Bob Graboyes

Dr. Robert F. Graboyes is Senior Healthcare Advisor at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Washington, DC. His work focuses on health care reform legislation at the federal and state levels. Dr. Graboyes also teaches health economics and finance in masters and doctoral programs at the Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Virginia medical campuses. Previously, he was an economics professor at the University of Richmond, Sub-Saharan Africa economist at Chase Manhattan Bank (New York City) and manager /economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Through his work, Dr. Graboyes has traveled extensively in Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, and Western Europe. His degrees are from Columbia University (MPhil, PhD), Virginia Commonwealth University (MSHA), the College of William and Mary (MA), and the University of Virginia (BA). He speaks French, Spanish, and Portuguese and was administrator of a foreign language immersion program at the University of Richmond. In his spare time, Dr. Graboyes performs jazz, Latin, pop, and classical music.

Robert F. Graboyes, MSHA, PhD

Senior Healthcare Advisor

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

1201 F Street NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20004

202.314.2063 | | http://www.bobgraboyes.com

Academic Training

• Columbia University, PhD Economics (2000)


• Virginia Commonwealth University, Master of Science in Health Administration (1998)


• Columbia University, MPhil/ABD, Economics (1984)


• College of William and Mary, MA, Government (1981)


• University of Virginia, BA, English (1976)

Current Employment

• Senior Healthcare Advisor, NFIB, Washington, DC (2007 – date)


• Adjunct Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University (1999 – date)


• Clinical Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Virginia (2005 – date)

Previous Employment

• University of Richmond (2001 – 2007): Visiting Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Language Across the Curriculum


• Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1989 – 2002):  Economist and Manager,


• Virginia Department of Taxation (1989): Economist


• Chase Manhattan Bank (1983 – 1988): Economist/2VP (Africa specialist, portfolio analyst)


• Hunter College of the City of New York (1983): Adjunct Professor

International Experience

• Countries visited on business: Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe.

Professional Organizations and Societies

• National Center for Policy Analysis (Senior Fellow, 2006 – date)


• American Institute for Economic Research (Research Fellow 2006 – date)


• Kazakhstan School of Public Health (Visiting Scholar, 2000, 2007)


• Global Interdependence Center (Member, Global Health Committee, 2006 – date)


• National Association for Business Economics (Chair, Health Economics Roundtable, 2004 – 06)


• National Association for Business Economics (Editorial Board, Business Economics, 2007 – date)


• Richmond Association of Business Economists (President, 1989 – 91)


• Virginia Association of Economists (Director, 1991 – 95)


• Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society (inducted, 1998)


• International Health Economics Association


• American Society of Health Economists


• American Economic Association

This Speaker's Events

Healthcare Forum: “Cost and Coverage:  Healthcare Chicken and Egg”

Healthcare reform has often been an argument between those who see cost as the paramount issue, and those more concerned with coverage. Should we consider cost and coverage separately, or must reform encompass both?

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