Brian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC) from 2017-2019, where he coordinated the development and execution of numerous health policies and advised the President, NEC director, and senior officials. After leaving the White House, Brian founded Blase Policy Strategies and served as its CEO.
Dr. Zinberg is the Director of the Public Health and American Well-Being Initiative at Paragon Health Institute. A native New Yorker, he recently served in the White House as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council, from 1/2025 to 8/2026. Previously, he completed two years as General Counsel and Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President in 2017-2019.
