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Kathleen MacDonald
Kathleen MacDonald is Director of Social Media & Advocate Relations for the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action (“EDC”) and a Health Insurance Advocate at Kantor & Kantor, LLP. She believes that eating disorders education, along with early intervention and identification of symptoms and behaviors that can lead to the development of eating disorders is central helping to prevent people from suffering these deadliest of all mental illnesses. Some of Kathleen’s professional experience includes: Patient Advocate for those impacted by eating disorders; FREED Foundation College Speaking Tour; assisting in the EDC’s creation and drafting of the Anna Westin Act of 2015 and the FREED Act (the Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders Act), the first comprehensive bill in the history of Congress to address eating disorders research, education, prevention, and treatment; and writing appeals against the denial of insurance benefits for eating disorder treatment. Kathleen has been involved in eating disorder advocacy since 2002. She currently lives in the Washington, DC., area with a few English Setters, a few cats and a loved one of the two-legged variety.
