WASHINGTON — Feldman Strategies has hired healthcare policy specialist Emma Thomas as a director.

In the senior role, Thomas will focus on elevating the profiles of Feldman’s clients in the media through media relations, campaign organization and public affairs.

She brings to the Washington firm experience in leveraging media, public policy and communications to achieve clients’ goals. She most recently co-led BerlinRosen’s reproductive health, rights, and justice portfolio and voting rights work.

“We are proud and excited to welcome Emma as director to the Feldman Strategies team, the first hire in what plans to be a year of growth for Feldman Strategies,” said founder and principal Andrew Feldman.  “The addition of Emma will ensure that we can continue to deliver unprecedented results for our clients across the progressive space.”