Christie Raniszewski Herrera is director of the Health and Human Services Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council, the nation’s largest nonpartisan individual membership organization of state legislators.

In that capacity, Christie drives model legislation, conducts research, builds coalition support, and heightens media awareness in support of free-market health care policy. During the 2006 session, ten states enacted model legislation drafted by ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force.

Christie previously served for two years as director of public affairs at The James Madison Institute in Tallahassee. Prior to joining JMI, Christie spent three years at the Cato Institute, where she directed all policy events at Cato and on Capitol Hill.

Christie has testified before legislatures in Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. Her work has appeared in The Washington Times, Congress Daily, Health Care News, and Budget & Tax News, among other publications across the country. Christie holds a B.S. in communication studies and an M.S. in political science from Florida State University.