Francisco J. "Frank" Sánchez (born June 16, 1959) is an American lawyer and business advisor, former

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at the Department of Commerce in the Obama administration.

Early life and education

Sánchez graduated with a B.A. from Florida State University in 1982. In 1986, he received a J.D. from

Florida State University College of Law Florida State University College of Law is the law school of Florida State University located in Tallahassee, Florida. The law school borders the southeast quadrant of the University's campus, near the Donald L. Tucker Center, an arena and part of ...

. He earned a

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from

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in 1993.

Professional career

From 1984 to 1987, Sánchez worked for then Governor Bob Graham and Lieutenant Governor

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. In 1987 he joined the law firm of Steel, Hector and Davis. In 1993 he went to work for CMI, an international consulting firm focusing on negotiations strategy and conflict management. He then co-founded CMI International Group and served as a senior advisor to CMPartners. From 1999 to 2000, he served as a Special Assistant to the President. From 2000 to 2001, he served as Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and

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. In 2001, he founded Cambridge Negotiation Strategies. Sánchez ran for mayor of

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in 2003. In the

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, Sánchez came in second after taking it to a

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Under Secretary of Commerce 2009-2013

On April 20, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sánchez to be

. After one and a half years, Sánchez was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2010. Sanchez played a leadership role in advancing President Obama's National Export Initiative, to grow exports abroad while creating and supporting American jobs. Under his tenure "22,000 companies realized about $190 billion in U.S. export content, about 96 percent ..small- and medium-sized companies". The number of these small and medium-size companies that export went up from 257,000 to nearly 300,000, which is a little over 1 percent of American businesses. Sanchez oversaw the development of U.S. trade policy, promoted U.S. companies in the global economy, strengthened American competitiveness across all industries, addressed market access and compliance issues, and administered U.S. trade laws. Sanchez led international trade missions with multiple U.S companies to emerging markets like China, India, South Korea, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia. He has been an advocate for U.S. businesses during international travel and domestic and international meetings. Sanchez was appointed by President Obama as one of five senior administration officials to the

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from 2011-2012. He has been on the Board of Directors for the

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, an "independent" U.S. Government agency that sells investment services assisting U.S. companies abroad. Sanchez has been a member of the non-profit think tank Council on Foreign Relations. His last day as Undersecretary was November 6, 2013. On November 6, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated former

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chief executive Stefan M. Selig as Sanchez' successor.

2014

As of 2014, Sanchez returned to the private sector where he is the Chairman o
CNS Global Advisors
In May 2014, Sanchez was elected to the board o
Archer Daniels Midland
an American global food-processing and commodities-trading corporation, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Sanchez is on th
Board of Counselors
fo
McLarty Associates
a Washington-based international business consulting firm, led by Nelson Cunningham,

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., which split off

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in 2008. Sanchez i
senior managing director
in the leadership team o
Pt. Capital
a 2013 private equity firm concentrating on investment in the Arctic, including Alaska, Iceland, Greenland and northern Canada Pan Arctic. He is a non-Resident Fellow at the

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, Global Cities Program.

Awards and recognition

* Top 100 Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine * Top Hispanics nationwide by Poder Magazine - "Black Book" * National Hall of Fame by Boys & Girls Club of America * Governor's Point of Light Award for Outstanding Community Service * Recipient of Daily Points of Light Award from the National Points of Light Institute

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