Amber assists employers, plan sponsors, and health insurance companies on a wide range of health care and ERISA matters, including health benefit planning and design, day-to-day plan administration, and new benefit and product launches. Immediately prior to joining Groom, Amber served as a high-ranking official at the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. As the Director of the Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance, Amber was DOL’s principal advisor on health care policy issues related to ERISA. She was also the agency lead on developing regulations and interpretive guidance, coordinating external and internal compliance assistance, education, and training under the Affordable Care Act, the No Surprises Act, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, HIPAA, and COBRA, among other laws. She regularly represented DOL in meetings with senior administration officials, members of Congress, and various offices within the Executive Office of the President.