Jeffrey Grieco serves as President and CEO of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC), having been elected to this position in May, 2017. He has served on the AACC Board since 2011 and previously served as its Vice President for Policy & Programs.

In addition, Mr. Grieco serves as an independent foreign policy consultant with senior leadership experience within the U.S. Government and private sector providing a unique mix foreign policy, national security, international business development, Congressional and public affairs and international assistance. As a consultant to senior executive management teams, he provides federal contracting, strategic marketing & communications and government relations services to U.S. and international corporations and global non-profit organizations. Utilizing an extensive network of professional contacts, Mr. Grieco meets frequently with Administration and Congressional leadership and staff concerning international assistance policies especially as it relates to authorization (policy) and appropriation (budgeting) for U.S. assistance and related foreign policy and national security issues. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at foreign policy, national security and international development conferences and private thought leadership events dealing with such diverse issues as humanitarian response, pandemic response, Sudan, stabilization of fragile states, Afghanistan private sector development and the crisis in Syria and broader Middle East.

As a U.S. Senate-confirmed Presidential appointee he served as Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs at the U.S. Agency for International Development/U.S. Department of State. Mr. Grieco managed all agency global communications, media and public affairs and managed U.S. Congressional relations through a particularly difficult period in the post-9-11 foreign policy environment.  In this role, he served as the Administrator’s official representative for all public and media affairs and public diplomacy activities involving USAID and was the agency’s lead public affairs representative at global meetings and conferences dealing with USAID’s role in the reconstruction operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Liberia and in response to major global crises and humanitarian disasters. His portfolio dealt with issues as diverse as USAID’s $20+ billion humanitarian and development portfolio and programs in more than seventy countries.

Mr. Grieco also served as USAID’s senior representative on various interagency and policy coordinating committees (PCCs) and working groups dealing with strategic communications, public diplomacy and public affairs including the Administration’s Iraq Stabilization Group (ISG), Muslim Outreach Coordinating Committee, and the Joint Policy Council of the Department of State and USAID. He has been awarded numerous Agency awards including a Superior Unit Citation, Superior Group Award, Meritorious Unit Citation, and several Meritorious Honor Awards.

Prior to joining the USAID, Mr. Grieco served as international government relations and business development counsel for major multinational corporations such as Westinghouse, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Hyundai, AT&T and many other corporations providing services in 25 countries. He also served as an Associate Fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, where he focused on U.S. Foreign Policy.

Mr. Grieco is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service Studies where he obtained a Masters Degree in Foreign Relations in 1986.  He received a fellowship for graduate studies in comparative international management at Oxford University’s Templeton College. His undergraduate degree is from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs (1982). He is proficient in Korean and French.  He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the International Stability Operations Association and Board member of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC).