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John began his career in Washington, D.C. with Congressman’s Paul E. Kanjorski ultimately working his way up to as Legislative Director and Projects Director where he was the lead adviser on all legislative issues. He also worked for Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur as her lead personal office staffer for the House Committee on Appropriations handling the Agriculture, Defense, and Financial Services subcommittees while overseeing science and technology and transportation issues, among others.

Additionally, John is a leader in the higher education advocacy community. He is the current chairman of the Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) and has previously served as president of The Science Coalition (TSC) and chair of the Council of Governmental Affairs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). John also has served in multiple leadership roles for the Council on Federal Relations at the Association of American Universities (AAU) and was the inaugural winner of AAU’s New Innovator Award in 2018. 

A native of Bucks County, PA, John earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and obtained his master’s degree in Public Administration and Graduate Certificate Public Budgeting and Financial Management from Penn State World Campus.