Helen Robins
Senior Associate
Helen Robins is a Senior Associate in the Health Practice on Waxman Strategies. In this role, she leverages her unique background in advocacy, stakeholder management, and thoughtful research for a diverse range of clients. Helen’s areas of expertise include drug pricing reform policy, Food and Drug Administration policy, and reproductive and sexual health and justice policy. She has also assisted in projects related to health coverage, veterans health, and environmental health issues.
Prior to joining Waxman Strategies, Helen worked on the business development team at POLITICO Pro, POLITICO’s non-partisan policy news platform, supporting clients working on the frontlines of a variety of health policy issues. Helen’s track record of advocacy includes additional experience at NARAL Pro Choice America, chairing the 2nd Annual Louisiana Sexual Assault Student Activist Conference (LSASAC), and running Tulane University’s 24/7 sexual violence resource hotline.
Helen earned her Bachelors of Science in Management and International Development in 2019 from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans. When she’s not exploring D.C.’s many monuments or debating where to find the best Georgetown Cupcake, Helen can be found scaling mountains in her native Colorado.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Chaired the 2nd Annual Louisiana Sexual Assault Student Activist Conference in 2018
Successfully launched POLITICO Pro Cannabis, POLITICO’s groundbreaking cannabis policy journalism team and platform
Named the Patricia Hurley Newcomb Scholar and received the Gifford Darling Reiss Award for outstanding commitment to community service