Tom Sparkman

About Tom Sparkman

Mr. Sparkman delivers a passion for strategic government affairs advocacy to empower health care innovators and providers to deliver ever-improving, high quality care and access to patients.With advanced degrees in pharmacy, public policy, and law, Mr. Sparkman has 30 years of experience in health care and health care policy, including fifteen years as a lobbyist successfully advocating on Medicare, FDA, pandemic preparedness and various other health care issues.Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Sparkman was at \"at the tip of the spear\", securing and protecting reimbursement and funding support for leading clinical laboratories responding to the pandemic by performing hundreds of millions of COVID tests, amidst a severe economic downturn.Mr. Sparkman, prior to lobbying, served in policy and research roles for the Senate HELP Committee, the National Association of State Medicaid Directors, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and a leading boutique lobbying firm representing biopharma clients. Mr. Sparkman also brings to the table actual patient care experience having worked in hospital and retail pharmacies as a pharmacy technician and over a decade of moonlighting as a community pharmacist in Northern Virginia. Through this experience, Mr. Sparkman seeks to advise and advocate on policies that will deliver actual results for patients.SPECIALTIES:Government Affairs & Policy, Association Management, Strategic Advocacy, Senior Administration, Cross-Functional Teams, Coalition Building, Government Relations, Federal Clinical Laboratory Policy, Pandemic Preparedness, Congressional & Legislative Affairs, Public Affairs, Federal Lobbying, Legislative Strategy, Health Policy, FDA, Medicare, CDC, Health Care Fraud & Abuse, Government Oversight by Congress, GAO, & OIG, Appropriations

Experience

1. Government Affairs & Health Policy Expert Government Relations, Association Management

   Ono Open To New Opportunities

   Jul 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Throughout my career I have consistently excelled in leading successful health care policy advocacy campaigns across multiple health care industries, most notably, the clinical laboratory industry and the patients they serve. I am actively seeking an senior role with a health care association or company where I can apply my skills and experience in: Government Affairs Advocacy before Congress and multiple Administrations Strategic Advocacy Association Management Senior Administration Cross-Functional Team Leadership Coalition Building, Leadership, and Management Recruiting and Managing High Performance Teams SPECIALTIES: Leadership, Government Affairs & Policy, Association Management, Strategic Advocacy, Senior Administration, Cross-Functional Teams, Congressional Engagement, FDA, CMS, CDC, HHS, Health Policy, Congressional GAO & OIG Oversight, Clinical Laboratory Policy, Pandemic Preparedness, Medicare, Health Care Fraud & Abuse, AppropriationsINDUSTRIES SERVED: Clinical Laboratories, BioPharma, Pharma, Opioid Substance & Abuse, Healthcare Systems, Medical DevicesADVOCACY DISCIPLINES:Traditional Lobbying, Grasstops & Grassroots, Coalition Building, Political Action Committee Strategy, Complex Analysis of Policy, Legal, and Data

Education

• Georgetown University

  MPP, Health Policy and Politics

  2006

• American University Washington College of Law

  JD, Law

  2009

• Rutgers University

  BSPharm, Pharmacy, Minor in Economics

  2001

Skills

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Fda
• Healthcare
• Health Policy
• Policy Analysis
• Public Policy
• Policy
• Government
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Coalitions
• Public Affairs
• Legislative Research
• Strategy
• Public Health
• Legislative Relations