Hartgen Joins AdvaMed as VP of State and Regional

“We are very pleased that Carrie has joined our team. She brings a successful track record of more than 15 years of state government relations experience working with private sector interests and state and national industry trade associations,” said Brett Loper, senior executive vice president and director of government affairs at AdvaMed. “Carrie’s expertise in health care policy and close working relationships with patient and physician organizations will further build on the strength of AdvaMed’s strong state and regional government affairs efforts.”

Prior to joining AdvaMed, Hartgen was director of legislative and regulatory affairs for National Strategies, Inc., where she was responsible for managing the firm’s state government advocacy initiatives and grasstops development. Hartgen also has worked as a senior state government affairs executive at Allergan, Cendant Corporation, Kmart, and the American Council of Life Insurers. Hartgen earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Michigan State University.

She recently served on the Board of Directors of the State Government Affairs Council ( SGAC ) and was a U.S. delegate to Australia with the American Council of Young Political Leaders ( ACYPL ).

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AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments. AdvaMed members range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. For more information, visit www.advamed.org.

Contact:
Courtney Smith
csmith@advamed.org
202-434-7245

Source: Media Newswire