As President and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Karen Ignagni is the voice of health insurance plans, representing members that provide health care, long-term care, dental and disability benefits to more than 200 million Americans.
 
For the past several years, the Hill Newspaper has consistently ranked Ms. Ignagni among Washington’s most effective lobbyists. She regularly testifies before Congress on key federal legislation. She also has appeared before Senate and House committees on matters ranging from health insurance plans’ role in homeland security to Medicare reform to patient protection issues and access to health care coverage issues.
 
In recognition of her leadership on health care issues, Ms. Ignagni has been invited to serve on several boards, including the Board of Columbia University’s School of Nursing and the Advisory Board for The Health Industry Forum – a meeting of thought leaders designed to inform innovative health care policy and practice.
 
Prior to joining AAHP in 1993, Ms. Ignagni directed the AFL-CIO’s Department of Employee Benefits. In the 1980s, she was a Professional Staff Member on the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, preceded by work at the Committee for National Health Insurance and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.