Cristy Gallagher was a consultant on state health reform for the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation in 2006 and 2007. Prior to joining New America, Ms. Gallagher was Special Advisor for Federal Relations to former Governor Richard Codey (D-NJ) in his Washington, D.C., office, focusing on health care, human services and education issues. She also served former Governor Bob Holden, (D-MO) as the Director of the State of Missouri’s Washington office. Prior to her state-level civil service, she spent four years at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services working as a Policy Analyst in the Office of the Secretary and later in the Department’s Office of Legislation. Ms. Gallagher earned her master’s degree in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from The College of Wooster.