K. Conwell Smith

K. Conwell Smith, Chief External Affairs Officer for the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI), has over twenty-five years of experience in Washington, DC. During that time, she worked on sweeping health care legislation from the Balanced Budget Act to the Patients’ Bill of Rights to the Affordable Care Act. Prior to joining RCI, she was founder of Inside Pitch Government Affairs LLC, a consulting firm committed to the policy development and project management. Ms. Smith also served as Vice President of Legislation and Political Affairs for the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) and Senior Health Policy Advisor for the Senate Budget Committee, where she was an advisor to the Chairman on private health insurance, market-based reforms, medical liability reform, medical cost and quality initiatives, and access to health care and the uninsured. Early in her career, she worked in various policy and advocacy positions for several Congressional offices, the American Medical Association, the National Retail Federation, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.