Authors

Gail Rodriguez

Executive Director

Gail Rodriguez is MITA’s Executive Director. She has worked in the nuclear medicine industry for eighteen years in various sales, marketing, training and management roles. Gail has been involved in imaging policy since 2008 when she served as policy and membership director for the Institute for Molecular Technologies. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Kansas with an emphasis on health policy. View all posts by gail-rodriguez

Lindsay Morris

Senior Director, Government Relations

Lindsay Morris has been the Director of Government Relations for MITA since January 2009. She worked on health policy on Capitol Hill for nearly 8 years to members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Finance Committee, and Special Committee on Aging. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Georgetown University and Masters Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. View all posts by lindsay-morris

Brian Connell

Director of State & Federal Government Relations

Brian Connell is MITA’s Director of State & Federal Government Relations. Prior to joining MITA in January 2011, he worked as Legislative Director for a Midwestern Member of Congress, advising on health care policy at the federal level for four years. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from the University of Evansville. View all posts by brian-connell

Chuck Konigsberg

Chief, Strategy and Policy

Chuck Konigsberg has nearly 30 years’ experience with the federal budget, health and public policy, serving in senior-level positions in the U.S. Senate, the Office of Management and Budget, and non-profits. During 13 years in the Senate, he served as Chief Health Counsel and General Counsel at the Senate Finance Committee, as well as counsel at the Budget and Rules committees. During the Clinton Administration, Chuck served as an Assistant Director at the Office of Management and Budget and served as Director of Congressional Affairs for the Corporation for National Service during the Bush Administration. In 2010, he served as Director of the Domenici-Rivlin Bipartisan Debt Reduction Task Force and is author of America’s Priorities (2008), a comprehensive explanation of the Federal Budget.