The Alliance for Health Policy Announces 2025 Class of Bipartisan Learning Communities Congressional Fellows
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The Alliance for Health Policy Announces 2025 Class of Bipartisan Learning Communities Congressional Fellows
– The first fellow class enters into a 10-month career development program that will prepare them for health policy leadership
Washington, D.C. — The Alliance for Health Policy is proud to announce the selection of the inaugural class of fellows for the Bipartisan Learning Communities (BLC) 2025 Congressional Fellowship, a groundbreaking nonpartisan educational initiative designed to equip early-career congressional staff with the expertise, knowledge and skills to navigate complex health policy challenges.
The 10-month fellowship provides a structured, skill-building curriculum developed in response to direct input from senior congressional staff and policy experts. Through tailored programming, fellows will gain a deeper understanding of complex health policy topics while building relationships with each other and health policy experts, networking across House and Senate, and party and ideological differences, to learn with and from each other.
“This fellowship is a first for the Alliance. For generations, Hill staffers have turned to us for trusted education on a topic-by-topic basis. Now, for the first time in our 30-plus year history, we are hosting a fellowship initiative. We built this cohort-based, ongoing and tailored learning experience to meet the needs of today’s rising health policy leaders,” said Claire Sheahan, M.Sc., President and CEO of the Alliance. “We applaud their offices for supporting the next generation of health leaders.”
A recent LinkedIn article co-authored by Alliance board members Charlotte Ivancic and Susan Turney, M.D. highlights the urgent need for this initiative to address critical and often overlooked gaps in the health policy landscape.
The BLC Fellowship is made possible by generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more information about the BLC Fellowship and the 2025 fellow class, visit our website here.
2025 BLC Congressional Fellowship Class
Tyler Adams | Legislative Assistant, Representative Mike Thompson
Mika Alvarez | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Jacky Rosen
Claire Bienvenu | Legislative Assistant, Speaker Mike Johnson
Jillian Cantrell | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Bill Hagerty
Abigail Chance | Professional Staff Member, House on Ways and Means Committee
Lily Chang | Legislative Assistant, Representative Laura Friedman
Allison Crha | Legislative Assistant, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Alexandra DeRiso | Legislative Assistant, Representative Troy Balderson
Kit Devine | Legislative Assistant, Representative Jim Costa
Caitlyn Graves | Legislative Correspondent, Majority Leader John Thune
Laura Guerra | Legislative Assistant, Representative Dwight Evans
Grace Hart | Policy Advisor, Senate Special Committee on Aging
Tara Hartnett | Health Legislative Aide, Senator Patty Murray
Quinn Hirsch | Policy Advisor, Representative Steny H. Hoyer
Madison Hughes | Senior Legislative Assistant, Representative Steven Horsford
Karina Hull | Legislative Assistant, Representative Laura Friedman
Emmett Jamieson | Legislative Aide, Senator Eric Schmitt
Anna Keilly | Legislative Aide, Senator John Fetterman
Jonathan Kupperman | Health Policy Advisor, Representative Jodey Arrington
Evan Marquardt | Legislative Assistant, Representative Dave Taylor
Leah McPhearson | Legislative Assistant, Representative Ashley Hinson
Siobhan Murray | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Tim Kaine
Ornella Musinguzi | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Michael Bennet
Daniela Puente | Senior Health Legislative Assistant, Representative Kelly Morrison
Sequoia Ragland | Health Policy Advisor, Representative Marc Veasey
Jahnessa Ryea | Legislative Aide, Senator Peter Welch
Higera Sevigny | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Angus King
Shannon Sweeney | Legislative Correspondent, Senator Ben Ray Lujan
Nick Valenti | Legislative Aide, Senator Jeanne Shaheen
About the Alliance for Health Policy
The Alliance for Health Policy is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the understanding of health policy issues. Through educational events and resources, the Alliance informs policymakers, the media, and the public about health policy issues and promotes evidence-based solutions.
For media inquiries related to this announcement, please contact Carolyn Sobczyk at csobczyk@allhealthpolicy.org.
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