Erin McKeon is the Director of Federal Advocacy for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. As the leading advocacy organization representing inflammatory bowel disease patients, caregivers, and medical professionals, the Foundation’s advocacy team works to increase timely, affordable access to therapies by reducing utilization management barriers for patients and administrative hurdles for professionals. As a federal health policy expert, Erin can speak to the wide variety of obstacles to care, and opportunities for improved access to care, for IBD patients. As an ulcerative colitis patient herself, Erin is also well-versed in the many challenges living with IBD entails.

Erin began her work in health policy during the Clinton Administration. Prior to joining the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation in 2022, Erin held a variety of advocacy roles for the American Nurses Association, the Health Industry Distributors Association, and the American Gastroenterological Association. She has also spent time working in a state legislature and the United States Senate.

Erin holds bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics.