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Gillian Parrish

Gillian Parrish joined FasterCures in 2009 as manager of alliance development and communications. She brings to the organization nine years of public affairs and public relations experience. Before coming to FasterCures, Gillian was a Vice President on the healthcare team at Edelman, a global public relations firm, where she managed third-party outreach, strategic partnership development, public affairs and media relations for a broad range of health care, health policy, and health technology clients.

Gillian has served HMOs, health systems, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, drug distributors, industry trade associations, and major technology corporations. In her role as deputy director of the health alliances practice at Edelman she supported key issues such as tobacco cessation, prostate health, women’s heart health, Alzheimer’s disease and health information technology.

Gillian began her career doing communications and public relations for the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and Washington, D.C.’s Newseum. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Communication from American University and a master’s degree in Global Marketing from Emerson College.