John R. Graham is a Visiting Fellow who contributes nearly three decades of health policy expertise to research across all of Paragon’s initiatives. He worked on Capitol Hill from 2021 to 2024 as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the House Committee on Ways & Means. From 2018 to 2021, he served as the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Regional Director for Region 10 (Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska), where he managed relationships with state governments and the private sector. In 2017-2018, John was the HHS Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation.
