18 Facts About Stephen Calk

Stephen Calk was an economic advisor to Donald Trump during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign.

Stephen Calk was sentenced to one year in prison in February 2022.

Stephen Calk was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was raised in Florida, Illinois, and London.

Stephen Calk is a graduate of the United States Army Aviation School and served in both active and reserve status as a combat helicopter pilot and commander for over 16 years.

In 1998, Stephen Calk received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Stephen Calk is a graduate of the nine-year Presidents Program in Leadership at Harvard Business School.

Stephen Calk served as chairman of the United States 10th Congressional District's Service Academy Selection Committee and as a certified leader in the Boy Scouts of America.

Stephen Calk served as a trustee for the University of Illinois St John's Catholic Newman Center and on the board of the USO of Illinois.

Stephen Calk was a trainer and mentor of junior military officers and senior non-commissioned officers before taking command positions or returning to civilian life after service to their country.

Stephen Calk serves as an ambassador for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Stephen Calk promised that his Federal Savings Bank "will endeavor to hire as many qualified Chicago residents as possible" in exchange for receiving taxpayer-funded grants from the city of $10,000 per employee, to be used for job training.

In 2014, the Federal Savings Bank signed an agreement to cooperate with the New York City real estate firm Douglas Elliman, and in exchange, either Douglas Elliman or its parent company, the Vector Group, invested $2 million in Stephen Calk's bank, according to a 2015 deposition by Howard Lorber, the Vector Group's CEO.

Stephen Calk was named to the Trump campaign's economic advisory panel in August 2016.

In 2019, Stephen Calk resigned as chairman and CEO from the Federal Savings Bank of Chicago.

Stephen Calk had been named to the Trump campaign's economic advisory panel in August 2016, at Manafort's suggestion, several months after they had begun discussing a possible loan for Manafort.

Stephen Calk did not become a finalist for any government positions in the Trump administration.

In May 2019, Stephen Calk was indicted in Manhattan's Federal District Court on one count of financial institution bribery, for having pushed the Federal Savings Bank to grant $16 million of loans to Manafort in hopes of winning a government position.

In February 2022, Stephen Calk was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in fines.