Denise Rose

Rose has worked in and around the Texas Capitol for two decades, and her strength is a deep knowledge of the legislative process and the people involved. She has cultivated relationships throughout the Texas Capitol and in state agencies. Rose provides effective strategic counsel to clients on a wide variety of issues, including but not limited to Medicaid and hospital finance, special utility districts, occupational licensing, health care quality, and agency rulemaking processes and requests for proposals. Rose is adept in the legislative drafting process. She represents non-profit organizations, nationally ranked hospitals, and Fortune 500 companies at the Capitol.

Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Rose served as assistant vice president for legislative affairs at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, where her work was primarily focused on the Health Science Center’s budget needs for the state’s healthcare workforce. Prior to the A&M Health Science Center, Rose served as the senior director of government relations at the Texas Hospital Association. She has years of experience tracking and analyzing legislation specific to hospitals and health-related institutions, and she has also drafted legislation, amendments and expert witness testimony on various topics, as well as legislative appropriations requests and budget riders.

Previously, Rose served as the government relations liaison for Texas Children’s Hospital and a policy analyst at the Sunset Advisory Commission. She began her career at the Capitol as a health law legislative fellow for State Representative Vicki Truitt.

Based in: Austin
Organization: Jackson Walker LLP
Position: Partner and Government Affairs Consultant
Speaking topics: legislative process, public policy in action, supporting women in government
Audience preferences: all
In-person or virtual: both
Preferred speaking format: any
Speaker fee: none

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