Shawn Gremminger, M.P.P., is president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. He is known for his wide-ranging policy expertise and government relations experience and has a successful record of working with coalitions, employers, and other health care purchasers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders, toward the mission of achieving high-quality, affordable, equitable health care.
Previously, Mr. Gremminger was senior vice president at Reservoir Communications Group, where he led communications and public affairs strategy and execution on a range of relevant issues, including 340B and the drug supply chain, employer-sponsored insurance regulations, and Medicare payment. He has a strong history of health care advocacy and public affairs with employers, plans, hospitals, and consumer organizations.
Mr. Gremminger has also been the director of health policy for the Purchaser Business Group on Health, a member of the National Alliance, where he ran efforts to improve quality and affordability for consumers and health care purchasers through federal policy. He has held senior leadership roles at Families USA and America’s Essential Hospitals.
Mr. Gremminger began his career as a lobbyist for the Children’s Hospital Association. He achieved a Master of Public Policy from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.