The Alliance for Health Policy Announces 2025 Class of Bipartisan Learning Communities Congressional Fellows

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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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