Demonstrate organizational leadership by encouraging staff professional growth and cultivating a culture of excellence, impeccable client service, accountability, and empathyLead client accounts by determining strategic direction, serving as key client counselor, and ensuring consistently excellent deliverables that exceed client expectations while maximizing financial returnLead new business proposal development response Lead intra-agency media group, providing counsel across teams and improving overall agency media capabilitiesAreas of expertise: Health policy, advocacy, and finance; Medicare and Medicaid; the ACA; patient safety, clinical trials, aging and older adult care; value-based, accountable, and managed care; health equity; medical specialty certification; primary care improvement; public health communications and moreMastered strategies and tactics include: integrated and multichannel communications plans, media strategy and relations, public affairs, crisis communications, advocacy and government relations, advertising and marketing, social media strategy, digital analytics, executive positioning, measurement and evaluation, stakeholder management and more

Constituent Lobbying: Planned two annual 500-person fly-in lobby events; liaised with lobbyists to identify strategic issue focus; worked with lobbying team to track developments, finalize lobbying ask, and identify whip list; created materials for lobbying including leave-behinds, one-pagers, and scripts; oversaw scheduling of 200+ visits (including with Members of Congress); managed and conducted constituent lobby trainings. Issues included: Medicaid, SNAP, the ACA, authorizations for military force, drone use, Pentagon spending and oversight, domestic human needs spending, appropriations, peacebuilding, criminal justice, and environmental protection.Communications and Recruitment: Created multichannel marketing communications plans to drive recruitment for each event; drafted key messages and content; conducted outreach to grassroots and grasstops advocates in whip list states and districts; oversaw outreach efforts and special assistance budget to increase diversity and representation; liaised with fundraising department on outreach to leadership level donors.Speaker Relations: Conducted speaker outreach to high-profile VIPs and members of Congresses and secured commitments, including from Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Chuck Grassley, and Rep. Keith Ellison.