Chris Griswold

Chris Griswold is the Policy Director at American Compass, a think tank dedicated to restoring an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity. He has served in this role since March 2021.

Before joining American Compass, Griswold served as a senior advisor in the U.S. Senate. Before working on Capitol Hill, he helped launch and run a nationwide youth development nonprofit in South Africa.

Griswold currently serves as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo, Japan (since July 2025), and previously served as a CFR-Hitachi International Affairs Fellow in Japan in 2023. He also served as a Louis O. Kelso Fellow at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations from 2024 to 2025.

His writing has appeared in the New York Times, National Affairs, Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, American Affairs, Comment, and The Hill, among other publications. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.