Amy Wotring Email & Phone Number

Virginia, United States

• Led company’s relationships with highest priority associations, including patient, health care professional, and health advocacy groups, and represented company in high-profile settings. Oversaw budget in excess of.
• Developed engagement strategy for diabetes and cardiovascular relationships, and executed on strategic alliance engagement plans and partnerships.
• Collaborated with internal cross functional team to advance company’s priorities and partnerships with alliance partners.
• Informed and educated internal stakeholders on strategic alliance partner positions, activities, and strategic priorities.
• Co-led internal, cross functional team and grew support for $10 million education and awareness initiative managed by two of company’s priority external partners.
• Developed and secured approval for Public Affairs launch strategy for novel diabetes therapy including strategies to engage external partners.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led company’s diabetes and cardiovascular policy portfolios and advised on external healthcare environment.
• Worked cross functionally to set strategy and represent company’s policy agenda with external organizations.
• Led company’s PhRMA and BIO alliance development committee interactions and activities.
• Directed coalition advocacy strategies and secured passage of the National Clinical Care Commission Act and increased funding for the National Diabetes Prevention Program more than 150 percent.
• Served as the voice of patient advocacy within company’s public policy team.

Washington, DC

• Oversaw and executed company’s signature non-branded policy initiatives and programs.
• Managed key stakeholder engagement initiatives including the Diabetes Advocacy Alliance, a 24 member policy and advocacy coalition regarded as one of the leading advocacy coalitions in Washington, D.C.
• Developed tools and materials to support business objectives and needs of internal and external stakeholders.

• Monitored, analyzed and provided recommendations on federal legislation, regulations and policy initiatives.
• Developed and implemented lobbying and advocacy strategies to support Association priorities.
• Represented the Association on Capitol Hill and with federal policymakers.
• Participated in coalitions and cultivated relationships with leading patient, professional and health advocacy organizations.
• Drafted comment letters, testimony, fact sheets, articles, policy recommendations, and advocacy communications.
• Secured Medicare coverage of diabetes prevention program through multi-pronged advocacy strategy.

• Legislative Assistant (2006-2007), Director of Government Affairs (2007-2008), Senior Director of Government Affairs (2008-2010), Vice President of Federal Government Affairs (2010-2011)
• Directed internal federal government relations strategy, policy development and program implementation.
• Developed, maintained and strengthened relationships with policymakers, external stakeholders and coalitions.
• Drafted policy positions, regulatory comments, articles, speeches, testimony, reports and research briefs.
• Tracked state and federal legislation, regulations and policy initiatives.

• Conducted research and analysis on healthcare legislation.
• Offered political forecasting on relevant bills to clients and provided in-depth analysis of legislative trends.
• Responsible for tracking over 1,100 bills, executive orders and regulations.

Master'S In Public Policy

Bs, Political Science