Senior Government Relations Manager

Hilary M. Hansen is a senior government relations manager in the Washington, D.C., office.  She focuses her practice on grassroots and advocacy outreach, with an emphasis on assisting nonprofits and associations.  Hilary has worked with nonprofit patient advocacy groups and private and nonprofit health systems to draft and implement legislative strategies, particularly related to appropriations and Medicare-related legislation.  She has designed advocacy capacity building strategic plans for organizations that include Capitol Hill days, coalition building and grassroots advocacy.  Hilary also advocates on behalf of clients before Congressional offices and Committee staff.

Prior to joining Drinker Biddle, Hilary worked at the American Nurses Association (ANA) as the senior political action specialist, where she was responsible for organizing grassroots efforts.  She maintained and managed ANA’s grassroots list of more than 160,000 individuals and was responsible for creating a long-term grassroots plan.   During her time at ANA, Hilary organized the "Nurses for Obama" campaign and was heavily involved in health care reform efforts.  During health care reform, she worked with ANA to create a new website dedicated solely to the issue of health care reform and developed ANA's outreach strategy.  Hilary has extensive experience with Capitol Hill Days, serving as the point person on logistics and scheduling.  She speaks frequently on the importance of advocacy and how to become a grassroots advocate.  Hilary also worked as an aide to Congressman Martin Frost (D-TX) from 1999-2000.