Dawn Joyce M.P.H.

Dawn Joyce, MPH, is a Senior Vice President at Impact Health Policy Partners where she co-leads our foundation and public health portfolios.  She is a federal health policy expert with more than 20 years of experience at the national, state, and local levels.

Prior to joining Impact Health Policy Partners, she served as a member of U.S. Senator Feinstein’s staff, as a Director with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and in a range of innovative interagency capacities building collaborations between foundations, state agencies, stakeholders, health systems, and county governments to advance policies and systems that positively impact health.

Dawn’s federal policy expertise encompasses Medicaid, maternal health, health equity, the PHE unwind, mental and behavioral health, public health, gun violence prevention, paid leave, workforce, public charge, access to care, health insurance exchanges, the ACA and coverage of preventive services, housing, nutrition, and the broader social determinants of health.

With respect to Medicaid, her expertise uniquely encompasses both policy and implementation.  This includes decades of experience with federal legislation and regulations, as well as on-the-ground work designing state approaches to Medicaid expansion, Medicaid and CHIP eligibility and enrollment systems, Medicaid benefit design, state plans for the PHE unwind, provider recruitment initiatives, and more.  With Medicaid and her other areas of subject matter expertise, Dawn’s on-the-ground experience informs her federal policy perspective and vice versa.

Dawn is a trusted strategic advisor that partners closely with clients to bring meaning to federal policy developments and leverage opportunities to maximize their positive impact and strategically achieve their goals.  Dawn has had the pleasure of working closely with foundations of all sizes as well as with state governments, public health agencies, stakeholder alliances, health systems, federally qualified health centers, and more.

Dawn received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Master of Public Health (MPH) in Maternal and Child Health from the U.C. Berkeley.  She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her spouse and three young children.