An alumnus of the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama White Houses, as well as the Senate, has filed his first lobbying registration.
David Vandivier has an extensive resume in government, beginning with a 1994 internship for then-Rep. Tony P. Hall (D-Ohio). He started in March as director of government affairs at BNY Mellon and has registered to lobby on Dodd-Frank implementation and extending the Internal Revenue Code exemption for "active financing" income.
The exemption helps financial services firms defer U.S. taxes on certain income earned overseas.
Vandivier has made several rounds through Congress, the White House and various government agencies since the 1990s. His longest stint in Congress was as professional staff member to the Senate Budget Committee between 2003 and 2009.
Over the years, the new lobbyist has also interned in Vice President Al Gore's office and worked for the Department of the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget and Council of Economic Advisers, where he was chief of staff from 2011-13. He joined BNY Mellon after departing the IRS, where he served as senior adviser to Commissioner John Koskinen starting in 2013.
Vandivier has a bachelor's from Franklin College and a 1998 master's from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
