Joseph Vaughan is the Director of Federal Government Relations and advises Invariant’s clients on environmental, social, and governance (ESG), diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues, and financial services policy. With more than 25 years of private and public sector experience, he has been at the epicenter of advising corporate executives and policymakers on the intersection of economic and DEI issues across the workforce, social impact and responsibility, and ESG throughout his career. 

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Before Invariant, Joseph was the Senior Diversity and Inclusion Policy Advisor for the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion Chairwoman Joyce Beatty’s (D-OH) office.  In this role, he designed and led the DEI policy agenda, including strategic engagement with C-suite executives and stakeholder organizations.  

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Specifically, he developed concrete and actionable legislative and regulatory policy proposals to advance DEI performance in the private and public sectors ranging from supplier diversity, performance transparency, and accountability to board diversity and access to capital and financial products. 

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Before that, Joseph founded the Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Forum, where he partnered with organizations to advance DEI performance in the financial services sector.  He also previously held leadership positions at the Williams Group and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

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Mr. Vaughan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania.