Sara Love Rawlings, JD

Ms. Rawlings is a member of the Government Relations & Public Policy Group and has a broad range of experience in crafting and analyzing appropriations and health care policy issues. Prior to joining Baker Donelson, she worked as a staff member of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations. Ms. Rawlings worked with the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education and Related Agencies, where she managed more than $30 billion in annual federal spending. Ms. Rawlings has particular experience with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health Resources and Services Administration, Administration for Children and Families, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Administration on Aging.

Ms. Rawlings began her career in Washington under the leadership of Senator Thad Cochran, the then-ranking member of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations, in whose office she worked as a congressional health policy fellow. During her time with Senator Cochran's office, Ms. Rawlings fostered strong relationships with the congressional leadership and the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor or Pension Committees.

Before her time in Washington, Ms. Rawlings spent four years working in biological research at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Green Center for Reproductive Biological Sciences.