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A native of Indianapolis Mr. Straub holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Indiana University in Bloomington Ind. and a master's degree in international public policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Study.
Mr. Straub joined U. S. Steel in 1981 as manager-governmental affairs in the Washington D.C. office. From 1977 to 1981 he served at the White House as Special Assistant for congressional affairs to U.S. President Jimmy Carter. During his service in the White House he was responsible for managing the President's legislative strategies creating the Department of Education the reorganization of the federal government and many other domestic issues. He has served in a number of capacities in Indiana state government and in numerous national political campaigns.
Since joining U. S. Steel he has served as director-governmental affairs general manager-governmental affairs Steel & Diversified Businesses; and general manager-governmental affairs Energy. He became vice president-governmental affairs for USX Corporation in 1991 and was appointed to the Corporate Policy Committee in 1996 and the Corporate Management Committee in 2004. Mr. Straub was named to his current position senior vice president-public policy and governmental affairs in 2003.
Mr. Straub is responsible for all federal and state-level governmental affairs and public policy matters as well as international trade policy and trade negotiations affecting U. S. Steel. During his tenure he has developed broad knowledge of global trade issues and practices.
Mr. Straub serves as a member of the Industry Sector Advisory Committee a position appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative and has become a leading steel industry spokesman on a number of high profile trade initiatives. He serves on the Advisory Board of Manna Inc. a non-profit community-housing program active in the Washington D.C. inner city and is a member of the Federal City Council and the Washington Economic Club.
Previously he has served on the Advisory Committee of the Export-Import Bank of the United States and from 2000 to 2004 he served as vice chairman of the Center for National Policy. He is the past chairman of the Council of U.S. Producers of the American Iron and Steel Institute and past chairman of the Operating Committee of The Steel Alliance the industry's first comprehensive North American image campaign.
Mr. Straub has lectured both undergraduate- and graduate-level seminars at several universities including American University George Washington University Connecticut College and the Harvard University Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. | 