Nicole Churchill, director of legislative affairs: Ms. Churchill has spent the last eight years in D.C. working on numerous aspects of health care policy. As a fellowship attorney and staff attorney at two leading non-profit organizations she focused on legislative analysis and policy recommendations on issues related to health and human services programs, education, the Bankruptcy Reform Act and appropriations. Her work with a former member of Congress continued to focus on health care policy, leading her to a government relations firm where she served as strategic counsel for a broad portfolio of clients. Her expertise includes biotechnology ethics, scientific research, education policy and federal appropriations. Nicole earned her J.D. from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. She is a member of the California State Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.