Experience

The AIDS Institute

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Executive Director

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Working to end HIV and Hepatitis in the United States. Advocating on behalf of people living with or at risk of HIV and Hepatitis to ensure they get the healthcare they need.

• Health Policy Manager

  • Dec 2018 - Dec 2019



Klein Strategies

• Consultant

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Offering strategic advice, research, reports, fundraising assistance, partnership development, program and project planning/management, meeting facilitation, and organizational planning support to mission-driven non-profits. Offering strategic advice, research, reports, fundraising assistance, partnership development, program and project planning/management, meeting facilitation, and organizational planning support to mission-driven non-profits.



EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Advocacy and Strategy

  • Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  I joined the EveryLife Foundation at a turning point in the organization. In my short tenure there, the organization lost its Founding Chairman and moved operations to Washington, DC, from northern California. I supported the Executive Director, supervised policy staff, managed the Community Congress Program, and ran a successful campaign to minimize proposed cuts to the Orphan Drug Tax Credit. I joined the EveryLife Foundation at a turning point in the organization. In my short tenure there, the organization lost its Founding Chairman and moved operations to Washington, DC, from northern California. I supported the Executive Director, supervised policy staff, managed the Community Congress Program, and ran a successful campaign to minimize proposed cuts to the Orphan Drug Tax Credit.



Klein Strategies

• Consultant

  • Nov 2016 - Apr 2017

  Consulted with non-profit organizations developing new projects and programs to define vision, strategy, activities, establish outcomes metrics, and apply for funding. Consulted with non-profit organizations developing new projects and programs to define vision, strategy, activities, establish outcomes metrics, and apply for funding.



Families USA

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Organizational Strategy

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2016

  As a member of the Leadership Team at Families USA, I supported the work of the organization by leading efforts on Medicaid and health insurance enrollment and coverage. I developed new business, created and maintained partnerships, was a lead spokesperson for the organization, supervised up to 6 department directors, managed special projects, helped develop the annual budget, and charted strategic new directions for the organization.

• Director, Enrollment Assister Support Center

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  I created a new program to support health insurance enrollment assisters, which included hiring experienced staff, creating a new network of assisters, creating online tools and resources to support them in their work, engaging assisters directly through calls and meetings, raising funds to grow our efforts and managing grants.



Enroll America

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Executive Director

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2013

  As the Founding Executive Director, I built Enroll America from the ground up, starting in 2010 after the Affordable Care Act was enacted. During my tenure, we raised more than $10 million and established Enroll America as the "go to" organization for expertise on health insurance outreach and enrollment. As the Founding Executive Director, I built Enroll America from the ground up, starting in 2010 after the Affordable Care Act was enacted. During my tenure, we raised more than $10 million and established Enroll America as the "go to" organization for expertise on health insurance outreach and enrollment.



Families USA

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director Health Policy

  • May 2004 - Apr 2011

  As the Deputy Director of Health Policy, I maintained expertise on Medicaid, CHIP, and strategies to expand coverage to the uninsured. I led an interdepartmental team focused on achieving policy change federally and in states that included members of the Government Affairs, Communications, Field, and Web departments. I set policy goals, kept staff informed about policy changes and emerging issues, drafted reports, testimony, fact sheets, online explainers, and a host of other materials. Our key success was the enactment of Medicaid coverage based on income under 133% of the federal poverty level in the Affordable Care Act, and CHIP reauthorization. Show less

• Senior Policy Analyst

  • Jun 2003 - May 2004

• Health Policy Analyst

  • Apr 1998 - Jun 2003

• Health Policy Intern

  • Jan 1998 - Apr 1998



Institute for Women's Policy Research

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Intern

  • Jan 1997 - Apr 1997