JOE RUSSO joined Tiber Creek Group having previously served as Director of Coalitions for the House Appropriations Committee, where he led all external stakeholder engagement and strategy management, gaining broad support for appropriations bills moving through the House of Representatives.

Russo supported the second Trump transition team and served in the first Trump Administration as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison.

During his time at the White House, he was responsible for cultivating support for administration policies through coalition building and communication with private sector stakeholders ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small business across the country.

Russo was previously senior director of federal government affairs for the Association for Accessible Medicines. Earlier in his career, he served in a senior role for the House Judiciary Committee and on the legislative staff for Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). Russo is a graduate of James Madison University.