Josh Connolly

Josh Connolly is Senior Manager for Public Policy and Economic Graphs at LinkedIn. He advances LinkedIn’s policy and government relations across the United States by engaging members of congress and policymakers on Capitol Hill on relevant issues to the company, LinkedIn’s vision to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce, and the company’s ongoing development of the world’s first Economic Graph, which includes over 850 million members.

Josh previously spent 16 years on Capitol Hill, serving most recently as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) for nearly a decade, serving as her chief policy, communications, and political advisor. Josh oversaw a range of policy, media, and management issues related to the Congresswoman’s work as Chairwoman of the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, and Co-chair Biomedical Research Caucus.