 The fund aims to invest and promote minority operated businesses.From 1990 to 1998, Graves was CEO to Pepsi Cola bottling franchise in Washington D.C.He held board and director memberships with a number of other corporations, including AMR Corporation, Daimler AG, Federated Department Stores and Rohm and Haas, as well as board member of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium in New York City.