Galen Hines-Pierce

Galen Hines-Pierce is the Founder and Principal of the Minerva Fund, which supports democratic governance and public-sector innovation by investing alongside major foundations and research centers.

​Galen advises numerous organizations and serves on several boards, including the American Governance Institute, Center for Civic Futures, Loomis Innovation Council at the Stimson Center, Harris Council at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, and Center for Effective Government. Additionally, he is a founding board member of the Center for Public Intelligence. He is also a strategic advisor to the Digital Parliaments Project, which supports digital transformation for parliaments in Caribbean and African nations, and is a co-founder of the AI-Enabled Policymaking Project (AIPP), a collaboration between the RAND Corporation, the Stimson Center, and the Tony Blair Institute.

​Previously, Galen served at the U.S. Department of Labor, where he helped run the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and supported trade negotiations and related congressional approvals.

​Galen earned a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago's Harris School and a BA in International Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.