Tim Ryan is a Senior Advisor to PPI’s new Campaign for Working Americans. Its mission is to develop a radically pragmatic governing agenda that can help Democrats and other center-left parties regain the allegiance of working class voters.
Ryan, who represented northeast Ohio in Congress from 2003 to 2023, is also helping shape PPI’s energy and climate work, which advocates for a realistic, “all-of-the-above” approach to America’s clean energy transition that can win the support of working families, including those with good production jobs in traditional energy sectors.
Ryan grew up in a blue-collar, Irish-Italian family in Ohio’s Steel Valley. In Congress, he earned a reputation as a leading champion for U.S. manufacturing and economic redevelopment in America’s industrial centers. In 2022, Ryan was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Ohio.
