President, First Focus on Children
Bruce has led First Focus on Children and its partner organization First Focus Campaign for Children since 2006 and 2009, respectively. Prior to that, Bruce worked on Capitol Hill for over a dozen years for three different senators and two House members on the Senate Finance and HELP Committees and on the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the House Energy and Commerce and Appropriations Committees. In the Washington, D.C. area, Bruce also served as the head of health and human services policy for the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations and Director of Congressional Relations for the Children’s Hospital Association. In his earlier years, Bruce worked as the district director for a Texas state representative, the lead policy staff assistant to the El Paso County Judge, and then as policy director for University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Bruce holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Master’s Degree in Political Psychology from Arizona State University.
How natural disasters impact children and families, and why policies like Medicaid and the Child Tax Credit are crucial...
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat about the the importance of children’s issues in the...
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Miriam Calderón, Chief Policy Officer of Zero to...
Analysis of Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz policy positions on key children's issues including federal budget, Child Tax Credit, child health,...
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Glenn Flores, Professor and Chair of Pediatrics...
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Cynthia Osborne, founder and executive director of...
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth...
In this episode, we chat with Phyllis Rabinowitz, Co-Founder and Co-President of the R Baby Foundation. Phyllis co-founded the...
In this episode, co-host Bruce Lesley chats with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), chair of the Dads Caucus. Rep. Gomez...
In this episode, co-host Bruce Lesley chats with Mike Hixenbaugh, a senior investigative reporter for NBC News about the...
In this episode, our hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech “Selley” Looby chat with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, co-founder and executive director...
