We partnered with Impact Health Policy Partners on the search for its CEO. Impact Health Policy Partners is a mission-driven, public interest government relations firm focused on health and well-being.

Our work resulted in the recruitment of Yvette Fontenot to the role.

Fontenot has nearly 25 years of Federal health care experience and has held senior positions on Capitol Hill as well as in the White House and at HHS. She is an expert on the Federal legislative and regulatory process and has longstanding relationships with lawmakers, regulators, and thought-leaders.

Prior to joining Impact Health Policy, she was a partner at Avenue Solutions where she worked with a broad array of health care clients to improve coverage, affordability, and quality.

Fontenot was a Senior Policy Advisor in the White House and Deputy Director of the Office of Health Reform at the Department of Health and Human Services where she developed policy and coordinated and cleared all matters related to the Affordable Care Act and provided outreach to Congress and other stakeholders with interests in health care reform.

Prior to her work in the Administration, Fontenot served as Professional Staff with the Senate Finance Committee where she was a principle author of the Affordable Care Act. She has also served as Professional Staff for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in the U.S. House of Representatives; as Senior Legislative Advisor for Senator John D. Rockefeller; and as a program analyst for the Office of Management and Budget. In these capacities, she developed, analyzed, and estimated the budgetary and programmatic impacts of and pursued legislation affecting Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program with a focus on physician, prescription drug, and hospital reimbursement.

Fontenot currently sits on the Board of Experts of Axios News; the NYU Wagner Graduate School Health Advisory Board; and the Board of Breast Care for Washington.

Fontenot received her Bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She earned her Master’s degree from the University of Chicago.