Greg Simon is an American political aide who supported Vice Presidents
Joe Biden and
Al Gore. His private sector work is concentrated in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and telecommunications sectors. Simon is credited with advancing key federal health care and telecommunications policies.[1]
Simon was an aide to Vice President
Al Gore, eventually working as his Chief Domestic Policy Advisor (‘93-’97)[2] where he shepherded the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, crafted regulations for the biotech industry, and represented VP Gore on the National Economic Council.
Simon served on the Health and Human Services review team for the
Obama-Biden transition in 2008.[11] He then joined
Pfizer as a Senior Vice President in charge of worldwide policy and patient engagement (2009–12).[1] He also served as Executive Director of the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force (2016) and President of the Biden Cancer Initiative at the
Biden Foundation (2017-2019).[1]
Simon was a co-founder of
FasterCures and the Melanoma Research Alliance, and has served as an advisor for a number of biotechnology companies including Day One Therapeutics,
Vaxart and WinSanTor.[13][14] He also served as CEO of Poliwogg.[2]
References
^
abcd"Greg Simon". The Forum at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-05-21.