Rachel is a highly experienced government relations and legislative affairs strategist and advocate who is informed by a solid foundation of health policy knowledge and years working as leading health policy aide on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch, and as an advisor to a variety of clients. Prior to joining McDermottPlus, Rachel was the director of government affairs for a leading virtual care company.
She led efforts to build the profile of the organization in a fast moving, innovative policy and regulatory environment encompassing issues related to primary care and behavioral and mental health services provided via virtual care, as well as medical professional licensing, privacy, and security. Earlier in her career, Rachel served in several senior health legislative roles in the personal offices of Members of Congress, and as lead legislative liaison at the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). In these roles, Rachel engaged with many external stakeholders to advance legislative and regulatory challenges and coordinate action on items such as legislation, hearings, briefings and letters to congressional leadership and the administration.