Joel Baise

About Joel Baise

Senior government relations division leader, driven by a strong work ethic and big…

Experience

1. Senior Director, State and Local Government Relations

   Walgreens

   Sep 2017 — Present

   Promoted to senior leadership role due to increased responsibility and consistent high performance within Government Relations department. • Lead high performing team of 3 Regional Directors of State and Local Government Relations responsible for legislative, regulatory and political activities in the western and the southeast regions of the United States. • Responsible for all government relations activities in Illinois, Walgreens headquartered state. • Partner with litigation and regulatory law senior leadership team on State Attorneys General public policy and major litigation matters. • Secured multi-million-dollar revenue increase by leading the government relations efforts and PR campaign in California to implement critical Medicaid access expansion. • Directed all government relations activities in Illinois to help create the nation’s first pharmacist-administered COVID-19 point-of-care test site. • Collaborated with cross-functional leadership teams comprised of internal and external stakeholders on key company-wide priority projects including Medicaid access expansion, data privacy legislation, tele-health regulations and multi-state litigation.

Skills

• Politics
• Public Speaking
• Event Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Fundraising
• State Government
• Community Outreach
• Research
• Legislative Relations
• Media Relations
• Public Policy
• Political Campaigns
• Medicaid
• Policy
• Government
• Strategic Communications
• Legal Research
• Legal Writing