Lawrence Grippo

 

Economic Unit of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs

 

Lawrence Grippo currently works in the economic unit of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs and previously served as a trade policy analyst in the Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the State Department.  He has participated in several official U.S.-China diplomatic dialogues including the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade and U.S.-China Innovation Dialogue.  Mr. Grippo was previously posted overseas in Warsaw, Poland and Taipei, Taiwan.  He also served as a reporting officer at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York during the 60th UN General Assembly.  Prior to joining the State Department, he worked as a project manager and business analyst for JP Morgan Chase in New York City.  Mr. Grippo holds a BA degree from Yale College and a MPA from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.  He speaks Polish and Mandarin Chinese.