[17] He earned the Pearson–FT Non-Executive Director SRF BTEC Level 7 diploma and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

With a capital of $130 billion, NDF was established to enhance economic diversification as well as to promote sustainable development financing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

[13][14][15] Groff serves on a number of advisory boards, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation,[25] the International Finance Forum,[26] CCICED,[27] World Learning,[28] Bretton Woods Committee,[28] Marine Stewardship Council,[29] Institute for Sustainable Communities[30] and the Global Footprint Network.

[31] Groff also writes regularly on a variety of climate change and development-related issues, including The Hill,[32] Project Syndicate,[33] The Wall Street Journal,[34][35] The Guardian[36] and The Huffington Post.

His 5th Great-grandfather was Major Steven Royce who was a delegate to the convention that signed the 1774 Dorset Accords which led to an independent Vermont Republic and future statehood.