Niki Carelli is Senior Vice President with The Daschle Group and Of Counsel with Baker Donelson. She serves as Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Flu, a group of 27 organizations leading the fight against seasonal and pandemic influenza. Niki has more than 15 years of experience representing health care organizations before Congress and the Executive Branch. Her clients have included nonprofits, drug and device manufacturers, health systems, insurers, pharmacies, state governments, and health IT companies. Niki’s areas of expertise include pandemic preparedness and public health, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid funding and compliance, and Medicare reimbursement. Niki is experienced with coalition management and helps clients think beyond the Hill on how to achieve their goals. She also counsels clients on congressional investigations and federal laws and rules governing lobbying and ethics. Niki has been named one of Washington’s Top Lobbyists by The Hill. Niki was previously an associate with DLA Piper. She earned her J.D., with distinction, from Stanford University in 2008 and her B.A., with distinction, from Stanford in 2004.