Anthony is a Senior Vice President on ML Strategies’ federal advocacy team in Washington, DC. He works with clients to develop and implement effective messaging and legislative strategy. Anthony helps clients navigate the Congress and administration in pursuit of policy objectives and federal funding, as well as through congressional inquiries.
For well over a decade, Anthony has been working with Congress, the bureaucracy, and the media to advance client interests. He has represented major multi-national corporations, start-ups, non-profit organizations, industry coalitions, and labor unions from most major sectors of the economy. Anthony works extensively in health care, both reimbursement and regulation. He also represents clients in transportation, infrastructure, defense, technology, and manufacturing on issues including taxation, trade, and federal appropriations.
Prior to joining ML Strategies, Anthony served in government affairs and public relations roles at firms in Washington and Boston. He is active in Democratic politics, particularly in his home state of Massachusetts.
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2024 Post-Election Analysis
November 8, 2024 | Article | By Alexander Hecht, R. Neal Martin, Anthony DeMaio, Frank C. Guinta, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, John Lushetsky, Pamela Mejia, Myria S. Garcia
Read ML Strategies’ in-depth analysis of how the results of the November 2024 elections are likely to shape policy in many areas, including energy & sustainability, US-Canada cross-border issues, taxation, health care, international trade, infrastructure, consumer product safety, and financial services, and what to expect in the upcoming lame duck session of Congress.
New Biden Executive Order Emphasizes Women’s Health
March 27, 2024 | Alert | By Pamela Mejia, Anthony DeMaio
On March 18, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that contributes to the administration’s objective to create solutions to long-lasting women’s health issues that have been historically understudied and under-evaluated.
ARPA-H Commits $100 Million to Accelerate Women’s Health Research through Sprint for Women’s Health
February 28, 2024 | Alert | By Pamela Mejia, Sarah C. Palmer, Anthony DeMaio
Read about Sprint for Women’s Health, a first-of-its-kind initiative to commit $100 million for research and development in women’s health, announced by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
Post-Election 2022: A Look into the Next Congress
November 22, 2022 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio, Pamela Mejia
Look Ahead: Upcoming Congressional Work Period – July 2022
July 11, 2022 | Blog | By Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Anthony DeMaio, R. Neal Martin, Pamela Mejia
Summer 2022 Is Here – Do You Know How the FDA User Fee Legislation Is Going?
June 2, 2022 | Blog | By Joanne Hawana
Anyone who has spent any time around health care policymaking circles in Washington, D.C. has heard about the intense five-year cycle Congress goes through in order to reauthorize the biggest user fee programs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Mintz previously published this wonderful explanation of the process complete with an estimated timeline for how this year’s reauthorization was likely to go. As a reminder, the current authorization for FDA’s various human product user fee programs – with the exception of the over-the-counter drug program that was freshly created in 2020 – will expire on September 30, 2022 with the end of the federal government’s fiscal year, unless they are renewed by Congress before that time.
Massachusetts for ARPA-H
May 3, 2022 | Blog | By Anthony DeMaio
House Democrats Weigh Major Tax Changes for Businesses, Funds, and Individuals
October 12, 2021 | Alert | By Gregg M. Benson, Anthony DeMaio
Look Ahead: Fall Preview of Key Biden Administration Initiatives
August 19, 2021 | Blog
News & Press
ML Strategies announced the promotion of Taylor Shepherd to Vice President of Government Relations and Anthony DeMaio to Senior Vice President.
Events & Speaking
Health Care Policy: Hot Topics in 2021
Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL)
Webinar
Involvement
- Board Member, Massachusetts Society of Washington, DC