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Lauren Crawford Shaver
Senior Managing Director, Head of Americas Healthcare & Life Sciences
Real-World Experience
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Before joining FTI Consulting, Lauren Crawford Shaver sat at the intersection of U.S. national healthcare policy, politics and business strategy. Ms. Crawford Shaver leads large-scale, multi-state advocacy and reputation campaigns across healthcare and highly regulated industries, bringing firsthand experience from inside government, national political campaigns, crisis and risk mitigation and bipartisan public affairs strategies.
Experience Highlights
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for Healthcare in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), overseeing issues related to the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Health IT and prescription drug pricing.
Executive Director for the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, spearheading a national effort to drive a fact-based conversation aiming to shift public understanding and opinion around government run healthcare programs across complex and evolving political environments.
Partner at Forbes Tate Partners, building out and growing a complementary public affairs team focused on major public policy and regulatory decisions — across healthcare, tech, trade and other major inflection points.
Director of Expansion States for Hillary for America, identifying, analyzing and developing tailored strategies to build support and organization in key states.
Policy doesn’t move without political strategy. You have to command both, while also understanding where business is evolving.
When you’ve been in the situation room, you know the stories that matter.
Real-World Experience
Chief of Staff to the Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Meet Alex Deane
Real-World Experience
Press Secretary to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet Cory Fritz
Real-World Experience
Press Secretary to the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
Meet Brian Kennedy
Real-World Experience
Corporate Affairs Executive/Correspondent
Meet Jason Leow
Real-World Experience
Chief Spokesman, U.S. Department of Justice
Meet Myron Marlin
Real-World Experience
News Bureau Chief, Canberra Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery
Meet Cameron Morse
Real-World Experience
National Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal, CNN
Meet Sara Murray
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Business Editor, The Sunday Times
Meet John Waples
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Presidential Aide. Reputation Shaper.
Our former White House insiders, national correspondents and public-affairs strategists have guided decision-makers operating in the same high-pressure environments our clients face every day.
When you’ve been in the situation room, you know the stories that matter.
Real-World Experience
Chief of Staff to the Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Real-World Experience
Press Secretary to the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Real-World Experience
Press Secretary to the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
Real-World Experience
Corporate Affairs Executive/Correspondent
Real-World Experience
Chief Spokesman, U.S. Department of Justice
Real-World Experience
News Bureau Chief, Canberra Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery
Real-World Experience
National Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal, CNN
Real-World Experience
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Real-World Experience
Business Editor, The Sunday Times
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Impact delivered in yours.
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In a crisis, corporate communications can shape the story as much as the incident itself. It takes the courage to confront issues head-on, rather than simply hope they go away. Judgment calls on when to communicate, who to communicate with, what to communicate and the tone/messaging of those communications can influence the outcome.
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In matters of financial communications, mergers and acquisitions, long-term reputation management and crisis communications, our clients turn to us for our real-world media and public relations experience.
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