John Grubb is Chief of Staff at the Bay Area Council.

John’s previous positions with the Council include Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Vice President of Communications, in which he worked to transform a small-scale media program into a key focus for the Council that has generated more than 2000 print and broadcast stories each year. He helped formulate and execute many of the Council’s successful advocacy campaigns that have improved the lives of millions of Bay Area residents, and previously staffed the Council’s China Initiative.

Before joining the Bay Area Council, John worked at Hill and Knowlton and Porter Novelli, two of the world’s largest public relations agencies. Prior to his communications work, he founded, owned and managed a bar and restaurant in Manual Antonio, Costa Rica. His best selling drink was a coconut margarita, and to this day he has not revealed his secret recipe.

John volunteers his time on the Board of the Alzheimer's Association - Northern California and Northern Nevada, is a member and former Chair of the SF Public Relations Round Table (the oldest PR organization in America), and served on the Executive Committee of the campaign for SMART (the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit). A Vanderbilt University graduate, he and his wife Koren live in San Rafael with their daughter Natasha and son Jack.