Steve Judge
President and CEO, Private Equity Growth Capital Council
Steve Judge is president and CEO of the Private Equity Growth Capital Council. Before joining the council in 2007, Judge was senior vice president for government affairs and head of the Washington office of the Securities Industry Association (SIA), now the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Judge directed SIA's advocacy efforts for the investment industry in federal, state and international affairs. He joined SIA in 1991 as vice president and lobbyist. Judge also served as a member of several congressional committee staffs. From 1987 to 1991, he was deputy staff director of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives. Judge came to Washington in 1978 with Congressman Bruce Vento, eventually becoming the congressman's legislative director. He began his legislative career in the Minnesota State Legislature as staff assistant with the Senate Committee on Education. Judge holds a B.S. in government from St. John's University in Minnesota.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.