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Lexington, Ma, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Oversee marketing, communications, and government relations for ASPPH, the leading voice of academic public health. Developed and implemented a strategic plan for a new division to drive the integration and advancement of ASPPH’s advocacy, communications, external relations, and development initiatives. Promote the use of research and science to advance public policy in public health. Represent Deans, program leads, and faculty of schools and programs of public health to enhance their engagement with federal research programs, the White House, and Congress. Enhance ASPPH’s significant external presence while leading efforts to affect regulatory, legislative, and other policy issues that directly impact member schools, programs, faculty, staff and students. Liaison to the White House for the Hepatitis C Elimination Program and help lead an advocacy coalition supporting President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal. Led effort to reauthorize the Public Health Loan Repayment program and include $25 million in the House Appropriations bill. Organized the development of the ASPPH COVID-19 Storytelling Project, which highlighted the impact of schools and programs of public health during the pandemic. Oversaw the development of the ASPPH Gun Violence Prevention Framework. Ran the selection process for the Harrison C. Spencer Award for Outstanding Community Service. Overseeing ASPPH fundraising strategy. ASPPH liaison to the American Council on Education, the CDC Coalition, and the AdHoc Group for Medical Research.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Serve as the liaison between the university and elected officials both in Massachusetts and Washington, DC. Develop policy positions for the university on issues related to higher education, research and related government programs. Assist faculty with congressional testimony and connections with federal funding agencies. Active member of higher education associations.

Directed all legislative and executive branch affairs on the federal, state, and local level as well as coordinate community relations for Brown University and Medical School. Authored new integrated plan for Brown’s public policy and legislative affairs activities. Duties include developing policy statements, drafting briefing documents and congressional testimony, and representing the university in Washington, DC. Served as Brown’s representative to several federal advocacy organizations including AAU, AAMC, and the Science Coalition. Advocacy issues include, appropriations, research funding, higher education policy, health policy, tax legislation, and intellectual property. Served on the lead team working to develop a research partnership with IBM for Brown and the State of Rhode Island. Supervised Director of State Affairs, Community Liaison Coordinator, Assistant to the Director, and students. Developed regular policy updates for Brown administrators and office website.

Directed legislative affairs and policy development for the National Human Genome Research Institute. Supervised policy analysts, policy fellows and staff assistants. Wrote congressional testimony, organized congressional tours and responded to congressional inquiries. Facilitate congressional briefings. Authored and implemented plan for NHGRI’s public policy and legislative affairs activities. Liaison to other federal agencies, professional, non-profit, and community organizations as well as bio-tech / pharma groups. Lead NHGRI’s efforts on Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Directed policy development on issues of patenting, direct to consumer marketing, and personalized medicine. Co-developed new strategic plan: Vision for the Future of Genomics Research. Served as Planning and Evaluation Officer. Draft Institute’s yearly GPRA report and Congressional Justification Budget. Produced weekly legislative update for the Director.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Directed all legislative activities for the Society including writing testimony, organizing meetings with members of Congress and advocating for biomedical research funding. Legislative issues included appropriations, authorizations, and regulatory matters relating to biomedical research. Supervised district coordinator, consultants, administrative assistant and interns. Co-Founder of Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research and advocacy organization for stem cell research funding comprised of scientific & patient advocacy groups and universities, prevented the ban on stem cell research. Liaison to higher education advocacy groups, federal agencies, biotech/pharma organizations, and non-profits. Responsible for media contacts, including the development of a yearly press book for the annual meeting. Staffed Joint Steering Committee for Public Policy, ASCB Public Policy Committee and Public Information Committee. Coordinated Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus briefings. Directed grassroots organization plan and was responsible for hiring and supervising district coordinators. Ran national email legislative alert network for 3,000 scientist participants. Developed and maintained public policy web page. Wrote monthly newsletter Public Policy Briefing and Member Profile

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Responsible for project management, research, writing, development, project event planning and publication management. Supervised research assistants, copy editors, and support staff. Drafted and managed grant proposals. Prepared publications and books on subjects including global information infrastructure, digital libraries, and telemedicine. Project representative in Washington, DC. Monitored, analyzed, and advocated for federal telecommunication legislation. Developed and maintained project Web page

Durham, Nc

Responsible for tracking and analyzing state and federal legislative and regulatory matters affecting the university. Drafted reports and correspondence for the President, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Medical Center officers. Major issues included state and federal health care reform, appropriations, and higher education legislation and regulation. University representative in Washington, DC. Liaison to government officials for faculty and staff. Special events coordinator. Chairman, Information Taskforce, Duke Public Affairs Department. Liaison to federal and state political campaigns.

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Activities and Societies: Worked on Senator Terry Sanford's campaign

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