Aiken Hackett has over two decades of experience in government relations. She began her career as a young aide for a D.C.-based boutique lobbying firm focused on agriculture, and shortly thereafter pivoted to health care, where she has spent close to two decades. The confluence of agriculture and health care provide unique insight and an extensive network for her work at BIO.
Aiken joined BIO in 2018 as a Director of Federal Government Relations. In 2024, she was promoted to Senior Vice President of Federal Government Affairs. Throughout her tenue at BIO, Aiken has played a significant role in developing and driving BIO’s federal advocacy and political strategy in areas of patient access and affordability, regulatory affairs, infectious diseases policy, agriculture, intellectual property, and capital formation.
Prior to joining BIO, Aiken spent more than a decade in various government affairs roles within the physician community, both in Washington and Atlanta, GA, including the American Medical Association, the American College of Rheumatology, and the Medical Association of Georgia. In those roles, Hackett built and assembled coalition networks to advance advocacy efforts by bringing together providers, patient advocacy organizations, and key external stakeholders.
An Atlanta native, Hackett received a B.A. in both history and political science, and a Master of Public Administration with a concentration in public policy from the University of Georgia. She resides in Washington, D.C.