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| LICY DO CANTO is a Principal at the Raben Group, where he co-leads the firm's Health and Education Practice Group. With more than 14 years of successful government relations, lobbying and management experience, Mr. Do Canto brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to clients on health and health care policy, and has a proven track record of building bipartisan consensus on and guiding federal legislation into law; creating and managing bipartisan coalitions; and directing large, complex policy and legislative campaigns at the national level.
Mr. Do Canto most recently served as chief executive officer of the AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families, a leading national, non-profit advocacy organization focused on improving access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment for underserved communities across the United States. Mr. Do Canto is largely credited with significantly strengthening the Alliance's operational and policy structure and considerably expanding and fortifying its relations with public and private sector partners.
Prior to the Alliance, Mr. Do Canto served as the director of federal affairs for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), the largest association of nonprofit clinics and health centers in the United States, representing over 1,000 clinics and 6,000 clinic sites that serve over 17 million people. Mr. Do Canto helped oversee the historic doubling of funding for the Federal Health Center program while also successfully managing the Association's legislative priorities on health center reauthorization and the Medicare, Medicaid and state Children's Health Insurance Programs.
While at NACHC, Mr. Do Canto also founded and chaired the Association's Partnership for Medicaid, a nationwide coalition of eighteen safety net providers and other key organizations focused on improving the Medicaid program. In addition, he co-founded and served as chair of the Association's twenty-two member Partnership for Primary Care Workforce, a nationwide coalition of national professional, provider and educational organizations dedicated to strengthening the health care workforce.
Before NACHC, Mr. Do Canto served as senior manager for federal affairs in the American Cancer Society's Federal Government Relations Department, directing the Society's federal legislative and executive branch advocacy efforts on health disparity issues. He also has extensive Capitol Hill experience, having served as senior legislative assistant for domestic policy to U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) and held a number of positions in the office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA).
Mr. Do Canto is well known to key Congressional committee and non-committee staff with jurisdiction over health issues, having authored and successfully guided into law the $25 million bipartisan Patient Navigator Act (aimed at helping low-income patients overcome health system barriers), the first piece of health legislation signed into law by the President in 2005. He successfully advocated for an array of other key bipartisan-supported health policy issues before Congress, including the creation of a $50 million medical home program in Medicaid, the creation of a $100 million Health Center Medicare payment system and the inclusion of an $85 million Health Center financing system in State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization legislation enacted by Congress.
A native of Boston and fluent in Spanish and Cape Verdean Portuguese, Licy is a 1995 graduate of Duke University, with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, International Affairs and Spanish Studies. He also holds a professional Certificate in Public Health Leadership from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health and Kenan-Flagler Business School. |
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