Eddie Garcia
Eddie Garcia is a national security and supply chain resilience executive with more than fifteen years of experience strengthening America’s industrial base and advancing federal modernization. He has served across the Executive Office of the President, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Army, and now advises companies on capture strategy and supply-chain risk mitigation.
Born into a family with deep roots in the American Southwest and descended from Don Alonso de León, the Spanish colonial governor and explorer who led the first overland expedition into Texas. Eddie has always viewed public service as a calling.
He began in the United States Army, serving eight years on active duty that included a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a three-year tour in the Republic of Korea. After transitioning to civilian service, he served as a White House intern for President Barack Obama, where he contributed to the Data-Driven Justice Initiative, Policy Data Initiative, and My Brother’s Keeper.
While still in law school, he was tapped to join a Senate War Room during one of the most consequential legislative battles in modern history, helping craft the strategy that ultimately preserved the Affordable Care Act and protected healthcare access for tens of millions of Americans.
Eddie later returned to the White House as Procurement Analyst and Team Lead at the Office of Management and Budget. In that role he drove government-wide initiatives to rebuild domestic supply chains, advised Presidential appointees and Senior Executive Service leaders, and helped shape federal regulations and legislation governing more than $750 billion in annual spending.
His contributions earned him the Executive Office of the President Special Achievement Award for superior leadership in procurement policy for the Made in America Office. His work has been recognized with several honors, including a gubernatorial appointment to the Board of Directors of Virginia Humanities by Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Kentucky Colonel commission from Governor Andy Beshear, and two personally signed letters of appreciation from President Joe Biden.
He has also been invested as a Knight Commander of the Imperial Order of Dom Pedro I by the Imperial House of Orléans-Braganza. Eddie is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and Chatham House, and a regular invitee to the International Monetary Fund’s Annual Meetings, where he engages at the highest levels of global economic policy.
He holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of the Incarnate Word. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Sookyung, and their son.