Cindy Steinberg

Cindy Steinberg is the National Director of Policy and Advocacy for the U.S. Pain Foundation, a member of the Steering Council of the Massachusetts Pain Initiative (MassPI) and Chair of MassPI’s Policy Council. Ms. Steinberg is New England Director of the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and Leader of the Boston Area Chapter of the ACPA, which she founded in 2000. She is also a member of the Leadership Advisory Council for the State Pain Policy Advocacy Network (SPPAN), the Advisory Council for the Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program and the Joint Policy Workgroup on Opioid Prescribing established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2012. In 2009, Ms. Steinberg was awarded the American Pain Foundation's Presidential Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of pain management. In 2010, Ms. Steinberg received the State Pain Initiative Champion Award from the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives for her pain policy accomplishments. In August of 2013, Ms. Steinberg was selected as one of six leaders in the field of pain management to receive the prestigious Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship for 2013-2014.