Grogan has lived and worked in the Robson Valley, B.C. for the past 30 years. He has held a variety of jobs -- for the railway, in a sawmill, as a teacher and as a small businessperson. Grogan has been a director of both the Green Party of British Columbia and the Green Party of Canada and was the latter party's candidate for the riding of Prince George-Bulkley Valley in the 1997, and 2000 Federal General Elections. Grogan also ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada in 2003 and 2004, winning seven percent of the vote in the latter election. Grogan has associated himself with the fundamental or "fundi" wing of the Green Party of Canada.