Ben Grove is the Legislative Director at Thompson Coburn LLP, leveraging bipartisan connections to provide strategic counsel on legislative priorities. He has worked on FIRST's federal and state relations for over twelve years, spearheading initiatives such as edits to the CHIPS and Science Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, and the Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act. Ben also serves on the board of the Victory Fund Campaign Board, the Diversity in Government Relations Coalition, and is president emeritus of Q Street, the professional association of LGBTQ lobbyists. In his free time, he loves to go hiking and experiment with new recipes.