Jim Bialick

At Pine Lake Policy Group, I offer a suite of strategic services designed to help mission-driven organizations, startups, and advocacy campaigns shape public policy, secure funding, and scale their impact across state and federal systems.

• Legislative & Regulatory Strategy

• Design and execute winning strategies for federal and state legislative action
• Develop bipartisan policy frameworks and advocacy plans
• Provide expert testimony and briefings before legislatures and regulatory agencies

• Specialize in maternal, child, and mental health policy innovation
• Shape national and state-level funding priorities for early childhood systems
• Guide initiatives in child care, paid leave, public health infrastructure, and family economic support.

• Advise on strategic political giving and PAC strategy
• Align philanthropic and corporate giving with policy and advocacy goals
• Manage multimillion-dollar giving portfolios and election-cycle impact strategies

• Build cross-sector coalitions to advance policy change
• Convene thought leaders, community voices, and public officials
• Host forums, summits, and strategy roundtables to catalyze momentum

• Support mission-aligned startups and nonprofits in evolving from public grants to private capital
• Develop sustainable business models for public-benefit technology platforms
• Identify public-private partnership opportunities for scaling

• Advise on regulatory pathways for health IT, telehealth, and medical technologies
• Develop policy platforms for emerging digital health and patient safety solutions
• Navigate FDA, CMS, and HHS systems to accelerate product adoption

• Craft compelling policy narratives for use with lawmakers, the press, and funders
• Develop white papers, talking points, testimony, and event materials
• Position organizations as thought leaders through targeted media and engagement strategies

• Position executives for appointments, advisory roles, and public recognition
• Arrange briefings with Members of Congress, White House officials, and global health leaders
• Design influence campaigns to drive policy priorities and brand reputation

• FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL, PINE LAKE POLICY GROUP

  Seattle, WA (2022 – Present)

• SR. POLICY & ADVOCACY OFFICER, PERIGEE FUND

  Seattle, WA (2022 – 2024)

• DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, ZERO TO THREE

  Washington, DC (2019 – 2022)

• VICE PRESIDENT, ENGAGE CUBA

  Washington, DC (2017 – 2019)

• VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, MASIMO

  Washington, DC (2016 – 2017)

• PRESIDENT, PATIENT SAFETY MOVEMENT FOUNDATION

  Irvine, CA (2014 – 2016)

• EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEWBORN FOUNDATION & COALITION

  Washington, DC (2010 – 2014)

• Master of Arts (MA) in Government, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (2017)
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science, Boston University, Boston, MA (2007)