• Secured the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Kidney Foundation, and ASN to launch United 4 Kidney Health (www.4kidneyhealth.org), an awareness initiative fulfilling Section 3 of the Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health• Co-Authored "Realizing the Goals of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative: Toward a Better Future for Kidney Disease Research Funding", published in Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease in January 2022• Co-Authored "Kidney-Related Research in the United States: A Position Statement From the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology", published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases in May 2021• Keynote faculty speaker for the National Kidney Foundation 2020 Kidney & Transplant Symposium. Keynote Address: A Close Look at the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative• Panelist for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases's Kidney Precision Medicine Project September 2019 meeting to discuss project's visibility and external engagement

• Secured the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and ASN that established KidneyX (www.kidneyx.org)• Panelist on policy and advocacy for American Physician Scientists Association’s 14th Annual Meeting

• Retained Kidney Health Initiative member organizations by building relationships with current members and promoting the Initiative’s work while recruiting potential member organizations• Developed annual and project specific budget while maintaining financial and membership records• Fostered a healthy atmosphere of patient engagement within the Initiative by drafting the organizational structure and charge for the inaugural Patient and Family Partnership Council

• Provided project management support and advanced steady growth in Kidney Health Initiative organizational membership and annual stakeholders meeting attendees • Assisted with communication planning and produced inaugural and subsequent annual reports and developed strategies for membership communications