Ryan Soukup Email & Phone Number

Boise, Id, Us

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Strategically engages stakeholders to identify and fund direct-to-need projects that improve health outcomes• Builds authentic relationships with stakeholders, including non-profits serving underserved populations• Produces an annual strategy for how Optum can address the social determinants of health amongst Medicaid members• Supports government relations activities by monitoring state and federal legislation, regulations and trends• Pitches stories and segments to the media and writes scripts for sponsored content and digital content• Manages the company’s public-facing website and external communications, including drafting and copy editing

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Assisted with the division’s emergency response to COVID-19 by serving on a communications task force• Led government relations activities, including meeting with Idaho’s federal delegation on Capitol Hill (DC) • Served as the legislative liaison to the Association of State and Territorial Health Organization (ASTHO)• Tracked activities of the state legislature, analyzed proposed legislation and compiled daily media clips • Managed internal communications, such as the division’s newsletter and numerous strategic plans• Drafted and edited division-wide external communications, including policy briefs and division reports• Supported the division’s Get Healthy Idaho project, which sought to address social determinants of health in Idaho• Designed and facilitated public meetings across the state to solicit feedback for proposed administrative rules• Provided support to the division administrator and the deputy division administrator for ad hoc or priority projects

Boise, Idaho Area

Greater Omaha Area

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Greater Omaha Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Omaha, Ne

Master Of Science (Ms), Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution

Bs, Public And Political Speech Communication

Activities and Societies: Goodrich Scholar