Professional Affiliation

Principal, Shea Public Strategies LLC

Expert Bio

Dennis Shea is the founder and principal of Shea Public Strategies LLC, a government relations and public policy firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, that focuses on housing policy and legislation. He currently serves as a consultant to the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Senior Health and Housing Task Force and the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families.

During his career, Dennis has served as one of the top staffers in the United States Congress (deputy chief of staff and counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole), as a high-level presidential campaign aide (policy director for the 1996 Dole for President campaign), and as the Executive Director of a presidential commission (the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service).  In 2004, Dennis was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  As Assistant Secretary, he led a team responsible for conducting much of the critical analysis necessary to support the Department’s mission.

Since 2007, Dennis has been a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and is currently the Commission’s Vice Chairman.