Senior Vice President, US Government Relations

Craig Albright serves as BSA’s Senior Vice President for US Government Relations. In this role, he leads BSA’s team that drives engagement with Congress, the Administration, and all US states. He’s responsible for developing and implementing advocacy strategy to deliver results on issues across BSA’s policy agenda.

Prior to joining BSA, Albright spent four years as the World Bank Group's Special Representative for the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, managing relations with government officials, private sector executives, think tank academics, civil society leaders and others. Before that, Albright spent more than 12 years in the US government. He served in the White House as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Legislative Affairs and Deputy Assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for Legislative Affairs. In Congress, his positions included Legislative Director and Chief of Staff for former Congressman Joe Knollenberg of Michigan and Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Kay Granger of Texas.

Albright has been identified as one of the Top 100 association lobbyists by The Hill news organization and one of Washington’s Most Influential People by Washingtonian magazine. He is a native of the Detroit area and holds a BA in Economics from Michigan State University.

Posts by Craig Albright

BSA asked leading advocacy professionals at its member companies for their 2024 predictions on what to expect on Capitol Hill in the coming year. Read More >>

BSA is urging lawmakers to spread the benefits of responsible AI and other enterprise technology across the economy. What does that look like? Here’s a quick breakdown. Read More >>

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) was established in 2011 to help facilitate the US government’s digital transformation by authorizing companies to sell cloud services across government agencies. Thanks to a bipartisan effort led by longtime champion Rep. Gerald Connolly, Congress took an important step toward realizing the vision of the program when … Read More >>

BSA | The Software Alliance wrote House and Senate leaders urging them to advance the first-ever National Agenda for Digital Transformation in conjunction with the release of BSA’s 2023 US Policy Agenda. Read More >>

To aid policymakers as they create laws for the digital economy, BSA released our 2022 US Policy Agenda, highlighting 10 priorities for the enterprise technology industry in the year to come. Read More >>