Greg Waples is the senior manager of state engagement and outreach for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). He manages grassroots advocacy efforts, coordinating with NASSP principals, educators, state associations, and partners to advance the policy priorities of school leaders. He also helped found and lead the NASSP Principal Recovery Network, a group of school leaders who have experienced school shootings in their buildings and now reach out to every school that suffers a shooting tragedy to provide advice, guidance, support, and recovery assistance. Prior to joining NASSP, Waples worked for more than three years as a campaign manager at the Center for American Progress, focused on gun violence prevention issues. He also previously worked in the Executive Office of the President in the White House. He has several cycles of political campaign experience, including serving as a Pennsylvania regional field director on the 2012 presidential campaign. Waples has a bachelor’s degree in history from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.