meet DOLLY

Dolly A. Judge is the CEO of Judge Government Affairs & Associates, a unique government affairs consulting firm.  Ms. Judge excelled at representing healthcare companies, trade, and professional medical societies with state and federal government officials.

Most recently, Ms. Judge served as Vice President of U.S. Government Affairs for Teva Pharmaceuticals, with responsibility for local, state, and federal government relations for the company.   At Teva, she oversaw the company’s interactions with government officials on legislative and regulatory matters and worked to ensure access to Teva’s branded, biosimilar, and generic medicines.  Ms. Judge joined Teva in May of 2017 and served until November of 2023 under a variety of structures within the organization.  Prior to Teva, Ms. Judge served as the head of Government Affairs for Quest Diagnostics, the largest innovator in the clinical laboratory sector. While at Quest, she represented the company in negotiations in Congress over the reform of the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, a market-based overhaul of the payment system for laboratory testing.

Prior to her four years with Quest Diagnostics, Ms. Judge headed Cigna's Washington, D.C. office, where she led the company’s government relations activities following the passage of major health care reform, the Affordable Care Act.  Ms. Judge spent ten years at Pfizer, with increasing roles and responsibilities for government affairs at the federal level, culminating in serving as Vice President of Government Relations.  She also headed Federal Government Affairs for six years at Hoffmann-LaRoche, which had a broad product portfolio that included fragrances and fine chemicals, vitamins, animal health, clinical labs, and pharmaceuticals.  Early in her tenure in the private sector she also held government affairs positions at Abbott Laboratories, AdvaMed, and the American College of Physicians.

Prior to joining the private sector, Ms. Judge served as a legislative assistant for a U. S. Senator and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) with a B.A. in English and History and a minor in Political Science.

Ms. Judge is active on several charitable boards and volunteers in her community in McLean, Virginia.