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 Jason Grumet is
the Founder and President of the Bipartisan
Policy Center (BPC). Jason has 20 years of
experience working at the intersection of
science, policy and politics. Throughout his
career, he has built and led unique coalitions
that have realized significant policy
achievements at both the state and federal
level. With the leadership of former Senate
Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob
Dole and George Mitchell, the BPC was created
to develop substance based, bipartisan
solutions to tackle some of the nation’s most
pressing policy challenges through constructive
argument and principled compromise. The BPC is
currently focused on five major issues:
national security, health care, energy,
transportation, and agriculture. As President,
Jason oversees BPC’s activities from policy
development and advocacy to fundraising and
communications. His particular expertise lies
in energy policy. Since 2001, Jason has
directed the National Commission on Energy
Policy (NCEP), which is now a project of the
BPC. Under Jason’s leadership, the NCEP has
released a number of significant studies and
continues to actively advocate for its policy
recommendations in Congress and with the
Administration. NCEP continues to play a
significant in the national climate change
debate. Most recently, NCEP worked with
Congress on key aspects of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007. Jason is
a frequent witness at Congressional hearings
and has made appearances on NBC News, CNN,
MSNBC, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and
National Public Radio. He has also been
featured in the New York Times, Washington
Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and
Los Angeles Times, among other leading
publications. Prior to joining the Commission,
Jason worked for NESCAUM (Northeast States for
Coordinated Air Use Management), which
represents the Northeast Governors on
Environmental Matters. Jason received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University
and his Juris Doctorate from Harvard
University. He lives with his wife, Stephanie,
and their three children in Washington, D.C.
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