Lynn Starr

Lynn Starr is Breakthrough T1D’s Chief Global Advocacy Officer. She provides strategic and operational leadership to advance the organization’s mission globally through legislative, regulatory and health policy actions. Repeatedly named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill, Lynn has years of experience in legislative and regulatory policy matters. She served as legislative counsel for a member of the US House of Representatives and has held leadership roles in government affairs organizations of various fortune 500 companies.Lynn joined Breakthrough T1D in 2023. Her work at Breakthrough T1D is deeply personal, as she has lived with type 1 diabetes for over 35 years and her daughter was diagnosed in 2023.Lynn graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts and American University’s Washington College of Law with her Juris Doctorate. She lives in McLean, VA with her husband and has 2 grown children.