Stacey Pogue, MPAff

Stacey Pogue is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Her current research is focused on behavioral health care access, implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and health care cost containment policies.

Before joining the Georgetown faculty in 2024, Stacey worked at Every Texan, where she provided policy expertise and direction for the organization’s advocacy and research on health care access. Her work focused on health coverage affordability, adequacy, equity, and enrollment, with a focus on lower-income, uninsured, and marginalized communities. She testified before the Texas Legislature frequently, and her analysis was often featured by state and national media outlets. In 2010 and 2011, she served as an appointed consumer representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Prior roles include working on health coverage initiatives at both the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Insurance.

Stacey holds degrees from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University.