Experience

RIP Medical Debt

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Public Policy

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Community Catalyst

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Policy & Partnerships

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  As Director of Policy & Partnerships, Eva plays a leadership role within the organization at-large, representing the policy leadership across internal teams and projects as well as externally, deepening relationships with key stakeholders. Eva works across the organization to identify how various initiatives intersect and how internal teams collaborate and coordinate within the organization to drive a health justice agenda. Additionally, she builds external relationships including those with national, state, and community-based organizations. Finally, Eva continues to provide thought leadership and policy support on issues related to children’s health, Medicaid, the ACA, and health equity.

• Associate Director Of Policy and Children's Health Lead

  • Dec 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Leadership role within the organization at-large, coordinating policy work across internal teams• Supports Strategic Director in developing federal policy agenda• Assists teams in connecting state and local work to broader organizational agenda• Works to advance health equity priorities internally & externally• Continues to support children’s health work, ensuring inclusion in policy goals

• Project Director, Children's Health Initiative

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2021

  • Guide and manage new project work that supports community-state advocacy partnerships • Develop new partnerships across sectors including in the areas of early childhood development, trauma, social-emotional health, education and child welfare• Build community-level advocacy capacity through in-person training and technical assistance• Provide strategic coaching and support to state-level advocates on community-level engagement• Support children’s health team in expanding their skill set and knowledge in cross-sector work• Provide leadership for children’s health care advocacy activities in over 15 states across a range of topics including Medicaid, CHIP, ACA and delivery system reform• Maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships among health care advocates, hospitals, health care providers, business leaders, and other key stakeholders in housing, education and early childhood development• Participate in communications strategies, policy work, coalition building efforts and campaign development for individual states around children’s health care issues• Support learning community platform including webinars, google group, best practices sharing• Conduct federal advocacy work, as needed, around children’s health care issues• Provide oversight to all products, alerts, proposals, and other materials produced by team staff• Develop key products on children’s health policy and advocacy such as Medicaid in schools and coalition tools to ensure inclusion of diverse voices• Supervise New England Alliance for Children’s Health (NEACH) project, a coalition project of CHI• Pursue and develop funding opportunities for the Children’s Health Initiative• Work with Community Catalyst senior staff to develop the organization’s national profile on children’s health care issues and expand child health project work to include health and wellness• Contribute to internal organizational teams including health equity and evaluation

• Project Director, New England Alliance for Children's Health (NEACH)

  • May 2013 - Dec 2015

  • Provide leadership for children’s health care advocacy activities – both federal and state-based – in the New England region • Maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships among health care advocates, hospitals, health care providers, business leaders, and other key players in the six New England states• Conduct federal advocacy work, as needed, around children’s health care issues• Raise funds from a range of sources to support the NEACH budget• Provide oversight to all products, alerts, proposals, and other materials produced by staff.• Supervise and provide guidance and feedback to the NEACH Senior Policy Analyst • Provide technical assistance to New England partners on the Consumer Voices for Coverage and Affordable Care Act Implementation Fund projects• Participate in meetings, reports, and activities related to the Consumer Voices for Coverage and Affordable Care Act Implementation Fund projects

• Policy Analyst

  • Sep 2009 - May 2013

  • Provided technical assistance to states in the areas of private insurance, Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a part of Consumer Voices for Coverage (CVC) program and the ACA Implementation Fund. This includes participating and leading learning community calls with state level advocates, developing materials, contributing to the Private Insurance work plan and strategy, and directly advocating at a federal level to advance consumer priorities• Policy lead for Michigan, Arkansas and Kentucky (expired); provide field support for Arkansas• Co-facilitated a quarterly call for ‘leader’ states that are implementing State-Based Exchanges• Wrote blogs that track a variety of ACA issues related to private insurance and Exchanges with a particular focus on Essential Health Benefits (EHB) and primary care workforce• Supported Southern Health Partners (SHP), responding to their unique ACA policy needs• Co-led Equal Opportunity Committee for 10 months tasked with responding to diversity needs of organization; currently sit on Evaluation Committee dedicated to improving evaluation of projects across Community Catalyst• Member of the External Affairs Committee that works to coordinate and advance the organization’s work outside the organization



Mission Possible Holliston

• Holliston, MA

• Vice President

  • 2006 - 2012

  Vice President and co-founder, Mission Possible Holliston, a non-profit dedicated to expanding recreational opportunities for children of all abilities Vice President and co-founder, Mission Possible Holliston, a non-profit dedicated to expanding recreational opportunities for children of all abilities



Schneider Institute for Health Policy

• Waltham, MA

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2003 - May 2008

  • Aided in survey instrument development in assessing physician deflection of patients to the ED • Administered the survey at two Boston area emergency departments over three months • Analyzed statewide data from hospital EDs exploring uninsured and insured utilization trends • Created a retrospective measure of overcrowding based on workforce data and patient severity • Aided in survey instrument development in assessing physician deflection of patients to the ED • Administered the survey at two Boston area emergency departments over three months • Analyzed statewide data from hospital EDs exploring uninsured and insured utilization trends • Created a retrospective measure of overcrowding based on workforce data and patient severity



Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science

• Information Technology & Services

• Consultant

  • Jun 2004 - Mar 2005

  • Authored a brief on the role of the emergency department (ED) in the healthcare system • Compiled data and research from a variety of sources including work with the Agency for Health Care Research (AHRQ) and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • Participated in developing recommendations for the Institute of Medicine report “The Future Role of Emergency Care in the United States Health Care Delivery System” • Authored a brief on the role of the emergency department (ED) in the healthcare system • Compiled data and research from a variety of sources including work with the Agency for Health Care Research (AHRQ) and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) • Participated in developing recommendations for the Institute of Medicine report “The Future Role of Emergency Care in the United States Health Care Delivery System”