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Lauren Arias is the director of outreach and external affairs at KFF. She ensures that the organization’s trusted, nonpartisan information on national health care issues reaches a broad range of policymakers and organizations to help inform their policy decisions.
Ann DeFabio, senior vice president and chief communications officer, leads all external communications at KFF in support of the organization’s mission to provide trusted information on national health issues.
Mikhaila Richards joined KFF in 2022 as a communications officer. She previously worked at the Association for American Medical Colleges, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, Blue State Digital, and the Advisory Board Company.
Robin Sidel, director, digital marketing, leads KFF’s digital promotion efforts, including email marketing strategy, marketing operations, web events, analytics and other initiatives. Since she joined KFF in 2001 to launch kaisernetwork.
Chris Lee is a senior communications officer at KFF, where he has worked since 2008. He previously was a staff writer at The Washington Post and The Dallas Morning News. Lee earned a Master in Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Craig Palosky serves as KFF’s senior director of communications, overseeing media relations and strategic communications for the organization, based in Washington. Palosky joined KFF in 2004 following six years as a public affairs officer with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Care Financing Administration.
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