Alison MacDonald

Alison MacDonald is Chief of Staff to Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).  In this position, she oversees the Senator’s New Hampshire and Washington, D.C. offices, including legislative, communications and constituent services.   

Alison has over 25 years of policy and political experience in Washington, D.C. in both the public and private sectors.  She has served as a health policy advisor and Chief of Staff to Sen. Shaheen, and has also worked as the System Vice President of Policy and Federal Affairs for Dartmouth Health, the largest provider of health care in Northern New England. She has also worked for DC-based consulting firms and health-related trade groups. 

Alison has an undergraduate degree in political science from Colgate University, a Master of Public Administration from American University and a Master of Health Care Delivery Science degree from Dartmouth College.  She is also an adjunct professor at the Milken Institute of Public Health at the George Washington University.