Jon Baselice

Jon Baselice currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Head of Government Relations at Vanteo, a Greenville, SC-based immigration and workforce consultancy firm. He is also an Immigration Law and Policy Fellow at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, NY.

He is a former Vice President of Immigration Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. With a robust background in legislative affairs, he has played a crucial role in shaping immigration policy, actively engaging with Congress and executive agencies to advocate for comprehensive reforms. Before joining the Chamber, Jon served on the staff of then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, where he was instrumental in drafting key legislation and representing the Senator's positions on critical issues such as labor, immigration, and homeland security, including S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform package that was proposed during the 113th Congress.

Jon is a national thought leader on immigration and he has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Economist, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, the Financial Times, Forbes, among many other media outlets. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law and holds dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science from Syracuse University. He is a licensed attorney and he is admitted to practice law in Florida and New York.