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Join CRN's Government Relations team for an overview of the 2026 midterm election results and their implications for the political landscape. Featuring insights from government affairs experts at Williams & Jensen and Samson Advisors, this webinar will examine key congressional and state election outcomes, shifts in political leadership, and the potential impact on legislative priorities moving into 2027.
Attendees will gain a better understanding of the post-election political environment, what the results could mean for the dietary supplement industry, and the issues to watch as the new Congress and state legislatures prepare to convene.
Hear from:
Jeanne Haggerty, Principal, Williams & Jensen
Haggerty brings in-depth policy knowledge from 25 years of governmental affairs experience in Washington. Haggerty’s successful career on the hill included working on the Senate Finance Committee, and later, the House Energy and Commerce Committee. During this time, she built strong relationships on the Hill as well as knowledge in a wide variety of policy areas. In 2006, Haggerty began working at Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) as the House Republican lobbyist. During her 15 years at BIO, she served as the Senior Vice President for Federal Government Relations and eventually Executive Vice President of External Relations. Haggerty attended the University of Vermont and received a B.A. in Political Science and English.
While on the Hill, Haggerty was involved in the creation and passage of the Medicare Modernization Act, and the Deficit Reduction Act, which revamped how Medicaid pays for prescription drugs. She also worked on legislation to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health and the Ryan White CARE Act.
Margie Lie, Legislative Advocate, Samson Advisors
Margie is a detail-oriented policy professional at Samson Advisors, where she provides strategic counsel and advocacy for Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and public sector clients. Her recent work includes securing amendments for the dietary supplement and food industry in date-labeling legislation and preserving allowances for publicly owned utilities in the Cap-and-Invest reauthorization. Before joining the firm in 2022, she was a Legislative Assistant to Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, where she led AB 2440 (2022), which created the nation’s largest extended producer responsibility program for batteries and earned her a legislative excellence award from a prominent recycling group. A Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellowship alumna, Margie holds a Graduate Certificate in Applied Policy and Government from Sacramento State and a B.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego. In 2026, she was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 AAPI political and public affairs professionals by the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs.
Cartier Esham, Senior Advisor, Williams & Jensen
Cartier Esham joined Williams & Jensen as a Senior Advisor in June 2026. Dr. Esham has over 25 years of health policy experience. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, a non-profit organization focused on ensuring the FDA has the resources it needs to carry out its mission. Prior to launching her own firm, she served as the Chief Scientific Officer for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) where she managed and directed BIO’s policy development, advocacy, research and educational initiatives for BIO’s emerging companies’ team, the science and regulatory team, the infectious disease team, the industry analysis and research team, and membership team. Dr. Esham is also a member of the Eshelman Innovation Board. She has a Ph.D. in microbiology and a master’s degree. in marine biology.
Moderated by: Julia Gustafson, Vice President, Government Relations, CRN
A Capitol Hill veteran, Julia serves as the primary liaison between CRN and elected officials in Washington, DC. Her policy experience includes serving as a Legislative Director in the House of Representatives and as Committee Staff in the Senate. During that time, Ms. Gustafson drafted and oversaw development of dozens of laws, including bills that authorized programs critical to CRN and its members.
Ms. Gustafson has also worked for other industry trade associations in Washington, as well as advised Fortune 100 companies on legislative strategy and political advocacy. A licensed attorney, she attended the University of Georgia, Oxford University, and the University of Montana School of Law.
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$99 for CRN members / $149 for non-members
Registration closes November 17 at 10 am Eastern
