Joel James Email & Phone Number

Saint Louis, MO

• Direct public policy and government affairs for Signature Medical Group, Inc., a physician-owned, multi-specialty practice of 140 physicians and over 1,000 employees serving the greater St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
• Represent Signature Medical Group interests and its mission in the areas of governmental policy through outreach, advocacy coordination and relationship building with a broad range of stakeholders, including health.
• Develop and advance public policy strategies at the state and federal levels that support improved health outcomes for the community at lower cost through the independent practice of medicine. Led strategy and drafting.
• Promote the thought-leadership of Signature physicians and executives in healthcare policy and practice and foster public dialogue on the relevance of evidenced-based medicine and physician-led care in achieving.
• Oversee development and implementation of communication, marketing and community engagement strategies that advance the mission of Signature Medical Group, its medical practices and physicians.
• Directed team focused on building the Signature Medical Group and Signature Care Management brands locally, regionally and nationally, as innovative healthcare organizations, serving the community with high quality.

Saint Louis, MO

• Recruited to establish and direct the Bank’s office of government relations and to establish the first national communications office for the policy-making body that oversees management of all Federal Reserve System.
• Congressional Relations – Led programs to foster trust and understanding of Fed policies and positions among federal, state and local public officials and staff through a proactive government relations campaign.
• External and Industry Relations - Actively advanced strategically focused outreach initiatives that engaged key stakeholders by promoting access to the Bank’s expertise, research, policy briefs and data resources.
• Communications – Directed public and media relations for the Financial Services Policy Committee, providing coordinated messages on national financial services and products.
• Public Policy - Guided the public policy function, demonstrating a deep understanding of relevant policy issues that affect the economy and devise strategies to communicate research findings to targeted stakeholders.

Dallas, TX And Washington, D.C.

• The RTC was established by Congress in 1989 to resolve and liquidate the assets of failed savings and loan institutions by the agency’s sunset of Dec. 1996.
• Headed governmental and public relations for the Dallas Regional Office of the agency – which oversaw the sale of over $81 billion in failed thrift assets.
• Acted as congressional liaison for the agency in its Washington, D.C. office.
• Key responsibilities/accomplishments: 1) directed all high-level communications between the agency and congress, the media and the public, 2) Created and directed outreach programs to inform congressional.

Master’S Degree, Poltical Economy And Public Policy

Bachelor’S Degree, History

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