PBGH Announces Shawn Gremminger as Director, Health Policy

Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) is pleased to announce Shawn Gremminger as Director, Health Policy beginning on March 16, 2020.

Gremminger brings extensive policy analysis and government relations expertise to PBGH, where he will help accelerate our vision of improving health outcomes, patient experience, and affordability for consumers and purchasers. “Shawn is a proven health care policy leader and advocate with experience in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance as well as payment and delivery system transformation,” said Elizabeth Mitchell, PBGH President and CEO.  “He is known as an effective consensus builder with significant experience building and leading action-oriented coalitions. We’re very pleased to have him on the PBGH team.”

Gremminger joins PBGH from Families USA, where he was Senior Director, Federal Relations. In that position, he led all federal-government interactions and directed the launch of Families USA’s new health care value initiative, Consumers First. Gremminger previously served as Director of Legislative Affairs, America’s Essential Hospitals; and Associate Director, Federal Legislative Affairs, Children’s Hospital Association. Gremminger 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, V.A.