October 21, 2026

Zach Graves
President & CEO
Bio
Zach Graves is president and CEO of the Foundation for American Innovation and serves on its board. He is a senior fellow at the National Security Institute's Cyber and Tech Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School. He also sits on the Polaris Council, a science and technology advisory board for the Government Accountability Office, and is treasurer of the board of the Institute for Progress. Before joining FAI, he directed the technology and innovation policy program at the R Street Institute. Earlier, he was manager of new media at the Cato Institute. He holds an MA in aesthetics and politics from the California Institute of the Arts and a BA in philosophy from the University of California, Davis.
Articles from Zach Graves

Fact Sheet on the Office of Technology Assessment
governance

Supporting Pro-Innovation Approaches for Advanced Pest Control Technologies
October 15, 2026
science policy

Emmet Penney to Lead FAI's Energy & Infrastructure Program
July 8, 2026
energy infrastructure

FAI Launches Frontier Legal Defense Program
June 29, 2026