Anne Morris Reid

Anne Morris Reid, MPH, Policy Director of the Funders Forum on Accountable Health project, is also Lecturer in the Health Policy and Management Department at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University. She began consulting with GWU in 2022 and staffed the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a National Public Health System; a more expansive Department role started in 2023. For over a decade, Reid served in a range of senior-level policy and leadership positions in the Legislative and Executive branches of the federal government, including Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate, and Professional Staff to the Energy and Commerce Committee. While Counselor to the Secretary, she developed and executed regulatory, legislative, public affairs, and budget strategy with a focus on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. On Capitol Hill, she contributed to the drafting and steerage of workforce provisions during the development and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. She was later promoted to serve as the lead Energy and Commerce Democratic staffer handling hearings and legislative markups for a range of public health agencies and issues. Reid received her BA from Harvard College and MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.