Christine Bechtel, MA

Christine Bechtel was previously the vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she was responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of the organization’s day to day operations and programs. This included overseeing every aspect of the organization’s groundbreaking and multi-faceted health policy work, managing projects funded by the nation’s largest foundations, partnerships with key business consortiums, and leading broad-based consumer coalitions that address issues ranging from health IT to patient-centered care to access. Bechtel was previously vice president of the eHealth Initiative (eHI), a Washington D.C.-based non- profit organization dedicated to improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health care through information and information technology. Bechtel’s experience also includes community-based quality improvement activities. She was director of community development for Louisiana’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, Louisiana Health Care Review, where she was responsible for designing, implementing and overseeing innovative projects to improve health care quality for Medicare beneficiaries in Louisiana. Bechtel served as a legislative associate for United States Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), focusing on legislative issues ranging from women’s health and stem cell research to Medicare and Social Security. She holds a bachelor’s degree in politics and public policy from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland and a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.