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Stewart Simonson

Vice President, Government Affairs

As Vice President for Government Affairs, Stewart Simonson is responsible for maintaining effective relations between SRA and government.

Simonson has more than 18 years of experience, serving in leadership roles in the public and private sectors. He was previously SRA’s vice president and director of strategic initiatives within the Global Health business, where he managed thought leadership on key health topics and provided strategic consulting for health-related projects and proposals.

Prior to joining SRA, Simonson spent nearly five years with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where he served in several senior positions, including deputy general counsel and assistant secretary for the public health emergency preparedness. As assistant secretary, Simonson coordinated public health preparedness activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health., He was instrumental in drafting and securing passage of the Project BioShield Act of 2004. From his first days at HHS, Simonson played an integral role in improving pandemic influenza preparedness and served as the Secretary’s point person for this work.

Simonson has received several awards recognizing his contributions to public health including The Surgeon General’s Medallion and the FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s Public Health Achievement Award.

Earlier in his career, Simonson was chief legal counsel to the governor of Wisconsin. He is a member of the D.C. and Wisconsin bars.

Simonson serves on the Advisory Committee for the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also serves on the Advisory Council for the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases.