Leif Wellington Haase '83
Politics / Healthcare
Leif Wellington Haase, president of LWH Consulting, was formerly California director of the New America Foundation and Senior Program Officer at the Twentieth Century Fund/Century Foundation. He has worked on health care and other public policy areas for the past three decades at the federal, state, and local levels, and more recently has been a political consultant with clients in business, government, and the non-profit sector.
His background also includes extensive international work, principally in Canada, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. As well as working on national and state political campaigns and ballot initiatives, he advises federal and state legislators and their staff on key policy issues. Leif was closely involved in the health reform debates that led to the passage of the Affordable Care Act. He played a significant role in developing and explaining the law’s personal responsibility measures and in helping implement the law in California and other states.
He has taught at Yale University and at the Dalian University of Technology, People’s Republic of China. Leif holds graduate degrees from Yale University and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University (School of Public and International Affairs).