Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 30, 1999
BLAIR CHILDS is Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning
and Implementation for AdvaMed. Mr. Childs is responsible for the
Association's outreach programs, including coalition development,
grassroots, communications, membership, and other strategic
partnerships. Mr. Childs has held senior management positions in
professional, trade, and advocacy associations and at a Fortune
100 company. He has been responsible for organizing public
policy advocacy campaigns at the state and national levels on
some of industry's most visible and complex issues of the last
two decades, including tort and healthcare reform. Profile
TWST: Could you sketch out the most important elements in thehistory of AdvaMed as well as tell us about its structure and
what it hopes to accomplish over the next few years?
Mr. Childs: