Steve Bartlett currently serves as president of the Financial Services Roundtable. He reorganized the membership base to include select member companies from all sectors of the financial services industry. Prior to that he was mayor of Dallas, Texas, from 1991-1995 and was a member of the United States Congress. A native Texan, Bartlett learned the value of hard work growing up on a small farm near Lockhart in south central Texas before moving to Dallas.

Bartlett served as ranking Republican member of the Subcommittee on Select Education during his entire tenure in Congress (1983-1991). From this post he provided significant leadership on disability issues, always with a view to maximizing independence for people with disabilities. Legislation on which he provided leadership includes the Americans With Disabilities Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). He also supported employment in vocational rehabilitation, assistive technology initiatives, early childhood intervention programs, the Baby Doe Protection for Newborns with Disabilities program, and the reauthorization of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act.

Both prior to and subsequent to his service in Congress, Bartlett has been active in disability issues. One of his proudest moments was when the Neurofibromatosis Foundation elected him "Best Dad-Texas." He was also named the Texas Legislator of the Year by the Texas Association for Retarded Citizens, and received the Henry Colin Humanitarian Award from the Dallas Regional Anti-Defamation League and the Legislative Leadership Recognition Award from the National Council of La Raza.

Bartlett graduated from the University of Texas at Austin where he also served as an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is married and is the father of three children.

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