MITA
NEMA Names Ilyse Schuman to Lead MITA
December 10, 2008
by Barbara Kram, Editor
ROSSLYN, VA - The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has named Ilyse Schuman to lead its Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA), the collective voice of medical imaging equipment manufacturers, innovators, and product developers.
Schuman; the former minority staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); has joined as managing director of MITA and vice president of NEMA. Since 2001 she has served on the HELP Committee as counsel to the former chairman and now ranking member, Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY).
"Knowledge of healthcare policy is integral to the medical imaging industry's future of improving medicine and Ilyse has the deep substantive expertise, government leadership experience, and credentials to successfully lead MITA," said NEMA President and CEO Evan R. Gaddis. "MITA will be strengthened with Ilyse's leadership."
While serving on the Senate HELP Committee, Schuman oversaw legislative and communications activity, which included the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act, and health information technology legislation. As staff director and counsel to the chair of the committee, she successfully managed major legislative initiatives including the FDA Drug Safety Reform, Pension Protection Act, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, Head Start reauthorization, and Patient Safety bill through Congress with a proven ability to work in a bipartisan manner.
Prior to the Senate, Schuman was senior counsel at Navistar International Corporation, and, before that, an associate at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.
Schuman graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. and M.A. in Political Science. She earned her J.D. with honors from Georgetown University Law Center. Her recognitions include selection as the John C. Stennis Congressional Staff Fellow of the 109th Congress.
NEMA is the trade association of choice for the electrical manufacturing industry. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately 450 member companies manufacture products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of electricity. These products are used in utility, medical imaging, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential applications. Domestic production of electrical products sold worldwide exceeds $120 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, NEMA also has an office in Mexico City.
Schuman; the former minority staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP); has joined as managing director of MITA and vice president of NEMA. Since 2001 she has served on the HELP Committee as counsel to the former chairman and now ranking member, Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY).
"Knowledge of healthcare policy is integral to the medical imaging industry's future of improving medicine and Ilyse has the deep substantive expertise, government leadership experience, and credentials to successfully lead MITA," said NEMA President and CEO Evan R. Gaddis. "MITA will be strengthened with Ilyse's leadership."
While serving on the Senate HELP Committee, Schuman oversaw legislative and communications activity, which included the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act, and health information technology legislation. As staff director and counsel to the chair of the committee, she successfully managed major legislative initiatives including the FDA Drug Safety Reform, Pension Protection Act, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, Head Start reauthorization, and Patient Safety bill through Congress with a proven ability to work in a bipartisan manner.
Prior to the Senate, Schuman was senior counsel at Navistar International Corporation, and, before that, an associate at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.
Schuman graduated cum laude from Tufts University with a B.A. and M.A. in Political Science. She earned her J.D. with honors from Georgetown University Law Center. Her recognitions include selection as the John C. Stennis Congressional Staff Fellow of the 109th Congress.
NEMA is the trade association of choice for the electrical manufacturing industry. Founded in 1926 and headquartered near Washington, D.C., its approximately 450 member companies manufacture products used in the generation, transmission and distribution, control, and end-use of electricity. These products are used in utility, medical imaging, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential applications. Domestic production of electrical products sold worldwide exceeds $120 billion. In addition to its headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia, NEMA also has an office in Mexico City.