Focus Areas
Public Policy
Policy Focus
Business
Economics
Finance
Revenue and Budgeting
GRAYSON R. SESSA
SENIOR ADVISOR
Grayson Sessa serves as Senior Advisor in the areas of business, economics, finance, and budget and revenue. He has served as a private equity analyst and an investment banking analyst for various Fortune 500 financial services firm.
Previously, Sessa served as a summer analyst in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs (2016), for Principal Maritime Management (2015), and as a spring analyst for Real E'Stakes (2015). He has also spent time working for CoVal Systems and previously served as a research assistant for the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Politically, he has interned with Jamestown Associates and with the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a past Chairman of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans and has hosted leaders such as Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Former Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), Karl Rove, and others.
Sessa is an alumnus of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where earned his degree in finance, accounting, and management, with a minor in political science. His academic interests include economics and, specifically, the overlap between economics and public policy.
Outside of finance and politics, Sessa sits on the Board of Trustees of Keningston Business High School in North Philadelphia, where he helped design their business curriculum. He is also an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and loves to run and read in his free time.
FAST FACTS: GRAYSON SESSA
SCHOOL?
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton
FIRST INTERESTED IN POLITICS?
I was interested in politics ever since seeing my neighbor run for township commissioner when I was about 8 years old.
WHAT NEWS PUBLICATION OR SHOW DO YOU CONSULT DAILY?
Real Clear Politics -- the best agreegation site out there.
FAVORITE MEAL?
Pepperoni Pizza
FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD YOU'VE VISTED?
Shanghai
BEST MOVIE OF THE CURRENT CENTURY?
Scorched
WAWA OR SHEETZ?
Definitely Wawa!
WEST WING, SCANDAL, OR HOUSE OF CARDS?
VEEP! What kind of question is this?