Mariah E. Johnson, Md Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

Washington, Dc

• Lead staff for the Congresswoman for the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, with particular focus on public health, minority health and health disparities, health workforce training, and health education accounts;• Lead staffer in advancing the agenda of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Health Care Task Force – which the Member Co-Chairs – working closely with the Executive Director of CAPAC, and key AAPI health stakeholder groups;• Coordinates with Tri-Caucus offices to develop and advance an agenda to reduce and eliminate health disparities, expand access to quality, affordable health care for low-income and minority communities, and to maintain or increase appropriations for preventive and public health initiatives;• Legislative work includes the Real Education of Healthy Youth Act, which was reintroduced in February of 2014;• Direct the Congresswoman’s Poverty Policy Agenda, including the Democratic Whip’s Task on Poverty and Opportunity which the Member Chairs; the Congressional Black Caucus Poverty and the Economy Taskforce, which the Member Co-Chairs; and the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, of which the Member is a founding co-chair.

Washington, Dc

• Develop, execute, and analyze national legislative agenda for the Congresswoman, managing a full legislative portfolio of issues, including: Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Women’s Issues, Labor, Education, and the Congressional Social Work Caucus – which the Member Chairs;• Lead staff for the Congresswoman for the Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, with focus on Labor, Education, and Family Planning accounts;• Lead in advancing the agenda of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Health Care Task Force – which the Member Co-Chairs; Coordinate with Tri-Caucus offices to develop and advance an agenda to reduce and eliminate health disparities, expand access to quality, affordable health care for low-income and minority communities;• Outreach, mobilization, and coalition building of Members of Congress and key national, state, and local stakeholders, including planning and executing Member and Staff policy briefings;• Prepare statements, remarks, talking points, memos, press releases, scripts, web content, and opinion pieces;

Legislative Correspondent/Systems Administration, May 2011-December 2011, Washington, DC• Plan and execute legislative agenda for issues including Veterans Affairs, U.S. Postal Service, Commemorations, and Special Projects;• Coordinated constituent correspondence, including preparing responses and making recommendations to senior staff, on all legislative issues;• Analyzed, researched, and drafted scripts for Washington D.C. and Local Office staff in response to “Hot Topic” legislative issues on a weekly basis;• Provided timely updates to Congresswoman and Senior Staff on legislative issues of key interest to constituents.• Managed hardware, software, basic office network, and troubleshooting, for bicoastal office of 25 stations.

Congresswoman Donna Christensen, U.S. House Of Representatives

• Served on the Health Team, working directly with the Director of Health Policy in the office; • Represented the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust at various briefings and prepared one-page memos of the briefings to keep the Congresswoman abreast;• Assumed a pivotal role in the development of materials – including draft opening statements, talking points, and questions for witnesses – to prepare the Congresswoman for Health Subcommittee hearings and mark-ups;• Prepared the Congresswoman for health- and health policy-related keynote and other addresses by developing talking points, organizing relevant and pertinent background information, and – when necessary – developing PowerPoint presentations to complement the remarks; and • Collaborated with both the Congresswoman and the Director of Health Policy in contribution to the Foreword of book entitled, “Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in the Era of Healthcare Reform.”

Washington, D.C.

• Instructed 45 Middle and High School students (6th-12th Grade) on fundamental Biological topics including the scientific method, cell structure and function, cellular reproduction, genetics, animal and cell tissue systems, human anatomy and physiology, classifications, and ecosystems.

Doctor Of Medicine - Md, Medicine

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Activities and Societies: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Chapter

Education record

Participant, June 2009, Washington, DC • Practiced leadership skills modeled after elements of the integrated MBA curriculum and Yale.