Anita Brikman joined CHPA in 2016 and is responsible for leading the association’s communications team, as well as acting as the Executive Director of the CHPA Educational Foundation, an organization devoted to promoting medicine safety to consumers nationwide.  She also plays a leadership role in medicine abuse prevention campaigns.

Prior to joining CHPA, Anita served as Senior Vice President, Communications and Outreach, at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) where she led communications and marketing for the association and its affiliates, including the National Hospice Foundation.

For more than two decades prior to her association work, Brikman worked as a news anchor and health reporter in the major television markets of Philadelphia, Pa., (WPVI 6ABC) and Washington, D.C., (WUSA 9), where she served as chief medical correspondent directing coverage on a wide range of healthcare issues.