Allison answers member questions about technical details of federal legislative and regulatory issues, coordinates grassroots efforts by MGMA members and speaks before MGMA state and national meetings.

Prior to joining MGMA, Allison worked as a program manager at the Brookings Institution from 2005 to 2009. In this position, she designed and managed educational seminars focused the policy process and federal leadership development. From 2003 to 2005 Allison worked at the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF). At NPAF she lobbied state governments on behalf of patients, managed grassroots efforts and researched health policy.

Allison has a bachelor’s degree in government and economics from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. She is currently completing her master’s degree in public policy at Georgetown University, with a focus on health policy. Allison joined MGMA in the fall of 2009.