Who We Are

Michael is a 25-plus year veteran of the life sciences, having lead government affairs, public policy, and advocacy teams both in the U.S. and globally. Recently, he served as Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Advocacy at Novelion, as the company transitioned prior to being acquired by Amryt. He was responsible for market access-oriented government affairs and advocacy development in support of launches in Europe, South America and Japan.

While he has spent a number of years in larger global companies, he transitioned to the emerging life sciences where he led efforts in patient services, market access, payer strategies, product focused government affairs, and patient-oriented advocacy. Currently, Michael is a partner at Acuity Strategic partners where he has a practice that encompasses the life sciences, as well as the diagnostics and broader health care industry. In addition, Michael is a partner at Bridgewater Partners where he works with companies to develop compliant sales and marketing initiatives. Beginning in 2016, Michael also formed and leads a coalition of emerging, mid to large cap, and pre-market rare diseases companies and patient advocates known as the Rare Access Action Project. There he serves as the Executive Director with a focus on providing State and Federal solutions to enhance patient access to rare disease therapies.

Matt Salmon, former Congressman of Arizona’s fifth district, is now serving as the Vice President of Government Affairs and Professor of Practice at Arizona State University. He oversees the university’s international, federal, state, local, tribal and cultural relations teams, and assists the university in advancing its global strategy in creating an institution committed to excellence, access and impact.

He represented Arizona for five terms while in Congress, prior to retiring in 2016. During his time as a U.S. Representative, Salmon was a Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, serving as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, leading numerous delegations to China.

Matt lived in Taiwan as a Mormon missionary for two years and speaks fluent Mandarin. He earned his bachelor‘s degree at Arizona State University and holds a Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 42 years and are the proud parents of four children and of nine grandchildren.

Mac Haddow currently is a partner at Upstream Consulting, a government relations company in Washington, D.C; former chief-of-staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Reagan Administration; former state legislator in Utah (1980-81); and actively lobbies on a variety of health care related issues. Mac maintains an active involvement in his community, including presently serving as the president of the Oak Valley Homeowners Association; Board Member of Rise Up Prince William, a community nonprofit promoting philanthropic activities; co-chairman of the Gainesville Magisterial District Budget Committee; chairman of Carried to Full Term, a non-profit serving at-risk pregnant women and new born children; and actively serves in church leadership positions.

Jayson S. Slotnik is a Principal and founding member of Health Policy Strategies, Inc., a Washington, D.C. based consulting firm representing innovative biotech, pharmaceutical, device, and diagnostic companies. Jayson specializes in, and counsels clients on, the impact that Medicare and Medicaid coverage, payment, reimbursement, coding, and government policies have on commercial success. He also has experience as a healthcare strategist with demonstrated success in developing and implementing both pre- and post-launch strategies as well as life cycle management tools for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, and device manufacturers.

Jeff Anders is the Founder and Principal of Jeffrey Anders Government Strategies, LLC, a Washington, D.C. based strategic consulting firm, focusing on federal and state government affairs, public policy, alliance development, and stakeholder engagement in the healthcare sector.

Jeff has nearly 30 years of experience and success in developing and  influencing the outcomes of federal health policy, with a focus on legislative and regulatory issues, including health care financing and delivery system reform; the Medicare and Medicaid programs;  health equity/health disparities;  federal funding,  budget and appropriations; the  Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Affordable Care Act; rare disease, market access, value assessment,  and other health care funding, coverage and payment matters. He represents biopharma and medical technology companies, patient and professional organizations, academic medical centers and a variety of healthcare related coalitions. Before creating his consulting firm in 1998, Jeff served in a leadership role in government affairs and policy at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), representing the nation’s leading research based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Jeff began his public policy career working on the professional staff of the United States Senate, serving as Committee Counsel to both the Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Budget Committee, as well as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D- Connecticut). Jeff earned his B.A. degree in History and Political Science (magna cum laude) from Duke University and his J.D. degree from Duke University School of Law.

Evan Kozlow has worked as a political consultant and public affairs specialist developing an extensive background in non-profit and campaign management, media production, issue advocacy and grassroots mobilization. He has helped manage and promote public policy events such as “Financing & Innovation for Global Health (FIGH), a Johnson & Johnson event that worked to develop a new platform to develop solutions to global health challenges. Evan has worked as a Chief of Staff to a Member of Congress, served as the Deputy Executive Director at the NRCC, and has played a key role in the start-up and development of several corporate entities and non-profit organizations including the Rare Access Action Project.

Jeff is Founder and President of JTO Public Affairs, a healthcare consultancy based in Washington, DC. Jeff brings over 25 years of grassroots/public affairs experience to RAAP.  He services Fortune 500 and trade association clients across the healthcare spectrum.  In that capacity he assists in coalition management, message development and implementation of strategic programs to help his clients meet their legislative goals in DC and beyond. Jeff has political/local contacts in every state and congressional district in the United States at both ends of the political spectrum and has run campaigns on a wide array of topics.

Additionally, Jeff serves on the board of Patients Rising, a patient-centered advocacy organization dedicated to helping individuals get the health care services they need.