Greg Simon is an American political aide who supported Vice Presidents Joe Biden and

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. 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.

Early life and education

Simon was a rock 'n roll drummer until he was thirty. He received his J.D. degree from the

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in 1983 where he was a member of the Law Review and the Moot Court. He has a B.A. in history from the University of Arkansas.

Career

Simon was an aide to Vice President

, eventually working as his Chief Domestic Policy Advisor (‘93-’97) where he shepherded the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, crafted regulations for the biotech industry, and represented VP Gore on the National Economic Council. Simon left the White House to found lobbying firm Simon Strategies. With his firm Simon lobbied for energy companies

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and

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, and telecom companies such as

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, and

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. Simon also lobbied for domain registrar

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.While maintaining his lobbying practice, Simon was a bundler and top advisor for Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign. Simon served as Executive Director for both the Biden Cancer Initiative (‘17-’19) and the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force (2016). He also served on the Health and Human Services review team for the Obama-Biden transition in 2008. After working on the Obama-Biden transition team, Simon joined

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as a Senior Vice President in charge of worldwide policy and patient engagement (2009-12).

References

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