Ms. Evangelista, the inaugural chief public affairs officer at the Children’s Hospital Association, has spearheaded integrated advocacy campaigns on critical issues such as mental health, vaccine awareness and the “Made Possible By Your Children’s Hospital” campaign. She emphasizes the power of narrative storytelling to amplify the voices of patients, families, healthcare workers and children’s hospitals. Ms. Evangelista has unified multiple departments and fostered collaborations with various other hospital associations to advance and expand CHA’s advocacy, public policy and federal legislative goals. In just two years, her team has launched two award-winning campaigns on kids’ mental health and vaccine awareness. Additionally, she is an active member of the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Health Care, America’s Hospitals and Health Systems, and the Ad Council’s gun violence prevention initiative. Before CHA, she held executive roles at the Federation of American Hospitals in Washington, D.C.
