Lea Binder Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc

• Led grant development for ACC Education including managing grants team and strategy to meet financial target of $3 million per year and provided leadership across matrix teams for grant implementation • Maintained subject matter expertise in cardiology by reading scientific literature and consulting with member experts • Served as primary liaison for Education with business development and industry partners including presenting proposals • Collaborated with instructional designer to identify and incorporate innovative education formats (e.g., trivia, interactive infographics) and develop design blueprints for grant proposals and implementation based on adult learning principles • Identified and managed pipeline opportunities to meet financial targets and address emerging therapeutics • Developed proposals ranging from $45,000 to $1,050,000 for certified and non-certified education including drafting and/or directing development of needs assessments with identification of gaps and learning objectives to be addressed • Collaborated across divisions such as assessments & outcomes, accreditation, marketing, finance, market intelligence, technology, business development, science & quality, and patient voice teams

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led needs assessment strategy to develop a library of gap tables across clinical topics in cardiology for distribution to members planning annual scientific sessions and other activities that comprise ACC curriculum• Synthesized scientific literature to draft educational gap and need statements to develop high-level snapshot of key educational needs in clinical topics throughout cardiology • Supported the Curriculum Design Committee to ensure new educational activities aligned with the strategic plan and established gaps and needs, and managed various work groups related to proposal process, key insights, and gap tables • Collaborated with instructional design and needs assessment teams to translate education gaps into meaningful curriculum across various educational courses and other offerings• Partnered with business development to identify opportunities for alignment of member needs and industry interest and worked with team members to secure grant funding for certified and non-certified educational activities

• Led coordination and execution of multidisciplinary roundtables and the development of clinical policy documents• Supervised responsibilities for team of 8, including managing other managers, to ensure successful project execution• Modernized the development of ACC’s Expert Consensus Documents into actionable Decision Pathways with care algorithms and published methodology paper in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology• Established roundtables for high-value clinical topics to address practical issues in clinical care, tackle gaps in the guidelines, and to inform the development of clinical policy and tools, educational design, and patient engagement • Cultivated strategic partnerships with other medical societies for participation in roundtables and clinical policy• Developed content for roundtable marketing materials including brochures, invitation letters, leadership talking points, website, and other promotional materials • Managed staff allocations and contributed to budget for quality initiatives and policy development exceeding $1 million• Managed oversight task force and provided strategic guidance to the newly structured Science and Quality Committee by directing activities related to clinical policy and quality initiatives and contributed to writing methodology papers • Acquired subject matter expertise on heart failure and valvular heart disease and maintained expertise in anticoagulation and dyslipidemia to successfully contribute to projects and facilitate work with ACC members and staff • Ensured alignment of individual projects with the ACC’s strategic direction and in coordination with other departments and divisions (e.g., marketing/communications, IT, education, business development, and patient pathways)• Drafted proposals to secure financial support of activities and participated in meetings with industry partners

• Managed anticoagulation and dyslipidemia initiatives and coordinated across divisions on all related activities • Supported the Anticoagulation Initiative Work Group with all research, programmatic, and administrative tasks • Developed content for slide presentations, background documents, talking points, articles, and other materials • Identified and designed program components and worked with appropriate departments to implement• Reviewed and monitored scientific literature and other news on atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation• Provided direction to associate specialist on individual assignments related to various initiatives

• Worked with physician writing committees to develop clinical indications for appropriate use criteria (AUC) documents• Constructed algorithms of clinical indications representing the rating results for publication within AUC manuscripts• Developed reference documents for use in the rating process and as an online appendix to the published document• Prepared materials for meetings and weekly conference calls and develop call notes and action items based on discussions • Managed external review process, technical panel rating, societal review and approval, and publication of documents• Served as liaison between AUC and guidelines and registry staff to facilitate coordination among overlapping topics

• Conducted literature reviews and other research to draft background documents and text for IOM reports• Trained and supervised project assistant and coordinated project activities among staff to ensure adherence to policies• Assisted with study initiation, planning committee meetings and public workshops, and report release activities• Responsible for report production process including extensive editing and formatting report manuscripts for publication• Developed and managed project calendar to meet deadlines throughout the study process and monitored project budget

• Conducted literature reviews and analyzed information to develop text boxes, figures, and tables for IOM reports • Edited and formatted draft report text, performed thorough fact checking, and managed bibliographic database

• Drafted and edited memos, press releases, case studies, communication plans, and other documents for various clients • Monitored and identified media clips to provide overview of media coverage to clients in daily reports and clip books• Provided administrative support including office management and coordination of client meetings and conference calls

Masters, Legislative Affairs

Bachelors, Communications