Dean Rosen, J.D., M.S., Secretary

Dean Rosen is one of the nation's top health care experts, having played a leading role in developing and advancing health policy for over 15 years in the nation's capital. He has a deep understanding of America 's complex health care system and an equally intimate knowledge of politics and process. A partner at MVC, Dean now provides policy counsel and strategic advice to policy makers, business leaders, trade association executives and not-for-profit organizations on a broad range of health issues.

Prior to joining MVC, Dean held a series of high-level positions in both government and the private sector. Dean was the chief health care advisor to Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist, M.D. (R-TN). He served first as staff director for the United States Senate Subcommittee on Public Health, then as the Majority Leader's health policy director. Previously, he was senior vice president of policy and general counsel for the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA). He came to HIAA from the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee where, as majority counsel, he played a significant role in developing the Medicare provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Dean also served as health policy coordinator and majority counsel to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. There, he had principal responsibility for advising the committee chair on a wide range of health care and employee benefit issues. Before entering the public sector, Dean practiced law at Dow, Lohnes and Albertson.

Through his influential posts on Capitol Hill, Dean helped shepherd through Congress a long list of major legislative accomplishments, including:

• The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003
• The Project Bioshield Act of 2004
• The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Dean also holds several academic posts and is a sought after public speaker and press commentator. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.