"I am very excited to join CAHC at this opportune time now that health care reform has passed and we look to the next steps of interpretation and implementation.  I look forward to helping Mainers navigate these new laws to access affordable and high quality health care," says Andrea.

Andrea has eight years of experience working in law and policy advocacy.  She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Bates College with a BA in History.  She earned her Juris Doctor at American University Washington College of Law where she represented victims of domestic violence as a student attorney for the Women and the Law Clinic. 

 

Andrea clerked for the Honorable Warren M. Silver of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Bangor where she specialized in family law cases, including parental rights, divorce, and child custody.  She has worked for several national advocacy groups on federal judicial nominations and women's health.  At the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) she researched and analyzed health policies and programs affecting low-income women and their families, including Medicaid, prenatal care, and state and federal health care reform.  She also helped to coordinate NWLC's coalition efforts to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and preserve parents' coverage.  

 

"It is thrilling to have someone with Andrea's experience join our staff.  She comes to us at a time when Maine people can really use her expertise. We know she will be an asset to us and Maine as we work toward making sure consumer voices are represented as the state implements federal health care reform," says Mia Poliquin Pross, CAHC Director of Policy and Operations.

 

Andrea grew up in Brewer, Maine and now lives in Portland.