Meet Judy

Judy, center, with her family. From left to right, they are her younger son, Lester; her husband, Stan; her daughter-in-law, Sara; and her older son, Sam.

For over thirty years, Judy Feder and her husband Stan have lived in Northern Virginia, where they raised their two sons and where their son and daughter-in-law are now raising their twin granddaughters. 

Judy Feder's three decades of health policy experience will make her an invaluable leader in transforming how Washington does business. She began her career researching ways to
make health care more affordable. A widely published scholar, Judy worked at the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute before joining the faculty of Georgetown University in 1984.

In 1988 she served as Staff Director of the Congressional Pepper Commission, the bipartisan commission on comprehensive health care. In 1993, she was appointed
to the Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked to expand health
insurance coverage, manage Medicare and Medicaid effectively, and assure the safety
of food and drugs.

Judy is a professor and, from 1999 through 2007, was Dean of Georgetown University's
Public Policy Institute. Her combination of scholarship and government experience have made the institute one of the nation's most respected training grounds for public policy leaders. Her graduates are tackling the nation's most complicated policy challenges- from health reform in the Congress to military
intelligence in the Pentagon.

Judy's husband, Stan, is a former intelligence analyst for the CIA who spent more than 20 years working to reform the intelligence community and now occasionally teaches analysis for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. A long-time food enthusiast, Stan has embarked on a second career as a sausage maker. His company, Simply Sausage, was  featured in the Food section of the Washington Post. A small businessman in the food industry, Stan has also started a not-for-profit working with local farmers to promote their products.

One of the nation's leading experts on health policy, Judy is respected for her work as
a scholar, public servant, educator, and independent advocate for America's families.