Grad Advances Health Care for All

Shawn Gremminger ’04

Shawn Gremminger ’04

Shawn Gremminger ’04 will continue to advocate for a U.S. health care system that serves everyone – especially the most vulnerable families – in his new position as senior director of federal relations at Families USA. The consumer health care organization is dedicated to improving health and health care for all in the Unites States.

Gremminger has more than a decade of experience working in the nonprofit sector on federal health policy with a primary focus on Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Affordable Care Act.

Most recently, he served as director of legislative affairs for America’s Essential Hospitals (AEH), an organization that represents more than 325 large public and safety-net hospitals and health systems across the country. He studied political science and earned a master of public policy degree from the George Washington University.