GRISWOLD, Chris

Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary (2009)
Bachelor of Arts, Wheaton College (2006)

2024 - 2025: Louis O. Kelso Fellow, Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
2021 - Present: Policy Director, American Compass
2020 - Present: Stephen M. Kellen Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
2020 - 2021: Senior Advisor for Innovation and Industry, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
2020 - 2021: Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio
2019 - 2020: Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
2015 - 2018: Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Tom MacArthur
2014: Executive Director, Tom MacArthur for Congress
2013: Freelance Consultant
2010 - 2012: General Manager & Head of Stakeholders, Columba Leadership South Africa

Policy Essays and Commentary

• “Not By Tariff Alone: Reorienting America’s economy requires a massive increase in industrial investment.” Commonplace. May 2, 2025.
• “Il voto dell’America profonda.” L'Osservatore Romano. January 20, 2025.
• Mark A. DiPlacido, Trevor Jones, and Chris Griswold. “Disfavored Nation: A Guide to Rescinding Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China.” American Compass. October 1, 2024.
• “Chipping Away: American semiconductor policy is getting the job done.” American Compass. August 7, 2024.
• “American Shuntō: Japanese lessons on the limits of symbolic outreach to labor.” American Compass. July 31, 2024. Reprinted in “Perspectives from Around the World.” Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (Tokyo, Japan).
• “The Credit Card Industry’s False Lifeline.” American Compass. May 23, 2024.
• “Il Fantasma Della Classe Media Rivuole Il Suo Corpo.” Mal D’America, edited by Lucio Caracciolo, Limes: Rivista Italiana Di Geopolitica, n. 3/2024. April 4, 2024.
• “Rebuilding the Supply-Side Platform: Boosting American investment and production when tax cuts will not.” American Compass. November 2, 2023.
• “Mapping America’s Supply Chains: Solutions to Unleash Innovation, Boost Economic Resilience, and Beat China.” Testimony of Chris Griswold. Hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce. 118th Congress, September 20, 2023. (Testimony of Chris Griswold).
• “The Dignity of Workers.” Review essay of Democracy at Work: Contract, Status and Post-Industrial Justice by Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck. American Affairs, Volume VII, Number 2 (Summer 2023).
• “Peace Through Strength: The Promise of Sectoral Bargaining.” Niskanen Center. January 18, 2023.
  https://www.niskanencenter.org/charting-new-course-ways-build-labor-influence-moving-forward/#essay4.
• “Servants No Longer: Worker Power and the Roots of Civic Friendship.” Comment. September 8, 2022.
  https://comment.org/servants-no-longer.
• Wells King and Chris Griswold. “State Capacity in Short Supply: Assessing the Biden Administration’s Industrial Strategy.” American Affairs. Volume VI, Number 3 (Fall 2022).
  https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/08/state-capacity-in-short-supply-assessing-the-biden-administrations-industrial-strategy.
• “Protecting Children from Social Media.” National Affairs. Number 51 (Fall 2022).
  https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/protecting-children-from-social-media.