Meghan Gutierrez is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lymphoma Research Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to funding lymphoma research and education, advancing both the study of new cancer therapies and improved patient care. A government relations and health care policy specialist, Gutierrez has pursued an array of public policy issues during her career, ranging from mental health parity and rare disease drug development to medical technology and the treatment of chronic disease. Following her work as a Congressional staff member for one of the U.S. House of Representatives’ foremost leaders on health care policy, she served as a health policy and communications advisor for several national nonprofit and educational institutions, including Columbia University and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Recognized in 2023 by Crain’s as one of the country’s Notable Women in Health Care, Gutierrez represents the Foundation and the lymphoma community before numerous audiences, including the U.S. Congress, Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, pharmaceutical industry and health insurance payers. She has written and lectured extensively about the needs of cancer patients and served on committees and panels of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine and National Cancer Institute, among others.