David Clunie

Executive Director Black Economic Alliance

David Clunie is Executive Director of the Black Economic Alliance (BEA) – the nation’s only coalition of business leaders and aligned advocates committed to economic progress and prosperity in the Black community with a specific focus on work, wages, and wealth. Before joining BEA, David led the State & Local Government Relations team at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase & Co., David was the Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury—an appointee of President Barack Obama and a member of Secretary Jacob J. Lew’s senior staff. David previously served as Deputy Associate Counsel at the White House and Deputy Director of Voter Protection on President Obama’s 2008 Campaign legal team in Iowa.
Before joining the Obama Administration, David was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he worked on commercial litigation cases and partnered with the NAACP LDF and the Brennan Center for Justice on pro-bono matters involving voting rights, police-community relations, prisoners’ rights, affirmative action, and disability rights.

David clerked for the Honorable Cynthia M. Rufe in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Howard University School of Law where he was editor-in-chief of the law review, and the University at Albany, State University of New York. David sits on the board of the National Urban League. He currently lives in New York City.