Una comes to Cornerstone after serving as Chief Counsel of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). In this role, she managed a team which covered the health portfolio within the Committee’s jurisdiction, including private insurance, Medicare Parts B, C and D, Medicaid, the Food and Drug Administration, and public health.

During her decade-long tenure with the Committee, Una led bicameral and bipartisan negotiations and Committee and House action on major health legislation, including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the No Surprises Act, the American Rescue Plan Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the health title of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, including the Preparing for and Responding to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act (PREVENTS), the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA), the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MOCRA), and the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Health Act (ARPA-H Act).

Previously, she served as Senior Counsel for Ranking Member Pallone, handling legislation on the private insurance market, including the Affordable Care Act and Medicare. She also began her career on the Energy and Commerce Committee on the Oversight and Investigations Committee, and spearheaded the Democratic response to numerous high profile investigations. Prior to her time on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Una served as Chief Health Counsel for House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD).

Earlier in her career, Una worked as a Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice Civil Fraud Section, prosecuting health care fraud qui tam cases on behalf of the United States and clerked for Judge Timothy B. Dyk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also worked in the office of Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) and on the presidential campaign of John Kerry.