Bank Policy Institute
Austin Travis Anton has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Austin Travis started their career as a Virtual Student Foreign Service at the U.S. Department of State, where they researched immigration and visa policy. After that, they worked as an Independent Contractor specializing in public policy and IT strategies for non-profits and political campaigns. In this role, they provided services such as direct mail marketing, data analysis, and website development. Austin Travis also served as a Board Director at the Veterans Heritage Project.
In 2016, Austin joined the Goldwater Institute, where they held multiple roles including Development Project Specialist and Donor Communications and Project Specialist. Austin Travis played a key role in supporting the institute's strategic fundraising initiatives by managing marketing campaigns, events, and donor retention efforts.
Currently, Austin is working at the Bank Policy Institute as the Vice President of Communications. Prior to this role, they served as the Assistant Vice President, Communications Specialist. Their responsibilities include overseeing communication strategies and managing internal and external communications for the organization. The summary reflects Austin's varied experience in communication, fundraising, public policy, and IT strategy.
Austin Travis Anton earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government from The University of Texas at Austin, completing their studies from 2011 to 2015. In addition to their degree, they obtained a Business Foundations Certificate from The University of Texas at Austin in December 2015. Recently, in October 2021, they received an Executive Presence Certificate from Cornell University.
Bank Policy Institute
The Bank Policy Institute (BPI) is a nonpartisan public policy, research and advocacy group, representing the nation’s leading banks. Our members include universal banks, regional banks and the major foreign banks doing business in the United States. Collectively, they employ almost 2 million Americans, make 72% of all loans and nearly half of the nation’s small business loans and serve as an engine for financial innovation and economic growth. Our staff includes economists, researchers, financial analysts and attorneys, all focused on using data and analysis to shape sound policy. We distribute our research and analysis to U.S. and global regulators, members of Congress, academics and media through academic-quality research papers, blog posts, white papers, comment letters, and Congressional testimony. We also serve our members through our Business-Innovation-Technology-Security division (better known as BITS), which provides an executive level forum to discuss and promote current and emerging technology, foster innovation, reduce fraud and improve cybersecurity and risk management practices for the nation’s financial sector. We take as a given that the business of banking is the business of taking and managing risk. BPI aims to shape policy to allow the nation’s leading banks to best serve their customers and fulfill their vital economic role while holding sufficient capital and liquidity to ensure that the risks they take are borne by their shareholders and creditors, not the taxpayer.