THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014
8:30 TO 11:00 AM
Lexington Convention Center-Thoroughbred 1, 2, & 3
MODERATOR
Anna Goodman Hoover, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Coordinating Center for PHSSR & Public Health PBRNs
Anna Goodman Hoover, PhD, MA, is deputy director of the National Coordinating Center for the Public Health Services and Systems Research and Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks, where she helps organize cross-cutting and multi-network research studies designed to evaluate and compare public health strategies implemented across diverse settings.
Dr. Hoover, a communication scientist and research assistant professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy, conducts research in such areas as participatory communication, dissemination and implementation science, and stakeholder engagement in support of evidence-based decision making. She also serves both as co-leader of research translation and as communications liaison for the University of Kentucky Superfund Research Program, where she works with stakeholder groups to improve mutual understandings of environmental health issues, supporting the advancement of research outcomes into practice at community, provider, and policy levels.
PANELISTS
Emily Holubowich, M.P.P.
Senior Vice President
Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates, LLC
Coalition for Health Funding
Ms. Emily J. Holubowich joined CRD Associates in 2009. She has more than thirteen years of experience in health and fiscal policy, government relations, strategic communications, and coalition management. As a senior member of the CRD Associates consulting team, Emily helps her clients promote and protect their interests in the nation's capital. She is frequently sought out by the media for her expertise on public health and fiscal policy, on record in USA Today, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Politico, MSNBC, CNN Money, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call, The Hill, and other trade publications. She is also called upon by universities and national organizations to lecture on the policy environment and best practices in strategic communications and advocacy.
Previously, Ms. Holubowich served as the director of government relations for AcademyHealth and a senior health policy analyst with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). She holds a Master of Public Policy from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Sara Love Rawlings, J.D.
Senior Public Policy Advisor
Baker Donelson
Sara Love Rawlings is a senior advisor in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office. Ms. Rawlings is a member of the Government Relations & Public Policy Group and has a broad range of experience in crafting and analyzing appropriations and health care policy issues. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, she worked as a staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. Ms. Rawlings worked with the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education and Related Agencies, where she managed over $30 billion in annual federal spending. Ms. Rawlings has particular experience with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources and Services Administration, Administration for Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Administration on Aging.
Ms. Rawlings began her career in Washington under the leadership of Senator Thad Cochran, the then ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, in whose office she worked as a congressional health policy fellow. During her time with Senator Cochran's office, Ms. Rawlings fostered strong relationships with the congressional leadership, and the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committees.
Before her time in Washington, Ms. Rawlings spent four years working in biological research at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Green Center for Reproductive Biological Sciences.
David Reich, J.D., M.A.
Former Democratic Staff Director, Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
David Reich spent 30 years working in various staff positions with the U.S. House of Representatives prior to his retirement in February 2014. Between 1997 and 2014 he was on the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations, where he has served as Democratic staff director for the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education and the Subcommittee on Financial Services and as committee counsel, among other positions. He has worked extensively on appropriations for public health, medical research and health services programs.
Prior to joining the Appropriations Committee staff, David was chief counsel and then minority chief counsel for the House Committee on the Budget. He has also been an attorney with the Washington DC law firm of Shea & Gardner and research director for the Democratic Study Group in the House of Representatives. He holds a law degree from Georgetown University, an MA in economics from American University, and a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz.