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Brenda Shipley Stony Creek CT

Secretary and Research & Advocacy Committee Member
Co-Chair - Policy for CT Center for Patient Safety


Brenda is a graduate student in the Health Advocacy Program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She is engaged in a number of health policy research projects, the Consumers Union Safe Patient Project, and the Public Citizen global access to medicines initiative. Prior to health advocacy, Brenda led business development, sales, marketing, and operations in Fortune 500 and start-up technology companies in the Health 2.0, Employee Benefit, and Managed Healthcare space. Brenda shifted her career focus to advocacy after surviving medical malpractice while undergoing cancer treatment.

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