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DIANA BIRKETT
Diana Birkett is the Director of Federal Relations & Policy for Group Health Cooperative. She acts as a liaison to Congress, federal agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and national coalitions and trade associations to promote affordable quality health care.
Prior to her work with Group Health, Ms. Birkett served in Washington, D.C. as Health Policy Advisor to the Democratic Staff of the United States Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and to Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member of the Committee. Ms. Birkett was a 2003-2004 David Winston Health Policy Fellow, is a graduate of the University of Washington, where she received a Masters in Public Health focusing on public health nutrition and a Masters in Public Administration, and of Harvard University where she received her BA in Chemistry.
Ms. Birkett lives in Seattle, where she also serves as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Washington School of Public Health, and on the Boards of Directors for Girls on the Run of Puget Sound and the Economic Opportunity Institute.
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