● Advocate on behalf of 24 public and private Medi-Cal managed care plans that provide coverage to 10.8 million Californians to optimize positive regulatory outcomes. ● Build consensus among diverse health plan membership to provide unified industry responses to proposed regulations and policy guidance. ● Draft comment letters and develop position papers on proposed regulations and policy.● Lead and manage trade association workgroups with subject matter experts to inform and improve DHCS processes.● Collaborate with interdisciplinary CAHP teams to develop collaterals on legislative priorities and regulatory implementation.● Present to health plan staff on Medi-Cal policy developments at CAHP’s quarterly State Programs Committee meetings.● Develop briefing materials and information for quarterly Board of Directors meetings.● Establish and maintain relationships with various state and federal allied organizations with interest in regulatory matters affecting health care coverage.

● Proactively monitored and analyzed legislation with Departmental impact; drafted amendments and advised senior staff on agency positions. ● Researched, developed, and prepared legislative proposals to advance the Department’s mission and objectives.● Lead analyst for issues related to waste diversion, composting and mulch, waste tires, and landfills.

•Lead analyst for Division of Recycling, Division of Land Resource Protection, and the California Geological Survey; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Coordinator.•Tracked and analyzed legislation; drafted amendments and position papers.•Attended workshops and community meetings for legislative or regulatory impact.•Maintained a database of CEQA documents submitted to the Department and worked with Division CEQA coordinators to ensure timely completion of the Department’s responsibilities related to CEQA filings.

•Comprehensive Recycling Communities project manager for City of South Lake Tahoe.•Worked with South Lake Tahoe local government officials, business leaders, and residents to implement the city’s first curbside recycling program.•Solicited grants and worked with available DOR resources to accomplish the project’s stated goal of increasing beverage container recycling 15 percent per capita.

• Researched CalSTRS members’ work and retirement history and prepare memoranda detailing amember’s grievance and the applicable Teachers’ Retirement Law and recommend adetermination to legal staff, the Ombudsman, and the Deputy CEO.• Provided timely correspondence both verbally and in writing to explain fluctuations in pensiondisbursements.• Developed a comprehensive procedures manual and trained staff on making corrections tomember data using the TEALE database.• Processed member applications for retirement and postretirement option changes.