Don Graves

Donet Dominic Graves Jr. is an American lawyer. He served as United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025. Graves also served as Acting United States Secretary of Commerce in his capacity as United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce for approximately two hours on January 20, 2025 from the time of the formal resignation of Gina Raimondo as United States Secretary of Commerce at noon on January 20, 2025 until the time of the formal appointment of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration and Acting Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Pelter as Acting United States Secretary of Commerce in the early afternoon on January 20, 2025 pursuant to Executive Order 13613 titled “Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Commerce” that was signed by President Barack Obama on May 21, 2012 and the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Graves also formerly led the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot and served in multiple roles in the Obama administration, including as an advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden.