Experience

Strategic Health Care

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

• General Counsel

  • 2017 - Present

  • Registered federal lobbyist for government relations clients including not-for-profit health care systems and issue specific coalitions. • Advise clients on legislative and regulatory activity related to health care reform, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, 340B drug program, CHIP funding, DSH payments and tax reform. • Lead Critical Access Hospital Coalition, focused on Medicare reimbursement and practice issues.• Developed webinar for clients on changes to Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP) impacting physician reimbursement, while serving as firm’s expert on QPP. • Review, draft and negotiate contracts for client representation.

• Vice President

  • 2015 - 2017

  • Served as Executive Director for professional association client.• Created marketing campaign resulting in 47% increase in membership, growing organization from 407 to 602 members. • Developed content for 3-day annual conference resulting in highest attendance and number of exhibitors; boosted profit to $124K, achieving highest profit of all conferences.• Achieved 36% increase in exhibitor revenue in one year while increasing overall revenue by 30% through webinar sales, membership dues, and annual conference fees. • Provided critical information surrounding legislation and regulations impacting association members.



HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL OF AMERICA INC

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs

  • 2008 - 2014

  • Guided strategy to defeat attacks on company by hedge fund who sought Congressional, FTC and state AG investigations into company’s business practices. Prevented congressional investigation and detrimental legislation through extensive lobbying and informational campaigns regarding business practices. Developed grassroots advocacy programs, lobby days and third-party advocates.• Grew Political Action Committee (PAC) to largest dietary supplement PAC, tripling HLF contributions over 2 years. • Minimized impact of proposed FTC rule that would be detrimental to direct selling companies by collaborating with industry association to develop strategy, draft company and association comments and lobby Members of Congress. • Enhanced company’s reputation with Members of Congress by educating Congress on business model and safety and efficacy of dietary supplements.

• Senior Director, Government and Industry Affairs

  • 2006 - 2008

  • Supported passage of legislation to require reporting of serious adverse effects associated with dietary supplements to Food and Drug Administration. • Organized and led industry coalition to lobby for inclusion of dietary supplements in flexible spending accounts. • Partnered with corporate colleagues to obtain data for annual report to Department of Commerce and US Trade Representative outlining global trade barriers by estimated dollar amount. • Lobbied Congress to drive FDA to finalize good manufacturing requirements for supplement industry.



American Society of Anesthesiologists®

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director - Office of Governmental & Legal Affairs

  • 1999 - 2005

  • Developed and directed state legislative and regulatory affairs program, including development of strategy and management of state lobbyists and legal counsel.• Identified state legislation and regulations impacting practice of anesthesia across U.S. and informed members of association of proposed changes; provided insight and strategy to defeat adverse legislation and regulations.• Secured Medicare reimbursement for Anesthesiologist Assistants and maintained Medicare requirements for physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists through successful federal lobbying efforts.



Ziercher & Hocker, P.C.

• Associate Attorney

  • 1996 - 1999

  Commercial litigation practice Commercial litigation practice