Senior Vice President of Government Affairs

Jack Ruddy

From 2022 through 2025, Jack Ruddy served as Staff Director of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure – the largest House Committee with 65 Members - leading the T&I Staff through a consequential period for legislative activity on U.S. infrastructure policy. Prior to being Staff Director, Jack served as Deputy Staff Director of the Committee for three and a half years, where his primary responsibility was to serve as policy director - overseeing the development of legislative products and strategy - across the Committee. In total, Jack has served for over 14 years for Chairman Sam Graves in various policy roles including five as Legislative Director in his Congressional Office.

Jack played a leading role in developing and executing the campaign that led to the Republican Steering Committee electing Graves to his Committee leadership position in 2019. Jack was also the most senior member of the team that successfully orchestrated Graves securing a historic ‘waiver’ to Republican term limits that allowed the Chairman to continue serving for a fourth consecutive term atop the Transportation Committee – an achievement that has only happened once over the last 25 years.

Jack ushered the Committee’s agenda successfully through the legislative process during the 118^th Congress which was otherwise considered to be one of the least productive Congresses this century. The crowning achievement during this time was the enactment of a long-term FAA reauthorization bill, a $100 billion law which establishes the nation’s aviation policy and funding for five years. Additionally, he also led efforts that resulted in priority legislation being signed into law including a comprehensive water infrastructure bill, historic public buildings reforms, and reauthorization of the nation’s economic development programs which had not been done since 2008. The House also passed two consecutive Coast Guard bills by wide margins.

Critical to these successes, Jack established a reputation for working across the aisle and across the Capitol, building strong teams, bringing together diverse coalitions, and being responsive to rank and file Member priorities in assembling and moving these significant legislative products. Each of these efforts consisted of collecting and evaluating thousands of member and stakeholder requests and building products that passed even in difficult political circumstances – specifically, divided government, leadership upheaval, and a looming presidential election.

Jack is a proud native Virginian, having attended Robinson High School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, VA. He is also a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, a program focused on promoting bipartisanship and civility in public service.

He is married to his college sweetheart, Paige Ruddy, with whom he shares two sons – Joel and Barrett. Jack, who is an Eagle Scout, is active in volunteering with the boys’ cub scout troop, Pack 4077 in Alexandria, Virginia. The Ruddy’s are members of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Alexandria, VA.