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Mark Hobraczk Heather Case
Senior Policy Manager
Mark serves on our Policy, Advocacy and
Government Education team, assisting member
organizations in 26 states with advocacy
initiatives, such as legislative days, stakeholder
meetings and advocacy-related events. He’s
also responsible for HFA’s quarterly State of the
States report, which summarizes relevant state
legislative and regulatory developments. He also
plays a key role in preparing HFA’s written federal
and state comment letters and educational
materials related to policy and advocacy.
He has worked with the bleeding disorders
community for more 15 years, first through
the ACCESS Program in Tampa, Florida, which
helped people with bleeding disorders and
other rare or chronic conditions obtain
federal disability benefits, then as part of
the government relations team for Patient
Services Inc., a premium and copay assistance
foundation. Previously, he managed the
institutional reimbursement programs
for Wyoming Medicaid, supervised the
reimbursement staff for the manufacturer
of cochlear implant devices, and directed
advocacy efforts for national associations
representing speech, hearing and durable
medical equipment providers.
He and his wife, Sandra, have a 9-year-old
son, Felipe, who they adopted from Colombia.
While living in Florida, Felipe (and mom and
dad too) loves swimming and fishing and
playing sports year-round. online training, as content design specialist.
Mark has been to every state, except Alaska,
but is looking forward to someday going hiking
in Alaska.
Associate Director, Programs
Heather manages HFA’s Blood Sisterhood
program, supports member organizations in
reaching their educational goals, and works
diligently to help the bleeding disorders
community feel more connected.
Prior to joining HFA, Heather was the
program director/family camp director
at New England Hemophilia Association.
Prior to that, she worked for Big Brothers
Big Sisters and was a high school Spanish
teacher. (Her Spanish skills are valuable
with HFA’s Sangre Latina program as
well.)
Heather lives in a nearly 300-year-old
home north of Boston with her husband,
two kids and a potcake dog.
She loves the outdoors, cooking and
yoga. She’s also always reading and loves
to hear recommendations for good books!
ON THE MOVE
Michael Bishop, who had served as HFA’s website
specialist, has moved to HFA’s Institute, which
consists of Learning Central and staff and board
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