
Cindy Steinberg
US Pain Foundation
Cindy Steinberg is the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the U.S. Pain Foundation and Policy Council Chair for the Massachusetts Pain Initiative. She is a nationally prominent spokesperson for the needs of people living with pain. Ms. Steinberg has been appointed to several high-ranking government policy committees including the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee chaired by the NIH, the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Opioid Working Group and the Massachusetts Drug Formulary Commission. In February of 2019, Ms. Steinberg was invited to testify before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at a hearing on “Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis”. Ms. Steinberg has won numerous awards for her pain policy accomplishments. Her dedication to pain advocacy was sparked when she sustained a severe crush injury that left her with daily back pain.