Assisting public members and the health professional oversight bodies on which they serve
Cheryl Matheis
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Cheryl Matheis is Director, Health Strategies Integration in AARP's Office of Social Impact. Her department guides AARP's overall efforts to achieve quality, affordable health care for all Americans, to allow people to receive long term services in the settings they prefer, and to improve health status.
From 1999 to 2004 she was the Director of State Affairs. In that position, she led AARP's national program of state governmental advocacy, overseeing a 20 person office which guided the activities of AARP's 53 state and territorial offices.
Prior to that, she was a legislative representative on the Federal Affairs Health Team, in which she coordinated management of AARP's regulatory efforts. Before coming to AARP, she was a practicing attorney focusing on health care issues. Cheryl received a BA from Manhattanville College and a law degree from Catholic University, where she was a member of the Law Review.