As Vice President of Policy and Advocacy at Cancer Support Community, she leads policy and advocacy efforts and advances initiatives that ensure that the voices of patients, caregivers, and survivors continue to shape policymaking. Prior to joining CSC, Daneen served as the staff lead for the MultiCancer Early Detection (MCED) Consortium’s Health Equity Workgroup and led the Policy and Advocacy team for the Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness, where she provided strategic direction and policy analysis on issues including mental health, caregivers, and social connection. She also served as Director of Health Care Reform Policy at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, where her efforts led to patients gaining access to habilitation and rehabilitation services and receiving in every health insurance plan’s Summary of Benefits & Coverage the details of what services are covered and how many are covered. In addition, Daneen worked to promote and protect the healthcare rights of all patients and caregivers by ensuring that individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities had the availability of language assistance services and/or auxiliary aids and services to enable them to identify themselves, participate in and understand their healthcare.
