Santanu K. "Sandy" Baruah is an American politician from the state of

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and is the president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Regional Chamber.

Biography

Baruah served as President

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’s last (acting) Administrator of the

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(SBA). In this role, he was responsible for the SBA's $18 billion small business loan portfolio. Prior to leading the SBA, Baruah served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce. In this role he led the federal government's domestic economic development program, the

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(EDA), served as the Senior Advisor to Commerce Secretary

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regarding the 2010 census and represented the U.S. at the

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(OECD) in

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. Baruah led the development and implementation of the Agency's award-winning balanced scorecard. Prior to his service in the Bush administration, Baruah was a corporate mergers and acquisitions consultant for the Performance Consulting Group. He also served in the administration of President

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(1989–1993) and was on the staff of U.S. Senator

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(Oregon). After leaving his most recent government service in early 2009, he was a Distinguished Fellow at the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, a

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–based think tank composed exclusively of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders. Sandy K. Baruah holds a B.S. from the

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and an MBA from

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. In 2010, Baruah was named president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Regional Chamber. The Detroit Regional Chamber is one of the largest regional chambers of commerce in the United States. In 2017, Baruah was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - Detroit Branch board of directors.

References

1965 births Administrators of the Small Business Administration American politicians of Indian descent Living people Oregon Republicans Politicians from Portland, Oregon United States Department of Commerce officials University of Oregon alumni Willamette University alumni George W. Bush administration personnel Asian conservatism in the United States {{Oregon-politician-stub