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VALA Political Action Committee - VALA PAC

It has become abundantly clear that one of the most pressing issues that our industry will face in the future is increasing regulation. VALA PAC was formed to proactively address this issue and bring about change in a way that is good for both our residents and our industry.

We are not opposed to smart regulation, but it is our duty to fight new rules that do nothing to improve resident care and unnecessarily increase our costs. We also understand the importance of proactively seeking new legislation to clarify our role in the long term care network, to ensure that resident choice is preserved in an increasingly regulated environment, and to improve the quality of care delivered by our providers.

In order to be effective in this venture, we need friends in the legislature, and in order to get our friends into the General Assembly, they need our support. While lobbying and campaign donations sound like dirty words after many stories of misuse, money is the lifeblood of any candidate's campaign. This is how they buy the advertising to get their message out, and getting their message heard is how they get elected.

VALA PAC is raising money to actively support legislators and candidates who are concerned about senior issues and to make sure they understand our business. We need your support and are asking that each facility contribute a minimum of $250 to this important effort. We look forward to working for you and ensuring our industry's ability to be successful in the future. Please make your checks payable to VALA PAC and mail them to VALA, PO Box 6266, Richmond, VA 23230. Please include a business card with your donation or provide us with your name, mailing address, and phone number to satisfy reporting requirements by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Thank you for helping us to help others!

VALA's voice to the Virginia General Assembly
LeClair Ryan, A Professional Corporation ~ www.leclairryan.com

May Fox, a non-lawyer professional, is Director of Government Relations for LeClair Ryan and is a member of the firm's Administrative Law & Government Relations team. Ms. Fox specializes in providing legislative representation of health care and other business interests before the Virginia General Assembly.  Most recently, Ms. Fox has served as a member of Governor Warner’s transition staff. 
 
Prior to joining LeClair Ryan in 1999, Ms. Fox served for four years as the founding Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, a non-profit trade and lobbying association representing health maintenance organizations and other managed care companies doing business in the Commonwealth. From 1990-1994, Ms. Fox served in Governor L. Douglas Wilder’s cabinet in two capacities:  first as Deputy Secretary of Administration, during which term she played a key role in converting the state employees benefits plan to managed care; and second, as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources, in which capacity she oversaw the implementation of the managed care capitation program for Virginia’s Medicaid recipients.  

Ms. Fox has more than twenty years experience in health care policy and lobbying positions both in the public and private sectors. Such positions include serving as director of government relations for a Richmond law firm representing a variety of health care and business clients, as well as the Director of the Division of Planning for Virginia’s Department of Health.  Ms. Fox has served on the Board of Directors for a number of Richmond area organizations, including the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) Leadership Metro Richmond and the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood. She currently serves on the Westminster Canterbury’s Board of Trustees, the GRCC Youth Matters Board of Directors, and a managing director of Advantus Strategies, LLC, a government relations consulting company.