Greg Shaw, director of advocacy and policy for the United States Program, oversees communications, policy, and finance efforts for the Education, U.S. Libraries, Pacific Northwest, and U.S. special initiatives. In this capacity, Shaw manages a policy and advocacy grantmaking portfolio and oversees relations with key partners in the public, private, and civic sectors. He previously led the foundation's Pacific Northwest program as well as early learning and college readiness work in Washington state.
Before joining the foundation, Shaw was a partner in the marketing communications firm of Shepardson Stern + Kaminsky (SS+K). He also spent six years at Microsoft, where he helped to create the company's giving program for public libraries. Prior to this, Shaw was an executive with Ketchum Communications in Washington, D.C. He has served in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Interior Department and in the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. He began his career as a writer and editor for the Cherokee Advocate, the newspaper for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Shaw has a B.A. in journalism from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He and his wife have two young children.