Steve Caldeira is President and CEO of the International Franchise Association, the oldest and largest organization representing the franchising industry in the world. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., IFA works to protect, enhance and promote the U.S. franchise industry, which consists of 825,000 U.S. franchise businesses that create nearly 18 million jobs and 2.1 trillion dollars of economic activity annually. Mr. Caldeira has 30 years of government relations, political, communications, fundraising and professional development experience. Before joining IFA in June 2010, Mr. Caldeira served as the Executive Vice President of Global Communications and Chief Public Affairs Officer for Dunkin Brands, Inc., the 8 billion dollar parent company of Dunkin Donuts and Baskin-Robbins.