Justin Ryan joined AAU in January 2023. As a Government Relations and Public Policy Officer Justin supports the department and various AAU task forces, working groups, meetings, and activities. Covers hearings and helps monitor and analyze legislation, regulations, and policies.
Pamela (Pam) Davidson has served at AAU since March 2021as the Associate Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy.
Yuval Cohen joined AAU in July 2024. As a Government Relations and Public Policy Assistant, Yuval supports the department and covers various areas including immigration, international affairs, and science and security policy.
As Deputy Vice President and Counsel for Government Relations and Public Policy, Kate assists in managing and directing the Government Relations and Public Policy department and developing and executing strategies to advance AAU’s advocacy and public policy priorities in the federal legislative and regulatory arenas.
Ashleigh joined AAU in November 2020. As Executive Assistant, Federal Relations, she supports the Executive Vice President/Vice President for Federal Relations and the Federal Relations Department with day-to-day matters related to AAU’s Council on Federal Relations (CFR) constituent group, calendar management, meetings, working groups and other activities.
Julia Jester began at AAU in January 2020. Her primary responsibilities as Deputy Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy include policies and funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and research integrity.
Hanan Saab serves as AAU’s Associate Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy. In this role, she has primary responsibility for funding and policy issues related to the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.
As Assistant Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy, Meredith is responsible for funding and policy issues related to science and security, facility and administrative costs, research integrity and misconduct, regulatory reform, graduate and postdoctoral education advocacy, and social science research advocacy.