Clifton Rodgers

Biografía: Clifton E. (Chip) Rodgers, Jr. has successfully represented real estate’s stake in the national policy arena on a broad range of issues for over two decades. In addition to his work in federal government relations on national policy matters pertaining to credit, capital market and risk management issues, Rodgers has 15 years of experience in the capital markets and real estate finance at Mellon Bank, Fannie Mae, The First Boston Corporation, Phillips Realty Capital, a Goldman, Sachs & Co venture with the J.E. Robert Companies (now known as the Archon Group), and Legg Mason. Rodgers was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to direct the U.S. Treasury Department’s office of business liaison, where he focused on a broad range of issues and regulatory actions affecting America’s business and financial services sectors. Since 9/11, he has worked extensively on terrorism risk management and mitigation issues as executive director of the Real Estate Information Sharing and Analysis Center (www.reisac.org) and played a leading role in the enactment of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and its subsequent extensions. In addition to his current position with The Real Estate Roundtable, Rodgers served for fifteen years as a founding director of the Bank of Georgetown in Washington, DC. He also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, as an industry trade advisor to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S Department of Commerce, on the steering committee of the Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT), a member of the Natural Catastrophe Policyholder Coalition, as an advisor to the RAND Corporation’s Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy, as well as a number of other civic, educational and corporate boards. He is a frequent speaker at industry forums and has appeared on the CBS Evening News, CNBC’s Squawk Box and PBS’ Nightly Business Report.