From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Mizeur was professional staff to the House Ways and Means Committee. In that capacity, she was principal staff for a portfolio of health issues ranging from health tax and coverage expansion, to health quality, information technology, and Part B Medicare reimbursement. While at the Committee, Deborah was lead staff on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (PL 110-343), the Wellstone Mental Health Parity Act, the reauthorization of the Trade Adjustment Assistance, and the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act.

Prior to joining the Committee, Deborah Mizeur was a senior policy analyst for the nation’s largest non-profit heath care system, Ascension Health, and established their Washington, DC office.

Deborah served as a senior legislative assistant for Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) from 1999-2000. Ms. Mizeur came to Washington, D.C. in 1998 as a prestigious David A. Winston Health Policy Fellow. After completing the three-month orientation period, she accepted an offer to work with the Committee on Ways and Means where she staffed the Bi-Partisan Commission on the future of Medicare.

A graduate of the University of Washington with a Master of Health Administration degree, Deborah Mizeur obtained a B.A. in government from the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau. While completing her undergraduate degree, she worked as a legislative assistant for a member of the Alaska Legislature and as the Assistant Sergeant At Arms for both the House of Representatives and Senate.

In 2008, Deborah Mizeur founded The Mizeur Group, a team of advisors counsel clients about federal health care and energy policy matters.