Cathalene Teahan, MSN CNS RN, joined the firm as a senior public affairs consultant in 2011. Teahan is a noted expert on state budgeting, a veteran health care lobbyist, and patient advocate. Teahan has served on numerous state boards, commissions, task forces, and patient advocacy working groups. Teahan works with the firm's government affairs consultants on health policy, state and federal funding and has served as a point person on several statewide grassroots projects. Teahan is the founder and executive director for the Georgia AIDS Coalition. Teahan graduated from the University of Hawaii with a master's degree as a clinical nurse specialist in psychiatric nursing.