Brendan Buck

Chief Communications Officer at PCMA

Speaker

Brendan Buck is the Chief Communications Officer at PCMA, the national association representing pharmacy benefit manager companies.

Brendan joined PCMA from Seven Letter, a public affairs agency, where he was partner and specialized in health sector clients. Alongside his consulting work, Brendan was an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNOW, as well as a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.

Brendan spent more than a decade on Capitol Hill. He was counselor to House Speaker Paul Ryan, communications director at the House Ways and Means Committee, and press secretary to House Speaker John Boehner.

Brendan has also been vice president for communications at America’s Health Insurance Plans. At AHIP, he was the insurance industry’s top spokesman and drove a major campaign on health care affordability.

Brendan was also on the 2012 Romney-Ryan presidential campaign, serving as press secretary to the Vice President nominee. He held several other senior communications roles on Capitol Hill, including for later-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Rep. Tom Price.