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Elizabeth Leahy, Esq.

Liz Leahy is the Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Engagement and Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans where she leads MAHP’s work to engage and deepen relationships with stakeholders across the healthcare industry to advance MAHP’s mission of fighting for affordable, high-quality, and equitable health care. She has been with MAHP since 2014. Prior to joining the organization, Liz worked in private practice civil litigation and with a variety of public interest groups including the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Community Catalyst, and the Community Dispute Settlement Center. For more than a decade, Liz taught courses at Merrimack College in the Women and Gender Studies Department and Pre-Law minor focused on the intersection of gender studies, law, and public policy and has been a visiting lecturer at Tufts University’s EX-College and Boston University.

A Massachusetts-licensed attorney, Liz earned her Juris Doctorate from New England School of Law and a B.A. from Merrimack College in English and Women and Gender Studies. She is a certified Professional designee through the Academy for Health Care Management. In 2023, Liz was selected as one of Boston’s Future Leaders by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and earned a certificate in Leading with Purpose from Harvard Business School. She is a graduate of the Women’s Leadership Program through Simmons University and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Since her appointment by Governor Baker in 2017, Liz has served on the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination’s Advisory Board. She also serves as on the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus and is a Mentor with Tomorrow’s Women Today’s Emerging Leaders Program. In 2024, Liz was named to the Board of Advisors at Merrimack College’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences.