Leaders in Public Health: Mr. Alexander Urry

Please join us for the Dean's Speaker Series, Leaders in Public Health, featuring Mr. Alex Urry, Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader.

Alex Urry currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor to Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), where he oversees the Leader’s health care, agriculture, nutrition, and budget portfolios. Prior to this role, he worked for Speaker Nancy Pelosi for nearly 4 years as an advisor on policy related to health, veterans, and nutrition. He has directly negotiated components of and contributed to the following legislative initiatives: Fiscal Responsibility Act, Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS and Science Act, Honoring Our PACT Act, Build Back Better, American Rescue Plan, the FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24 and FY25 Appropriations Bills, CARES Act, Keeping Kids Fed Act and No Surprises Act.

He is a former Winston Fellow and Scholar. He also holds an MPH in Health Care Management from the Yale School of Public Health and a BA in Biochemistry from Occidental College.

The Leaders in Public Health Series is open to active Yale community members only for in-person attendance. The general public is welcome and encouraged to participate via the Zoom link provided. Thank you for your understanding.