Finn serves as the Director of Public Relations at Friends of Cancer Research (Friends). Friends is an advocacy organization based in Washington, DC that drives collaboration among partners from every healthcare sector to power advances in science, policy, and regulation that speed life-saving treatments to patients.
At Friends, Finn directs the organization’s communications and advocacy campaigns. This includes social media, email marketing, and all public facing content.
Before joining Friends, Finn served as a Director of Public Policy for the Alzheimer’s Association, where he led issue advocacy campaigns and lobbied members of Congress to advance research funding and health access for Alzheimer’s patients. He also directed policy work for a medical device company developing low-cost ventilators for international markets, and led a strategic communications and advocacy campaign for the Downtown Women’s Center in Los Angeles supporting women experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier in his career, Finn worked at the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, building congressional support for funding at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions.
Prior to the APLU, Finn served as a communications consultant for multiple hospital systems, held communications and field roles on several political campaigns, including Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign, and worked in the Obama White House.
Finn graduated from The University of Vermont in 2016 with a B.A. in African History and Political Science. He lives in East Hardwick, Vermont.