Mel Martinez co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission and Senior Health and Housing Task Force. He served as a senator from Florida from 2005 to 2009. He is also currently the chairman of the Southeast U.S. and Latin America for JPMorgan Chase & Co. Prior to his time in the Senate, Martinez served as the 12th secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, from 2001 through 2003.
