Rachel Dresen is a Senior Director of Congressional and Political Affairs at AICPA & CIMA, a position she has held since 2013. In this role, she is responsible for advocating on behalf of the accounting profession before Congress and the Administration. Prior to joining the AICPA, Rachel worked for Members in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly ten years. In that capacity, she served as the Legislative Director to Congressman Ron DeSantis (FL-06), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, and previous to that was the Legislative Director to Congressman Ben Quayle (AZ-03), also a member of the House Judiciary Committee. In these positions she managed all legislative issues, oversaw legislative staff and handled the Judiciary Committee portfolio and financial services portfolio, among others. She has also worked on legislative issues for Congressman Jeff Flake (AZ-06) and Congressman Chris Cannon (UT-03). Rachel worked in the Independent Expenditures division at the National Republican Congressional Committee in Washington, DC, during the 2010 election cycle. In this capacity, she was responsible for legislative analysis, approving legislative and political accuracy and translating research into sound bites used in political advertisements.