Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

General Counsel

• As a key member of the Leadership Team, efficiently and effectively administer the legal affairs of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Global Health Advocacy Incubator by providing professional, timely, and valuable legal advice and services.
• Minimize liability exposure by recommending and implementing appropriate policies, practices, and procedures.
• Provide timely and accurate advice on a variety of legal topics including staffing obligations and risks, risk management, board governance, contracts, and lobbying.
• Act as the Organization’s primary legal practitioner for organizational issues, with responsibility for all legal business operations and selective global compliance and operational issues.
• Review and update all procurement policies, procedures, and practices and ensure the contracting process is uniform and consistent with integrated organizational best practices in the U.S. and globally.
• Actively review, manage, and ensure legal compliance with all organization's contractual agreements, vendor agreements, hotel and events, partnership deals, and all related legal contractual business activities.
• Develop and implement a best-practice risk management program to ensure organizational compliance with U.S. law and regulatory policies.
• Oversee conflict of interest policy to ensure that all staff are trained and familiar with the policy.
• Manage the organization-wide process for lobbying and reporting by ensuring that the Organization can legally and effectively advocate the goals of the organization to legislators and other governing bodies and protect its 501(c)(3) status.
• Serve as Secretary of the Board by preparing minutes and resolutions for board approval.

Senior Corporate Counsel

Events

• Oversee the development and execution of the organization’s state and local advocacy agenda.
• Direct GHAI’s strategy on state overdose prevention policy.
• Manage the day-to-day work and long-term strategy for state advocacy on overdose prevention; represent the department with state-based stakeholders.
• Oversee the work of Regional Campaign Managers.
• Direct and coordinate the work of the overdose prevention state advocacy team with other departments to integrate strategies and activities.
• Lead coordination with partner organizations on state issues, including public health groups and others interested in substance use and overdose prevention.
• Assist in building grassroots support for priority federal issues.
• Represent the Overdose Prevention Initiative at national conferences, and accomplish other duties as assigned by the AVP, Overdose Prevention.

Director of State Advocacy – Overdose Prevention Initiative

• Provide clerical and administrative support for the GHAI Overdose Prevention Initiative.
• Process and track invoices, vendor payments, contract and expense reporting.
• Organize logistics for in-state and D.C. based meetings and events which includes making travel arrangements, securing travel visas and managing invitations.
• Manage the schedule for the AVP of Overdose Prevention.

Senior Corporate Counsel

Director of State Advocacy – Overdose Prevention Initiative

Operations Associate, Overdose Prevention Initiative