Carolyn Gluck, former senior policy advisor to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), has joined Democratic lobbying giant Glover Park Group, where she’s been appointed senior advisor.
Gluck will be stationed in the Washington, D.C. firm’s Health + Wellness practice.
Gluck was senior policy advisor to Senate Minority Leader Reid for a decade, where she handled public health, healthcare appropriations and reproductive policy issues. Prior to that she served in the Senator’s office in the roles of deputy legislative director and legislative assistant, and advised the Democratic leader on legislative activities and initiatives related to public health, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, education and women’s issues.
At Glover Park, Gluck will provide the firm’s Health + Wellness practice strategic political and legislative counsel.
Glover Park managing director and government relations practice head Joel Johnson referred to Gluck's knowledge of healthcare policy as “a huge asset," and said she “has played a pivotal role in negotiating some of the most important health issues before Congress for more than a decade."
Glover Park is owned by WPP.
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