About

Joe Grogan ​

Co-founder and President
Joe Grogan is a policy expert with a unique blend of private sector and government experience spanning over two decades in Washington, D.C.
At the Domestic Policy Council, he led efforts to de-regulate broad swaths of US commercial activity, including space exploration and commercialization, telecommunications, ocean mining and farming, housing and savings vehicles to enhance the economic security of American families.
Prior to serving in the West Wing as Domestic Policy Advisor, he was Associate Director for Health Policy at OMB, shaping policies directly impacting $1.3 trillion of federal spending. He has played a major role in some of the greatest policy fights that America has faced in recent memory.
From running the Washington D.C. office of Gilead Sciences, Inc. during the launch of its signature Hepatitis C treatment to serving on the White House Covid-19 task force during the first critical months of the pandemic, Grogan brings a unique perspective as someone who has seen policy from both the corporate and policymaking perspectives.
In government, he also served as Special Assistant to the FDA Commissioner and as Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) during the George W. Bush administration.
Grogan currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York at Albany and a law degree from the College of William and Mary.