Martha Rinker JD is NORD’s Vice President of Public Policy leading the public policy team on matters affecting the rare disease community. Martha is responsible for all Federal and State legislative and regulatory issues and the development and implementation of advocacy strategy and relationships with key stakeholders. Prior to joining NORD, Ms. Rinker was the Chief Advocacy Officer for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), the Legislative Counsel and Senior Director of Policy, Practice and Advocacy for the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the Director of Government Relations for the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA). In addition, Ms. Rinker was the Legislative Director for Congresswoman (now Senator) Barbara Mikulski of Maryland and held staff positions with both the Pennsylvania Senate and the Maryland General Assembly.
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