Axios Pro: Health Care Policy
July 03, 2024
We're back! Here's our monthly look at who's working where in the health care policy world.
- We'll be back to our regular publishing schedule on Monday, or sooner if there's breaking news.
🎶 Today's last tune is the late, great Elliott Smith's "Independence Day." (We know, we're stealing "last tune" from our colleagues at Axios Pro: Energy Policy, but the song is too good not to use.)
1 big thing: People moves that caught our eye
Government moves
- Robin Juliano is now policy director for House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark. She previously was at Cornerstone Government Affairs and is a former staff director of the House Appropriations Committee.
- Vidhya Jeyadev is joining Rep. Elissa Slotkin's Senate campaign in a communications role. She was previously the press secretary for the House Ways and Means Committee Democrats.
- Zach Dembner is now associate communications director at the White House. He previously was senior adviser for communications at HHS.
Industry and lobbying moves
- Angie Boliver is now president and CEO of the Healthcare Supply Chain Association. She has also served as president of AB Communications Strategies.
- Jim Rechtin has assumed the role of president and CEO of Humana. He was previously the president and CEO of Envision Healthcare.
- Mitchell Vakerics has joined the Petrizzo Group as a vice president focused on health policy lobbying. He was previously the managing director at the Prime Policy group and was a legislative staffer for Republican members of House Energy and Commerce.
- Courtney Johnson has been promoted to lead the Alpine Group's health care policy practice. Johnson previously served as a principal at the Alpine Group and also worked as a policy staffer for Energy and Commerce Democrats.
- Gui Woolston is now chief analytics officer at Aledade. He was previously Connecticut's Medicaid director.
- Vivek Kavadi is now CEO of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. He was previously regional medical director for Texas Oncology.
- Sean Roddy is joining the National Association of Community Health Centers as chief financial officer. He previously was CFO for the Society for Human Resource Management.
- Sean Brown is joining the Healthcare Leadership Council as vice president of communications. He previously was vice president of public affairs and digital strategy at the Federation of American Hospitals.
- Chuck Divita is now CEO of Teladoc Health. He was previously executive vice president at GuideWell.
- Jacob Cintron is now board chair at America's Essential Hospitals. He is president and CEO of University Medical Center of El Paso.
- Jennifer DeCubellis is now chair-elect of America's Essential Hospitals. She is CEO of Hennepin Healthcare.
- Charlotte Pineda is now vice president of health policy and advocacy for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She previously was health policy director for Sen. Roger Marshall.
- Luis Padilla is joining the National Association of Community Health Centers as chief health officer. He previously was associate administrator for the Bureau of Health Workforce at HRSA.
- Amelia Suermann is joining Otsuka Pharmaceutical as director of federal government affairs. She was previously the senior adviser for congressional and political advocacy at the American College of Surgeons.
- Katie Jones has joined AstraZeneca as head of U.S. federal affairs. She was previously the senior director of federal affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
- Danielle Fredericks has joined AstraZeneca as head of U.S. state and federal public policy. She was previously the senior director of policy and government affairs for North America at Novavax.
- Rachel Ross has been promoted to director of policy communications at AstraZeneca. She was previously the associate director for U.S. oncology brand communications at AstraZeneca.
Nonprofit and think tank moves
- Steph Guerra is now senior adviser at the U.S. AI Safety Institute. She was previously assistant director for health security and biodefense at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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