Charles works to improve the affordability and accessibility of health care. He works for Texas 2036, a state-based, non-ideological evidence-based think tank, and serves as Board President of Texas Employers for Affordable Health Care. During the past three legislative sessions in Texas, he worked on bills and efforts to improve health insurance markets, optimize price transparency, and improve the efficiency and value of the healthcare industry in Texas so that Texans are able to access and afford quality care when they need it.

Charles previously served as a Budget and Policy Advisor for Governor Greg Abbott. Charles advised on a broad range of issues, including health care, insurance, workforce development, elections, information resources, cybersecurity, and first amendment issues and civil law. Charles is a recovering attorney – 8 years litigation clean – having previously practiced insurance defense litigation.