Alison Beam

Alison V. Beam is an American lawyer and lobbyist who served as the acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health in 2021. She was previously the deputy chief of staff of governor Tom Wolf from 2019 to 2021.

Life Beam earned a B.S. in health policy and administration from Pennsylvania State University in 2008 where she also participated in its Schreyer Honors College. She received a J.D. from Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University. She was director of public policy and associate counsel of the Independence Health Group in Philadelphia. She resigned in December 2021 and was succeeded by executive deputy secretary Keara Klinepeter. In February 2022, Beam became the vice president of government affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Beam resides in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania and has two children.