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Executive Committee
Steven Kelmar American,
age 50
Steven Kelmar graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts in Public Administration and Economics from Pennsylvania State
University and spent 14 years (1979–1993) in public service in several
executive positions. He was Chief of Staff to two Members of the US
Congress and also worked in several legislative capacities for Members
of the US Senate and the House of Representatives before his appointment
by President Bush in 1990 to the position of Assistant Secretary for
Legislation in the US Department of Health and Human Services. In
this capacity, he served as one of the federal government’s chief
policy makers during a time of major national re-examination of healthcare
delivery systems. He managed the activities of the federal government’s
largest legislative policy offices and served as one of the principal
members of the
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department’s budget council which sets priorities
for various federal agencies such as: HCFA, FDA, Social Security
and the Public Health Service. In 1993, he joined Strategic Management
Association of Alexandria Viginia, a firm specializing in healthcare
consulting, where he was Vice President, Governmental Affairs. In
1997, he moved to Medtronic Inc., to become Senior Vice President
of External Relations, overseeing Corporate Public Relations, Internal
Communications, Branding, Government Affairs, the Corporate Coverage
and Reimbursement Group, the Corporate E-business Center and the
Medtronic Foundation. His External Relations responsibility also
included all of Medronic’s specific strategic planning initiatives.
In February 2003, Steven Kelmar joined Novartis as Head of Public
Affairs and Communications.
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