Deepti Loharikar
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Association for Behavior Health and Wellness
Deepti A. Loharikar is the Director of Regulatory Affairs for the Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW). She joined the organization in January 2020. ABHW is the national voice for specialty behavioral health and wellness companies. ABHW member companies provide services to over 200 million people in both the public and private sectors to treat mental health, substance use and other behaviors that impact health and wellness.
Deepti brings over 12 years of legal and policy experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining ABHW, Deepti was the Director of Federal and State Public Policy at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and also previously worked on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act at HHS. Before shifting her focus to health policy, Deepti practiced law, focused on civil litigation, insurance defense, and health law.
Deepti received a B.A. in Genetics and Philosophy from Rutgers College in New Jersey and a J.D. from University of Maryland with a concentration in Healthcare Law and Policy.