Speaker
Emily Barson
United States of Care
Emily Barson serves as the Executive Director of United States of Care. She has spent over fifteen years on the front lines of political, governmental, and non-profit efforts and has built coalitions and political movements that deliver meaningful results, working with states and other stakeholders and creating a reputation as someone who gets things done working across the political divide.
She served for eight years at the Department of Health and Human Services during the Obama Administration, most recently as Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA). In that role, she led the Departm