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Paul DeGregorio

Paul DeGregorio has spent his career focused on the promotion of democracy, elections and the right to vote. He decided to join Everyone Counts, Inc. as Chief Operating Officer in June 2007 because he strongly believes that the company and its team of professionals is uniquely focused on bringing the best technology and management solutions to election officials and voters in any jurisdiction in the world. DeGregorio has been impressed by Everyone Counts solution-oriented approach to private and governmental clients.

DeGregorio has served in significant policy-making, management, assessment and training positions for several prominent institutions. His impact has been worldwide, having worked in over 20 countries for over 22 years as an election expert. As Chairman of the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and the USA’s chief election official, DeGregorio focused on implementing the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and fostering higher standards for electronic voting, best practices for election officials, and encouraging the use of new technology to serve voters, particularly voters with special needs. While serving on the EAC from 2003-2007, DeGregorio help to distribute and oversee over $3 billion dollars in funding to US election officials, which brought new technology, new ideas and new leadership to the area of election reform.

DeGregorio has a unique perspective on Internet voting and the introduction of the type of solution-oriented technologies that Everyone Counts brings to its clients. He has been a speaker at many international conferences on e-voting and has assessed the use of Internet voting in the Netherlands, Estonia, and England, and worked with the Swiss government on a 2007 forum which focused on their successful e-voting pilot programs.

From 1993-2003 DeGregorio worked as a technical expert and later as the Executive Vice-President of IFES, one of the world’s premier NGO’s that focuses on bringing democracy to every corner of the globe. While with IFES, DeGregorio brought his considerable expertise to thousands of officials and led a team of 400 professionals in 23 countries.

DeGregorio began his career in elections in 1985, when he was appointed Director of Elections for St. Louis County, Missouri’s largest jurisdiction and one of America’s most complex voting districts. During his 8-year term, he conducted elections for 92 municipalities, 24 school and fire districts, and 3 congressional districts, gaining the reputation as a reformer with integrity.

His leadership has been recognized in the USA and the international community. In 2004, DeGregorio received the Freedom Award from the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) for his achievements in promoting democracy and freedom worldwide. In 2002 he was voted a lifetime member of the Association of Election Officials from Central and Eastern Europe (ACEEEO) and the Association of Election Officials of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Since 1986, DeGregorio has been a member of the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers (IACREOT) and has served as their Education & Training Chair. He has been a featured speaker at election official conferences and forums throughout the world, including the USA’s Election Center and the Office of Democratic Initiatives and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). DeGregorio is frequently quoted and has had articles published in numerous periodicals.

During his career DeGregorio served for 8 years as Director of Outreach for the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where he also received his Baccalaureate in Political Science. Earlier in his career he was an assistant to the Missouri Attorney General and was appointed a Special Assistant by President Ronald Reagan to the US Small Business Administration.

DeGregorio has served on numerous civic and educational boards and commissions in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where he resides with his wife, Kerry. The DeGregorio’s have four daughters and a granddaughter.