Erin is a passionate advocate for health equity and the power of philanthropy to transform the health landscape. She authored Advisory Board’s 2007 seminal work, “Connecting Through Care: Best Practices in Grateful Patient Fundraising,” which helped hospitals across the country to launch or elevate their core fundraising programs. Erin has been a featured speaker at the AAMC’s Group on Institutional Advancement, where she has also served as a judge for the Awards on Excellence; the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy’s Leading Forward conference; Blackbaud’s bbcon, and other pre-eminent health philanthropy forums.