Faculty/Staff

Heather Howard

Howard served as New Jersey's Commissioner of Health and Senior Services from 2008-2010, overseeing a cabinet-level agency with a staff of approximately 1,750 and budget of $3.6 billion in state and federal funds. She was responsible for public health services, regulation of health care institutions, hospital financing, senior services, and health care policy and research. Previously, she served as Governor Jon Corzine's chief policy counsel, overseeing all policy development.

Howard also has significant federal experience, having worked in the U.S. Senate for five years, including as then-Senator Corzine's Chief of Staff, and in the Clinton White House, as associate director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and as senior policy advisor for First Lady Hillary Clinton. She also served as an honors attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division Health Care Task Force, and as a legislative assistant to Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY).

Howard received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and B.A. from Duke University. She served a judicial clerkship with Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She is currently a health care consultant advising clients on the evolving health care landscape. She lives in Princeton with her husband and seven year old son.