Chip Kahn
Remember those Harry and Louise ads that so effectively killed health care reform during the Clinton era? He's the guy responsible for those. The Hill has ranked him as one of DC's top lobbyists for the past 9 years running.
Kahn got his start in politics by managing Newt Gingrich's campaigns back in 1974 and 1976. From 1980-1983, he worked at the Association of University Programs in Health Administration as the Director of the Office of Financial Management Education. He also worked on Capitol Hill as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Dan Quayle and a Senior Health Policy Advisor to Sen. David Durengerger.
From 1986-1993, he worked on the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health as a minority health counsel. From there he jumped back over the the private sector, as Executive Vice President of the Health Insurance Association of America, where he ran the Harry and Louise ads in 1993-1994. He was rewarded for his work there with another government job, working as Staff Director to the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health from 1995-1998. And... then he took another turn through the revolving door, back to Health Insurance Association of America, this time as President, from 1998-2001. Then in 2001, he joined the Federation of American Hospitals, where he has stayed ever since.
Campaign Contributions:
2009:
$1000 to Rob Portman (Senate primary)
$250 to Republican Party of Minnesota
$1000 to Ron Wyden (D-OR)
2008 Election Cycle:
$2000 to Judy Feder (D-VA)
$3950 to Federation of American Hospitals PAC
$1000 to George Voinovitch (R-OH)
$1500 to Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
$1000 to Mike Pence (R-IN)
$1000 to Mike Crapo (R-ID)
$1000 to Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
$1000 to Anne Northup (R-KY)
$1000 to Eric Cantor (R-VA)
$1500 to Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
$2300 to John McCain
$1000 to Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
$250 to Rudy Giuliani
$1000 to Robert Bennett (R-UT)
$1500 to Federation of American Hospitals PAC
Total: $21,000
Jeff Cohen
From 1995-1995, Cohen was a Senior Legislative Assistant for Rep. Karen Thurman, advising her on health matters addressed by the House Ways & Means Committee Subcommittee on Health. In 1999, he left that job to become FAH's chief lobbyist.
Campaign Contributions for the 2008 Election Cycle:
$1000 to Hillary Clinton
$500 to Mark Udall (D-CO)
$500 to James Clyburn (D-SC)
$250 to Dan Maffei (D-NY)
$1000 to Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Total: $3250
Alexander R. Mullineaux
Mullineaux's education is in political science and communications. He manages FAH's PR and its PAC. Before joining FAH, he worked as project director for Inspiring America, a progressive group. He's a Democrat, and he was the Assistant Finance Director for Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin's 2004 Congressional campaign.
Samantha Burch
Prior to working at FAH, Burch worked from 2006-2008 as Rep. Al Green's scheduler and legislative assistant.
Campaign Contributions for the 2008 Election Cycle:
$250 to Federation of American Hospitals PAC
Steve Spell
Spell's educational background is in Public Health and Law. He got his political start in Massachusetts, where he worked as Legal Counsel to the Lt Governor and a number of other positions, including Legislative Counsel for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Then he moved to Washington, where he worked at both the FDA (in the Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs) and the EPA (in the Office of General Counsel). From there he moved to the private sector, working as a lobbyist for the medical technology industry group AdvaMed (then called the Health Industry Manufacturer's Association). He left there to work for FAH, where he manages payment policy and works closely with CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).
Jayne Hart Chambers
Hart got her start as a legislative assistant for Rep. Jim Leach and Rep. Tom Tauke. From there, she jumped to lobbying, first working at the American Medical Association, then the College of American Pathologists, and now at FAH.
Campaign Contributions for the 2008 Election Cycle:
$2000 to John McCain
$500 to George Voinovich (R-OH)
$950 to The Wish List
$1500 to Susan Collins (R-ME)
$1000 to Gordon Smith (R-OR)
$500 to Shelley Moore Capito (R)
Total: $6450
Karen Conwell Smith
Smith, a Republican, had an extensive political career before joining FAH. She served as an intern to VA Senator John Warner and went on to work as a Legislative Correspondent to Rep. Herbert Bateman, a Legislative Assistant to both Rep. William Martini and Rep. Sue Kelly, and as a Senior Health Policy Analyst to the Senate Budget Committee. She's also worked as a lobbyist for the American Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the National Retail Federation.
Campaign Contributions for the 2008 Election Cycle:
$500 to Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
$250 to Steven Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
$1000 to Anne Northup (R-KY)
$500 to Jon Porter (R-NV)
$325 to Randy Forbes (R-VA)
$500 to George Oros (R-NY)
$500 to Devin Nunes (R-CA)
$1000 to John McCain
$500 to Federation of American Hospitals PAC
Total: $5075 |
