Associate Director of State Government Affairs & Legal
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
Rosemont, Illinois, United States
Lesley Arca is an Associate Director of State Government Affairs & Legal at AANA. Her work focuses on assisting association members and state associations on issues involving anesthesiologist assistants, non-surgical pain management, physician office-based procedures, and state provider non-discrimination. Prior to AANA, she worked at the Chicago office of a nationally-ranked law firm in its healthcare and trusts & estates practices during which she was named a Super Lawyers Illinois Rising Star in Healthcare Law from 2020-2022. Her work in private practice included representing small and mid-sized healthcare companies and individual healthcare practitioners on issues ranging from transactions to civil federal investigations into Medicare fraud. Lesley is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion as a former member of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2020-2022) and President of the Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago (2017). She received her J.D. from University of Illinois College of Law and B.A. in Biological Sciences and Asian American Studies from Northwestern University.
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Round Robin: Issues Facing State Associations - 1 Class A CE
Saturday, October 21, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM ET