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Currently the Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, LLP, Ken Mehlman focuses on constructive outreach to the numerous stakeholders of KKR and its portfolio companies around the world. Before joining KKR, he was a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld where he helped businesses and individuals manage risk and seize opportunities at the nexus of business and public policy.

Aside from his interest in politics, Ken Mehlman is also an advocate for education. Together with Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Colorado Governor Roy Romer, they described both economic and moral reasons why Americans should focus more intensely on improving education.

“In my opinion, this is the justice and competitiveness issue of our time,” Mehlman said. “If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.”

Despite all the problems the country is facing such as war, economic crisis, and others, the government should still aim to improve US education system. After all it is through this system that leaders are born.