Robert Ordway

Indiana

Robert Ordway is the Senior Policy Advisor for Governor Mike Braun (R-IN). He previously served as Deputy Legislative Director to then-Senator Braun in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining that office, he was a Director at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) while completing the Koch Associate Program (KAP). He began his start in D.C. as a Washington Scholars Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

Before his 8-year stint in Washington, Robert was appointed to the City of Valparaiso’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) and Town & Gown Committee for Valparaiso University (VU). He was a candidate for Valparaiso city council in 2015 and a TEDx speaker at VU in 2016.

Currently, Robert is writing his first book, Millrat: A Memoir About ALS, Adversity, and the American Dream. Pieces of the book have been released on SubStack with over 15,000 reads each.