Dawn Horner

Dawn Horner is a Senior Program Director at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. Prior to joining CCF she worked at The Children’s Partnership as its Deputy Director. In that capacity she directed key components of the Partnership’s research and policy work on health insurance issues in for children in California and at the federal level and provided strategic support to the organization’s operational activities.

While at the Partnership she spearheaded the creation of Express Lane Eligibility. This program, which increases children’s health insurance coverage through linkages with other public programs, included new research, state and national policy development and implementation. Her findings are reported in Putting Express Lane Eligibility into Practice and Building an On-Ramp to Children's Health Coverage. Other publications she authored at the Partnership include Opening Doorways to Health Care for Children, WIC: A Door to Health Care for California’s Children and Healthy Families: Health Insurance Through One Door.

She also previously served as United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ Associate Policy Director where she implemented United Way’s public policy efforts through education and advocacy. She holds a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in History and Political Science from the University of Southern California.