Craig Albright

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

Why Congress Should Fund State and Local IT Modernization

Jul 14, 2020 in Cybersecurity

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving an unprecedented wave of digital transformation. Millions of public sector employees in the US and around the world have shifted to remote work overnight and the need for individuals’ digital engagement with governments has exploded. The far-reaching consequences of the pandemic mean that in order to deliver services to citizens … Read More >>

Software Policy Priorities Promote Trust

Jan 28, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Data, Global Markets, Industry, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Workforce

Software is integral to the US economy. BSA companies invest heavily in R&D, create intellectual property, and offer products and services to businesses of all sizes across the entire economy. The software industry supports 14.4 million jobs, adds $1.6 trillion to the US GDP annually, and invested $82.7 billion in research and development in 2018. … Read More >>

BSA’s 2019 Fly-In Renews the Push for Federal Privacy Legislation

May 28, 2019 in Data, Global Markets, Privacy

Last week, BSA’s Board of Directors came to Washington, DC  and met with Members of Congress to talk about policy priorities of importance to the software industry. These issues not only affect software companies, but also every industry across America that relies on software to succeed. BSA’s delegation included representatives from Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Box, … Read More >>

2018 Fly-In: BSA Talks AI, Data, and Workforce with Congressional Leaders

May 11, 2018 in Data, Industry, Privacy

On Wednesday, board members and executives from BSA’s member companies met with Members of Congress to talk about policy priorities of importance to the software industry. These issues also affect the American economy as a whole, since every sector relies on software. Our delegation included representatives from ANSYS, Autodesk, Datastax, DocuSign, IBM, Informatica, Microsoft, Okta, … Read More >>

Software Policy Priorities Look to the Future

Jan 16, 2018 in Data, Industry, Intellectual Property

The start of the new year gives us all a valuable opportunity to think ahead, and that includes Congress.  What can be accomplished?  What impact can be made now to have a lasting impact for years to come?  As every sector of the economy, and businesses of all sizes, increasingly use software in nearly everything … Read More >>