Profile

John R. Graham is a seasoned healthcare professional, currently seeking opportunities at the intersection of healthcare finance, innovation, public policy, and government affairs.

In March 2017, Graham joined the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. He served for one year as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in Washington, DC; and subsequently as Regional Director for Region 10, including the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, until January 2021.

Graham received his M.B.A. from the London Business School (England) and his B.A. (with Honours) in Economics & Commerce from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA Charterholder) and is an affiliate member of the CFA Society of Seattle, WA, having completed all three levels of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) program.

Graham founded and chaired the Health Technology Forum: DC quarterly Meetup in Penn Quarter until March 2017. His research appointments have included:

• Senior Fellow of The National Center for Policy Analysis;
• Senior Fellow of The Independent Institute;
• Senior Fellow of the Pacific Research Institute;
• Senior Fellow of The Fraser Institute;
• Adjunct Scholar of The Mackinac Center for Public Policy;
• Contributor at Forbes.com's Healthcare & Fiscal Opinion section;
• Member of the Speakers' Bureau of The Benjamin Rush Institute of medical students and physicians.

Graham served as Vice-President of AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, until June 2013. Previously, he was the Director of Health Care Studies at The Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco, California from May 2005 through July 2012.  He was promoted to the additional responsibility of Executive Director of The Benjamin Rush Society in August 2011, a position he also held until July 2012.

Born in Canada, Graham previously served as Director of Health and Pharmaceutical Research at The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and commanded a platoon of infantrymen during his service in the Canadian Army in Canada, Cyprus, and Germany. (He also earned his military parachutist wings. Since leaving the Army, he has managed to stay on the inside of airplanes.)

Graham served on the institutional sales and trading teams of Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, Germany and Kidder, Peabody in London, England.  European financial institutions were his clients, and he achieved the position of Assistant Vice-President.

Contact John R. Graham by e-mail: jrghealthsectoranalysis@gmail.com