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Travis Johnson

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Founder and managing principal of 1607 Strategies, a government-affairs firm whose lobbying clients include Cross River Bank.

Identity and role

Travis Johnson is the founder and managing principal of 1607 Strategies, a Washington government-affairs firm. 1607 identifies Cross River Bank among the clients Johnson brought into the firm, and 1607 says it represents SBA 7(a), PPP, fintech, marketplace-lending, banking, tax, and financial-services clients.

LegiStorm identifies prior congressional staff experience.

Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role

Cross River was a PPP partner bank for fintech-originated volume, and 1607's own materials describe work for top SBA 7(a) and PPP financial firms. The Senate LDA and OpenSecrets records for 1607's Cross River account report an issue set built around banking regulation, fintech partnerships and the Paycheck Protection Program.

No personal enforcement action, PPP loan, or relief-fraud allegation was found.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

1607 lists Johnson as managing principal (leadership page; LegiStorm); 1607's news page records Hill Top Lobbyists recognition.

Gilles Gade is Cross River's founder and CEO. Cross River originated 478,866 PPP loans (about $12.9 billion) per SBA loan-level data and was a fintech partner bank for BlueVine, Kabbage and others; its FDIC consent order is covered in the Cross River profile.

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