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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters after watching people board a repatriation flight bound for Colombia in Panama City on February 3, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
Associate Director, Government Relations
Chris Gavin was associate director of government relations at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2020.
Chris Gavin was associate director of government relations at Hudson Institute from 2017 to 2020. Before joining Hudson, he worked as an executive assistant at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and interned at the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Chris holds a BA in political science from Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College and an MA from King’s College London in politics & contemporary history, where he primarily focused on defense issues and the U.S.-U.K. special relationship.