ADVOCACY STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH
Patient and Professional Advocacy
Lester Policy & Advocacy Solutions helps companies by connecting them with advocacy groups and policymakers who shape market access. With deep relationships in the patient and professional advocacy community, especially in the kidney care landscape, Lester Policy & Advocacy Solutions has experience driving results. We turn stakeholder engagement from a formality into a strategic advantage, ensuring innovations reach the patients who need them most.
Meet Kelli Lester
Kelli Lester has over 30 years of healthcare experience, including government affairs, public policy, commercial strategy, and stakeholder engagement. She is a strategic and results-driven corporate affairs leader. She has a demonstrated history of success building strategic partnerships that drive business results and meaningful change. She is a dynamic leader and innovative business partner committed to executing policy and advocacy strategies to launch new products and services.
Most recently Kelli worked at Baxter Healthcare (Vantive after spinoff), and she was the Head of Global Patient Advocacy and Partnerships within the Corporate Affairs department. Throughout her career at Baxter, she held both global and U.S. based roles dealing with government affairs, public policy and advocacy. Prior to coming to Baxter Kelli worked at Hoffman La-Roche as a lobbyist. Before that she held similar roles at different non-profit healthcare associations.
Kelli has a Master of Public Administration from the American University and has a Bachelor of Arts from the Catholic University of America.