Our Board of Directors

Mary-Lacey Reuther is the Head of North America Policy, Advocacy and Government Affairs (PAGA) for CSL Behring. Mary-Lacey is responsible for leading the team that develops and implements the North America strategic public policy advocacy priorities to support the CSL Behring commercialized therapeutic areas, pipeline therapies and plasma operations. This entails public policy impact analysis, direct interactions with governmental entities and third-party stakeholder engagement.

Mary-Lacey has worked in health care policy for over 25 years. Her previous roles include establishing the government affairs function for Acadia Pharmaceuticals and leading the federal affairs function at Astellas Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this she was a Vice President at a leading Washington, DC lobbying firm, and she worked at several life science trade associations. Mary-Lacey is most proud of her U.S. government service where she served as the Special Assistant to Dr. Mark McClellan during his tenures as both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator.

Mary-Lacey earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. She lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband, Bill, and their three children.

Keenan, a Capitol Hill veteran, has spent the past decade guiding and advising principals in all levels of government. In her role as Chief of Staff, she served as the Congressman’s top policy advisor and an advisor to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where she crafted strategies to elevate the Congressman’s work as a national leader on climate change, environmental justice and rural broadband. She also led McEachin’s work as the Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus, building consensus around the Caucus’ priorities and advancing its agenda with House leadership.

In 2018, Keenan co-founded the Black Women’s Congressional Alliance (BWCA), a membership organization of more than 300 bipartisan and bicameral Black women Hill staffers. She has led dozens of professional development briefings, events and webinars to inform staffers about new career opportunities, provided a platform to elevate their profiles to the broader Capitol Hill community, and pushed growth in diverse hiring in the United States House and Senate. BWCA has been featured in the Majority Leaders Podcast, The Brown Girl’s Guide to Politics Podcast, VICE, Essence Magazine, and Washingtonian.

During the 2016 presidential election, Keenan served as Hillary for America’s Statewide Political Director in Florida, the largest political battleground state in the country. In that role, she was responsible for all federal, state, and local elected relationships within the state on behalf of the campaign and also managed the organization’s largest political staff. Previously, Keenan served as Chief of Staff to Councilmember David Grosso of the Council of the District of Columbia City. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24), managing a portfolio including political outreach, stakeholder engagement, constituent services, and legislation. In 2010, she managed Congresswoman Wilson’s first election to Congress.

A proud Rattler, Keenan received her bachelor’s degree and MBA from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Jane leads the development and implementation of Exelon’s federal governmental, regulatory, and public policy priorities and strategies.  She has overall responsibility for working with key stakeholders at the federal executive, congressional, and agency levels.  She also has responsibility over matters before federal regulatory agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as Exelon’s participation in PJM.  Jane also leads the implementation of key clean energy initiatives across Exelon, including the coordination across Exelon of its efforts to bring the benefits of federal clean energy initiatives to its customers, and the ongoing development of Exelon’s transportation electrification strategies and policies.

Prior to assuming her current role, Jane served as Senior Vice President of Exelon’s Business Investments organization and was responsible for implementing a portfolio of transformational investments that spanned Exelon’s six utilities nationwide, including operationalizing Exelon’s own Path to Clean commitment and its large-scale technology investments in grid modernization and customer platforms. 

Jane also served as Chief Customer Officer during the pandemic for ComEd, an Exelon company, where she oversaw all aspects of ComEd’s customer operations, including energy efficiency programs, customer channels, call center, field operations, customer financial operations, and marketing. Prior to this role, Jane was Vice President of Regulatory Policy & Strategy where she oversaw key grid resiliency dockets and rate cases.        

Jane serves on the boards of the Chicago Public Library Foundation, the Art Institute of Chicago Woman’s Board, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and Meals on Wheels. She is a co-founder and co-chair of Exelon’s Pan-Asian Executive Leadership Council and serves as co-Executive Sponsor of Exelon’s employee resource group for Pan Asian employees.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Jane was a litigation partner in Kirkland & Ellis, LLP before joining Exelon.

Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat is the President & CEO of the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute.

Jennifer serves as a consultant and advisor to a range of nonprofits, foundations, and other social impact initiatives, providing strategic organizational development and programmatic guidance.

She previously served as the President and CEO of Washington Area Women’s Foundation, a community supported foundation dedicated to investing in women and girls of color in the Washington DC region, where she worked for 13 years.

Prior to joining The Women’s Foundation, Jennifer spent 10 years at the Women’s Congressional Policy Institute, where she directed the organization’s policy research and analysis and worked extensively with the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.

Jennifer was named a Community Champion by Capital One and the Washington Mystics and a “Women Who Mean Business” and a “Power 100 Honoree” by the Washington Business Journal.

Jennifer holds a master’s degree in international policy studies with a concentration in women in development from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire.

Liz Johnson serves as Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs at Emerson Collective. Prior to joining Emerson, she was Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Mitt Romney. A veteran communications and policy strategist with two decades of government and political experience, Liz previously served as communications director for Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and spokeswoman for Senator Susan Collins (R-ME). Prior to joining Senator Romney’s team, Liz directed the Office of Public Affairs for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leading the agency’s global communications strategy. In 2017, she served as communications adviser for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and helped lead messaging strategy for his successful Senate confirmation. Liz graduated magna cum laude from Saint Michael’s College with a degree in Spanish and Political Science. She is a Maine native.

Krysta Juris is the founder of Two Lights Strategies, a government relations and strategic visibility firm. She brings extensive experience across the government, political, and corporate sectors, having served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. Senate, on the legal team at Stripe, and on the public policy team at Meta. Krysta spent nearly a decade in Senate leadership as a senior aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid, shaping legislative, communications, and political strategy. A proud Maine native and graduate of the University of Maryland, she is deeply committed to bipartisan collaboration and empowering women leaders in policy and government. 

Fiona Kohrman serves as a Legislative Representative at the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), where she advocates on a wide-ranging portfolio of federal government employee rights issues, including for employees who work at the Social Security Administration (SSA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). She also helps her colleagues on several governmentwide issues.  Since joining AFGE in 2014, Fiona has held several roles, starting as an intern and advancing to research assistant, and now legislative representative. Her decade-long tenure reflects her deep commitment to public service and the rights of federal workers.  Fiona holds a master’s degree in policy management from Georgetown University (2023) and a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Macalester College (2012).

Lindley Kratovil Sherer is the co-chair of the government relations practice at Invariant, a top-ranked, full-service advisory firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Her career has focused on providing strategic policy and political guidance across a wide range of issues, including defense, education, technology, and appropriations. Known for her ability to navigate complex legislative processes, she has helped advance significant initiatives and secure key victories for stakeholders in major legislation such as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Before entering the private sector, Lindley served as Chief of Staff to Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), where she managed offices in Washington and New York and led efforts on defense, veterans, and education priorities. She also coordinated congressional recruitment efforts during the 2018 election cycle in support of the National Republican Campaign Committee. Earlier in her career, Lindley served as Legislative Director to Representatives Todd Rokita (R-IN) and Scott Tipton (R-CO) and held roles in the George W. Bush Administration within the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Office of the Vice President.

Sarah Towles currently serves as Senior Director of Government Affairs at PepsiCo. In this role, she leads the federal team and works to develop and strengthen PepsiCo’s long-term relationships with U.S. Congress. Sarah is the lead on transportation, trade, tax and technology issues at the federal level. Sarah worked on the hill for nearly twelve years and most recently served as Legislative Director for Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona. In this role she executed the Senator’s legislative agenda and served as the chief negotiator with other Senate offices, leadership and the Administration. Before her time in the Senate, Sarah worked in the House of Representatives for Congressmen Jeff Flake and Congressman Connie Mack.

Kasia Witkowski serves as Senior Manager of Public Policy at Amazon. She brings extensive experience from the corporate, political, non-profit, and government sectors. 

In her current role, Kasia serves as Congressional lead for the brand protection and customer trust public policy team focusing on the issues of counterfeit, fraud, and abuse.

Prior to joining Amazon, Kasia served as Director of Government Relations at HP, where she led their work with the White House, Federal Agencies, US Congress, as well as Embassies based in DC.=

Kasia was a political appointee for the Obama Administration at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She served as an advisor to the Secretary, managed relationships with numerous external partners, and was an HHS spokesperson on the ACA and other HHS programs and policies. 

Kasia has served in Congressional affairs at the U.S. Postal Service and worked closely with state and local elected officials from across the country at the National Association of Counties (NACo), as well as at the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). She also brings with her experience from national and statewide campaigns. 

Kasia is a member of the Jenkins Hill Society. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Policy Studies from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.