Jeff Grieco

President & CEO, Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Grieco is the President & CEO of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC). Mr. Grieco is a Board Member Emeritus of ISOA and currently serves on the ISOA Advisory Council, chairing both the ISOA Ukraine Working Group and ISOA Afghanistan Working Group.

He is also an independent foreign policy consultant with senior leadership experience in the US Government and private sector providing advice based on his unique background in the fields of foreign policy, national security, international business development, congressional and public affairs, and international assistance programming. Mr. Grieco recently retired as Deputy Chairman of the Society for International Development-Washington Chapter, the largest trade association of the international development and humanitarian community.

He served as Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs at USAID and managed all agency global communications, media and public affairs, as well as congressional relations through a particularly difficult period in the post-9/11 period. He served on various Inter-Agency Policy Committees and was involved in the formation of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, PEPFAR, and multiple Presidential initiatives. Previously, he served as an international government relations counsel for major multinational corporations such as Westinghouse ESG, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Hyundai, and AT&T. In all, he provided services in 25 countries. He earned a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service Studies and a fellowship for graduate studies in comparative international management at Oxford University’s Templeton College. He graduated with Special Honors with an undergraduate degree from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs.