Experience

AHIP

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  • Directs and manages professional staff and lobbying firms in the development of federal government relations goals, developing and executing strategic plans, and delivering results on a broad range of policy issues before Congress and the Administration. • Works closely with CEO and executive team to develop a strategic vision for federal activities, including direct advocacy, coalitions, public affairs campaigns, and policy development.• Works closely with member plans to coordinate policy development and advocacy, leads and manages weekly member plan strategy meetings. • Oversees response to inquiries from elected officials, as well as development of testimony, position statements, written reports, and weekly congressional and member plan bulletins. • Oversees development and execution of political strategy, growth of PAC, and coordination of PAC and grassroots strategy with member plans and third-party organizations. • Twice named to Washingtonian magazine’s “Most Influential People” list, leads team named “Top Preforming Association – Lobbying” by APCO Worldwide’s TradeMarks study.



Tenet Healthcare

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director, Federal Affairs

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2018

  • Lead the Washington office of a Fortune 150 company, including team members, consulting firms, subsidiaries, and trade associations. • Responsible for the development, promotion, and advancement of the company’s federal government relations agenda through shaping goals, policies and initiatives that align with and support the company’s business strategies and operational objectives. • Provide high-level strategic insight to CEO, enterprise leadership team, and other internal stakeholders on policy, political strategy, legislative, and regulatory activity affecting $19 billion in revenue.• Run company’s grassroots advocacy and education program for 131,000+ employees, including more than 300 annual congressional meetings and dozens of congressional site visits.• Oversee Political Action Committee (PAC) and corporate contribution budgets, and lead company’s contribution oversight group.

• Director, Federal Affairs

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2014

  • Partnered closely with Business Units and Functional Groups across the company, to ensure federal affairs engagement and alignment with the strategic and operational needs, objectives and plans of the business. • Oversaw strategic alignment with community partners for 360 events over four months, along with the creation collateral material reaching 250,000+ targeted consumer households.• Guided Washington strategy during successful prevention of $7 billion hostile take-over attempt.



Carmen Group

• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Associate

  • 2007 - 2010



U.S. House of Representatives

• United States
• Legislative Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Committee on Education & the Workforce, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Chairman

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2006



Congressman Sam Johnson

• Legislative Director

  • 2001 - 2004



Rep. Bill Archer

• Senior Legislative Assistant

  • 1998 - 2001