John Gibbs is the Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, where he leads a team responsible for research and policy development on domestic economic policy including taxation, federal spending, regulation, energy, trade, housing, and financial markets.

With more than 20 years of private, public sector, and nonprofit leadership experience, John most recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In that role he was responsible for leading the research and policy development agenda for HUD, which encompassed measuring the economic impact of major policies and overseeing research and studies on housing policy.

In the first Trump administration, John served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at HUD, overseeing an annual budget of $8 billion for programs addressing homelessness, community development, and disaster relief.

Prior to assuming senior leadership roles in the federal government, John began his career in Silicon Valley, working as a software engineer on cybersecurity products, as well as mobile phone software including the Palm Treo and the first version of the iPhone at Apple. John is completely fluent in Japanese and leveraged his language and culture skills leading Christian missions teams in Japan for several years prior to beginning his transition to government leadership.

John's writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and The Federalist, and he has authored a chapter in The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery on the application of behavioral economics to physicians.

John holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.