Cheryl Matheis

Senior VP of Policy
Strategy & International
Affairs Group
AARP

Cheryl Matheis is Senior Vice President in AARP’s Policy Strategy & International Affairs Group.

She serves as Deputy and Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President, managing the daily operations of the group which develops AARP’s public policy agenda and represents the Association before national and global audiences.

 

From 2004-2010, she was SVP for Health Strategy in AARP’s Office of Social Impact. Leading AARP’s Health Reform Campaign, she coordinated the organization’s efforts to achieve social change in health and long-term care. She also directed the Medicare Part D Education and Implementation efforts in 2004-2005.

 

From 1999-2004, Cheryl served as AARP’s Director of State Affairs. She began her AARP career in Federal Affairs, focusing on health care and a broad range of legal and regulatory issues.  A practicing attorney, she was associated with Washington DC law firms and worked in the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.  Cheryl has a bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville College and a JD from Catholic University Law School, where she was a member of the law review.

 

An articulate spokesperson, Cheryl often represents AARP before external audiences, and has appeared on all major television networks.