
About Us
Founded in 2016, CURA Strategies is a bipartisan strategic communications and public affairs agency focused on one thing: transforming health care. Our name, CURA—Latin for care, concern and attention to others—exemplifies our mission to take exceptional care of our clients so they can transform the health care system and improve lives.
We believe that if a new solution exists that can help people live healthier for longer, it should be supported and available to patients. Yet, given the complexities of health care, many innovative health care organizations struggle to disrupt the status quo despite their best efforts.
We know how hard it can be to reach the right audiences or motivate the right decisionmakers to take action, and we hate seeing organizations waste time and money on strategies that don’t yield results. That is why one of our core values is to deliver results by partnering with clients to create and execute communications and advocacy campaigns that motivate the right people to take transformative action.
Using our client-centric, customized communications and advocacy approach, we have helped more than 80 clients mobilize their missions, guided the launch of 12 national coalitions and received over 20 industry awards in just seven years.
We work with CURAGE
We define CURAge as bold leadership to improve society and help others. Whereas courage is self-focused and individual, CURAge is others-focused and team-centered. It’s taking on our clients’ causes as our own. It’s looking for opportunities to maximize your investment to deliver results. It’s advancing health equity in the pursuit of improved health outcomes for all. With CURAge, taking transformative action to improve health and lives is always a winning strategy.
Our CURAgeous culture is brought to life through a set of behaviors and attitudes.

We love transforming health care

We serve & contribute proactively

We partner with clients to deliver results
Our Team

Anne Woodbury
CEO and Founder

Thy-Ann Nguyen
Chief of Staff

Scott Leezer
Senior Vice President of
Government Relations

Jen Young
Senior Vice President

Claire Grant
Vice President

Kate Lyons
Vice President

Michael Lisowski
Vice President, Government Relations

Stephanie Wight
Vice President, Media Relations

Emily Hagen
Associate Creative Director

Erin Berst
Managing Supervisor

India Hinton
Account Supervisor

Falen Petros
Account Supervisor

Sydney Shepherd
Account Supervisor

Patrick Meade
Manager, Government Relations

Laura Wagner
Senior Account Executive

Lula Hailesilassie
Account Executive

Diana Pressey
Account Executive

Philicia Thompson
Account Executive

Hanna DeVarona
Assistant Account Executive

David Morrell
Project Manager

Fernando Fatecha
Office Manager
CURA is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Read our full policy.

Our Awards

CURA Strategies is a proud member of:
