Pete Subkoviak is an expert on the intersection of direct cash transfers and economic mobility. He most recently led the Resilient Families Hub, a policy and research initiative within the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to his federal service he was the Director of Guaranteed Income and Economic Mobility at the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, where he led the nation’s largest publicly funded guaranteed income pilot.
A strong advocate for the rights and inherent value of working people, Pete is proud of his service to SEIU 775 in Seattle, where he directed a successful campaign to design and pass into law the WA Cares Fund. The bi-partisan legislation created the nation’s first public benefit for long-term care needs, which will cover Washington state’s worker and retiree populations beginning in 2025.
Pete earned a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing in health economics and insurance systems. During graduate school, he spent a summer working for the White House Domestic Policy Council and was also named a national Point Foundation scholarship recipient. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.