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David Safavian is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at CPAC and CPAC Foundation, where he advocates for policy changes that improve public safety, protect families and victims, reduce recidivism, and maintain fiscal austerity.

Safavian has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, where he taught courses in real estate ethics. He held two senior policy positions in the Administration of President George W. Bush: Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and Chief of Staff of the US General Services Administration.

Before joining the Bush Administration, Safavian was Chief of Staff to Congressman Chris Cannon (R-UT), a member of the House Judiciary Committee. He also served as a legislative aide to Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R-MI), when Schuette was in the US House of Representatives. Safavian clerked for US Magistrate Judge Paul Komives, and held a civilian position in the US Army Aviation and Troop Support Command.

In his spare time, Safavian regularly addresses graduate business schools as a guest lecturer, where he speaks about ethics and the criminal justice system. He has spoken at Catholic University of America, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University Maryland, Villanova University, and Virginia Tech. He recently co-authored an article on the role played by credit reporting agencies in the 2008 Financial Crisis, which was published in the University of Pennsylvania Business Journal. He also currently serves on the Board of the Clean Slate Initiative.

Safavian has an MBA from Loyola University Maryland, a master’s of law (LL.M) in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, a juris doctorate (magna cum laude) from the Michigan State University Detroit College of Law, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Louis University.