Chaired by Anne Edwards, MD, the Public Policy Committee (also known as the advocacy committee) is an active group that meets several times a year to promote and manage the advocacy agenda of the Minnesota chapter. This committee, together with the chapter lobbyist, crafts a Legislative Agenda and submits it to the Board of Directors. The committee then implements the approved Legislative Agenda.

The Public Policy Committee also tracks introduced legislative bills during the legislative session, locates chapter members to testify on issues that impact pediatric healthcare, works with and/or develops coalitions on broad healthcare issues, and provides a forum for members to talk to their legislators on issues that matter to them.

Find your legislator

To receive periodic updates on Minnesota legislation affecting pediatrics, send an email to debilzan@mnaap.org

Current Committee Members

John Andrews
Sarah Atunah-Jay
Kris Benson
Susan Berry
Katherine Cairns
Nathan Chomilo
Eileen Crespo
Valeria Cristiani
Peter Dehnel
Amos Deinard
Malini DeSilva 
Gerald Gilchrist
Anjali  Goel
Nicole Groves
Sonya  Haw
Tom Hellmich
David Hendrick
Robert Jacobson
Megan Jennings
Rachel Lynch
Manu Madhok
Dawn Martin
Chuck Oberg
Marilyn Peitso
Mike Severson
Jeff Schiff
Tom Scott
Andrea Van Wyk
Laurel Wills