Membership Meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at Willow Oaks Country Club, 6228 Forest Hill Avenue, Richmond, VA 23225. Parking is free.  Our speaker will be Steven DeLuca, Vice President, Head of State & Local Government Affairs for Capital One Financial and he will discuss the political landscape and upcoming elections.

Steven DeLuca is Vice President, Head of State & Local Government Affairs for Capital One Financial, a Top 10 US  bank. He oversees a team responsible for engagement with state and local elected officials across the country and  is Capital One’s principal government affairs representative to the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

He is responsible for relationship management with governors, attorneys-general, legislators, and local  governments. He represents Capital One’s interests to trade associations, community organizations and state  agencies. Additionally, he manages a team of internal and external government affairs professionals. 

Before joining Capital One’s Government & Policy Affairs Group in 2007, he served as Chief of Staff to the Head of the Payments Business. In this capacity, he helped build a 100-person start-up division while simultaneously  serving as the principal speechwriter for the President of US Card. He has also worked as a senior relationship  manager and senior project manager since joining Capital One in 1999.  

He received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in political science with a minor in business management from  Drew University in Madison, NJ. At Drew, he was a recipient of the Gold D Award, the University’s highest award  for leadership and service. In 2009, he received Drew’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award. 

He spent 18 years as a volunteer firefighter and is a life member of Hanover County (VA) Fire & EMS. He served  four terms as President of Engine Company 10 and was twice named Firefighter of the Year. He received 3  Presidential Volunteer Service Awards and holds numerous emergency services certifications. He is a former  member of the North Bellmore Fire Department (NY) and Madison Fire Department (NJ). 

In 2015, Virginia Speaker of the House Bill Howell appointed him to the Board of Directors of Virginia  Commonwealth University Health Systems, a $3BB revenue, 13,000-employee academic medical center frequently recognized as the top hospital in Virginia. He was re-appointed by Speaker of the House Kirk Cox and  Governor Glenn Youngkin. In 2023, he was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin to the Board of Visitors of  Virginia Commonwealth University. He also serves on the Board of the Virginia Bankers Association. 

In 2022, he completed the Public Leadership Credential (PLC) at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is currently  pursuing the Mid Career Masters in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School with an expected  graduation date of May 2024. He lives in Richmond, VA with his wife and daughter

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