Meredith Shaffer is an attorney and public policy professional with over 20 years combined experience in the private sector and federal government. Meredith currently serves as a Senior Advisor at PPS where she co-leads the Government Affairs team and provides strategic government relations counsel for foundations, corporate and nonprofit clients. 

Prior to joining PPS, Meredith served as the Director of External Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, where she managed the External Affairs team to advance the priorities of HHS, including overseeing ACA corporate partnership work. Prior to that, Meredith was HHS’s Director of Private Sector Engagement where she acted as the Department’s main liaison to the business community on a variety of policy issues, including the ACA, Zika, and delivery system reform.

Previously, Meredith was a Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration where she led the Agency’s work on public-private partnerships related to the ACA and managed additional portfolio issues including cybersecurity, women’s entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in underserved communities. Before that, Meredith served as a Senior Policy Analyst in SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development and an attorney in the Office of General Counsel. 

Prior to joining the SBA, Meredith worked as an Associate at Hunton & Williams and Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal where she represented businesses in labor and employment matters as well as general commercial litigation. She also clerked for the Honorable John M. Facciola on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Meredith earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in History and International Studies from Northwestern University.