Our Advisory Board

Kristina “Kristi” Martin, MPA

Advisory Board Member

Kristi Martin brings extensive experience in policy development, program implementation, and regulatory and legislative engagement to the CECA Advisory Board. She is an expert in various areas of health policy, including health insurance, sexual and reproductive health, public health, and prescription drugs.

Kristi provides policy and strategic counsel expertise to advance meaningful health policy. She draws on years of experience working in the public sector, with private sector clients, and in philanthropy. Kristi currently serves as chief of staff and senior advisor to the deputy administrator in the Center for Medicare. Prior to rejoining Federal government service, Kristi provided clients counsel through her own consultancy, Highway 136 Consulting, vice president for health care at Arnold Ventures, and as managing director of the health practice at Waxman Strategies, a consulting firm led by former Congressman Henry Waxman. She served several years at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Personnel Management, and Government Accountability Office. As a senior advisor in the Obama administration’s Office of Health Reform, she had primary oversight responsibility for the coordinated and timely implementation of cross-cutting departmental public health and prevention initiatives, including addressing the rising cost of drugs and setting up the women’s preventive services initiative.

Kristi completed her MPA at The George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and received her Master’s in communication and media studies from the University of Kentucky (Lexington).