Experience

Massachusetts Health Connector
• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Assistant General Counsel

  • May 2019 - Present


Boston University School of Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Instructor

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  PM840 A1: Analysis of Current Health Policy Issues PM840 A1: Analysis of Current Health Policy Issues


Massachusetts State Senate
• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Legislative Director and Counsel

  • Mar 2016 - May 2019


Tufts Health Plan

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Compliance Specialist

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

  • Provide compliance support for all commercial insurance products with applicable state and federal law • Compile compliance documentation capturing relevant legal requirements, the processes that implement those requirements, and evidence of compliance validation • Coordinate responses to regulatory audits • Provide compliance support for all commercial insurance products with applicable state and federal law • Compile compliance documentation capturing relevant legal requirements, the processes that implement those requirements, and evidence of compliance validation • Coordinate responses to regulatory audits

• Health Law and Bioethics Fellow, Health Law Human Rights & Bioethics Department

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  • Taught “Public Health Law” and “Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks” • Effective oral and written communication of complex legal concepts • Performed research for Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department Faculty • Researched and wrote Fellowship paper on Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Grant Funding; currently seeking publication • Taught “Public Health Law” and “Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks” • Effective oral and written communication of complex legal concepts • Performed research for Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights Department Faculty • Researched and wrote Fellowship paper on Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Grant Funding; currently seeking publication

• Teaching Assistant, Health Law Human Rights & Bioethics Department

  • Sep 2013 - May 2014

  • Taught “Essentials of Public Health Law” and “Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks” • Effective oral and written communication of complex legal concepts • Taught “Essentials of Public Health Law” and “Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks” • Effective oral and written communication of complex legal concepts



Executive Office of Health and Human Services

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Legal Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  • Drafted legal memoranda, briefs, interrogatories, motions to dismiss appeals from administrative decisions concerning MassHealth benefits eligibility or seeking to recover improperly awarded benefits • Crafted HIPAA/93H document review checklist for lay staff to easily identify and protect the personal information of former and current HHS program beneficiaries • Participated in Physician Payment Reform Initiative implementation meetings and provider forums • Effectively collaborated with Assistant General Counsels and fellow interns to meet heavy workload and case deadlines Show less



Boston University School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2014

  Supporting a pro bono appeal (Markadonatos v. Village of Woodridge, 760 F. 3d 545 (7th Cir. 2014)) by Professor Jack M. Beerman: • Researched substantive due process validity of mandatory booking fees where validity of arrest or guilt of criminal offense has not yet been established Supporting a pro bono appeal (Markadonatos v. Village of Woodridge, 760 F. 3d 545 (7th Cir. 2014)) by Professor Jack M. Beerman: • Researched substantive due process validity of mandatory booking fees where validity of arrest or guilt of criminal offense has not yet been established



Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Law Clerk, Anti-Trust Division

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013

  • Conducted legal research and document review centered on anti-trust implications of health care organization contracts, mergers, and acquisitions • Drafted legal memoranda regarding the Partners Health Care-South Shore Hospital Merger, and prepared a summary of judicial review of “pay for delay” pharmaceutical settlements for a presentation by a Division Attorney • Conducted legal research and document review centered on anti-trust implications of health care organization contracts, mergers, and acquisitions • Drafted legal memoranda regarding the Partners Health Care-South Shore Hospital Merger, and prepared a summary of judicial review of “pay for delay” pharmaceutical settlements for a presentation by a Division Attorney

• Research Assistant

  • Jul 2012 - May 2013

  Under the supervisor of Professor Maria O’Brien Hylton: • Researched Retained Asset Accounts, ERISA, and Chapter 9 (municipality) bankruptcy rules • Contributed to publication, “Disclosure to the Rescue: A Conceptual Framework for Retained Asset Accounts,” Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 80, pp. 69-100 (2012); Central Falls Retirees v. Bondholders: Assessing Fear of Contagion in Chapter 9 Proceedings, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 525 (2013). Under the supervisor of Professor Maria O’Brien Hylton: • Researched Retained Asset Accounts, ERISA, and Chapter 9 (municipality) bankruptcy rules • Contributed to publication, “Disclosure to the Rescue: A Conceptual Framework for Retained Asset Accounts,” Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 80, pp. 69-100 (2012); Central Falls Retirees v. Bondholders: Assessing Fear of Contagion in Chapter 9 Proceedings, Wayne Law Review, Vol. 59, p. 525 (2013).



Telefund, Inc.

• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fiscal Administrator

  • Feb 2009 - Aug 2011

  • Managed 2-3 person teams under direction of legal counsel to compile documents and data for discovery purposes • Coordinated filing of state registration renewals and fundraising data reports with clients and state agencies • Performed company-wide Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable obligations; managed all major company accounts • Managed 2-3 person teams under direction of legal counsel to compile documents and data for discovery purposes • Coordinated filing of state registration renewals and fundraising data reports with clients and state agencies • Performed company-wide Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable obligations; managed all major company accounts



Grassroots Campaigns

• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Lead Daily Numbers Analyst

  • Jun 2008 - Feb 2009

  • Compiled daily canvassing data from 40 canvass offices nation-wide for upper management and major clients • Coordinated with the CFO, payroll, and cashiering departments to generate invoices, to audit company payroll, and to investigate donation fraud • Compiled daily canvassing data from 40 canvass offices nation-wide for upper management and major clients • Coordinated with the CFO, payroll, and cashiering departments to generate invoices, to audit company payroll, and to investigate donation fraud