Professional Experience

Ms. Griffin is a Senior Analyst for Manatt Health Solutions, focused on healthcare coverage and access and health information technology. Prior to joining Manatt, Ms. Griffin served as a policy analyst at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University. There she developed and authored various policy products, including briefs, and participated on teams focused on reversing childhood obesity in the U.S., reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care and providing policy solutions for health services in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. She also planned policy-related events and participated on a research team tasked with capturing the health, economic and educational impact of Hurricane Katrina on evacuees.

Ms. Griffin also has a background in survey design and implementation in such diverse locations as South Africa, Hungary, and Guinea, West Africa. She has conducted research for such varied institutions as Princeton University, UNICEF, and the U.S. Department of State, focused on topics such as the relationship between income, health and household spending; international patterns in human trafficking; and a program evaluation of a girls’ education program. Ms. Griffin has also held positions at the National Women’s Health Resource Center and at Johnson & Johnson corporate contributions, conducting research and a program evaluation to inform J&J’s women’s health funding strategy.

Education

Princeton University, M.P.A., Public Affairs, 2005.

Princeton University, Certificate in Health & Health Policy, 2005.

Boston College, B.S., 2000.

Publications

Co-Author, “Streamlining Renewal in Medicaid and SCHIP: Strategies from Other States and Lessons for New York,” United Hospital Fund, May 2008.

Contributor, “State Level Health Information Exchange:  Roles in Ensuring Governance and Advancing Interoperability,” Preliminary 2007 Findings from State-level HIE Consensus Project, prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, September 28, 2007.