Staff

Rebecca Salay is TFAH’s Director of Government Relations, working to ensure TFAH’s public policy agenda is implemented at all levels of government: federal, state, and local. Prior to joining TFAH, she was the Associate Director of Government Affairs at the Center for American Progress, where she worked on health reform, education, work/life balance, LGBT and poverty issues. Ms. Salay began her career on Capitol Hill, where she served for nearly 10 years on the staff of Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). In her most senior position in that office, as legislative director, she oversaw the Congresswoman’s legislative agenda with a focus on health care, working women, and Appropriations and Budget Committee work. Ms. Salay also has a unique understanding of international health issues, having worked for nearly three years at the National Heart Forum in London. She previously served in the Clinton White House as associate director of research in the Communications Office, and as a senior health policy associate at the National Partnership for Women and Families.

Ms. Salay holds an MSc in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Political Science from Drew University.