About
Links2Equity was built with the power of unity as the driving force behind our patient advocacy efforts. We employ innovative strategic methodologies that promote health equity and diversity among all groups and sectors within the healthcare ecosystem to build healthier communities.
Meet Deanna
Deanna Darlington is an Advocacy Relations Professional with more than 25 years of experience in government and external affairs, patient advocacy, policy, reimbursement consulting, and other related fields. She specializes in engaging patient advocacy organizations on access and policy issues which includes a focus on health disparities for vulnerable patient populations. Deanna works closely with advocates on key policy issues that support dialogue and engagement to patient access to quality care and value.
For 13 years, Deanna held various roles at Amgen Inc., that included policy and patient advocacy/alliance development. Deanna also served as Director of Reimbursement and Policy at a number of other Pharma companies.
Before joining the biotech and biopharmaceutical industry, she served as the first Reimbursement Specialist for the American Society of Clinical Oncology where she staffed the Clinical Practice Committee and developed the State Affiliate Program under the Association’s Public Policy arm.
Deanna founded Links2Equity in 2021 after retiring from Amgen Inc. with the goal of serving patients and other healthcare stakeholders in all disease states and underrepresented communities such as Black, LatinX, Asian Pacific Islander, Aging, Rural, LBGTQ, and others.
Meet Bethany
Bethany Howell is a health policy professional based in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University where she earned a B.S. in Sociology with minor in Women and Gender Studies, and a certificate in the Sociology of Gender.
Bethany went on to study law at the University of Houston where she earned a Juris Doctorate(J.D.) and a Master of Laws(LL.M) in Health Law and Policy. Her areas of focused study were bioethics, biotechnology, disability, genetics, and healthcare compliance.
Bethany served as a judicial intern at a federal court in the Southern District of Texas under Federal Magistrate Judge, The Honorable Frances Stacy(retired). She also completed a Risk Management internship at Texas Children’s Hospital where she researched developing and applicable policy related to healthcare for women and children.
Before joining Links2Equity, Bethany completed a fellowship at a biotech company where she analyzed federal policy, drafted responses to solicitations for open comment, and held membership in various bioeconomy-related trade associations aimed at advancing industry priorities.
