabus recognized Congressman
Crenshaw’s dedication to the nation’s Sailors
and Marines and awarded him the Navy’s highest
civilian honor – The Navy Distinguished Public
Service Award.
As part of his leadership in international
affairs, Congressional Crenshaw founded the
Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign
Assistance and helped develop the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, which reformed the way
the United States provides foreign assistance.
In recent years, his signature legislation was
the passage of the ABLE Act to benefit
individuals with disabilities by allowing them
to open tax-free savings accounts for certain
expenses.
Prior to serving in Congress, Congressman
Crenshaw spent nearly 20 years as an investment
banker. He was a managing director at Drexel
Burnham Lambert and later senior vice president
at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He also
served as an elected official in the State
Legislature, ultimately serving as President of
the Florida Senate.
Congressman Crenshaw is Senior Counsel to the
international law firm King and Spalding, and
serves on the board of The Crohn’s and Colitis
Foundation. He received his B.A. from the
University of Georgia and his J.D. from the
University of Florida.