Ilisa Halpern Paul is a senior policy advisor at Venable LLP in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Ilisa co-leads the firm’s Federal Health Policy team, drawing on more than 30 years of recorded success in helping established and start-up healthcare companies, health and hospital systems, provider associations, and nonprofit patient advocacy organizations advance their legislative, regulatory, and business goals before Congress and the executive branch. Ilisa represents some of the country’s most significant integrated health systems, medical and nursing professional societies, and other entities involved in the direct delivery of healthcare. Ilisa provides direct lobbying representation and strategic counsel regarding legislative, regulatory, and grassroots advocacy; public policy development; coalition-building; and third-party stakeholder alliance engagement. She is a frequently sought-after keynote speaker, panelist, meeting facilitator, and moderator of in-person and on-line discussions and webinars. Ilisa earned a BA in English from UCLA and a master of public policy from Georgetown University. Prior to her more than 20 years of serving clients as an external advisor-consultant, Ilisa ran the federal government relations departments at the American Public Health Association and the American Cancer Society. A native of California, Ilisa began her public policy career working on Capitol Hill as a legislative staffer to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). She is the proud wife of Scott Paul and mom to twin 15-year-old boys. Ilisa and her family live in Bethesda, Maryland with their rescue dog, Coco.
