Erin Barry
January 28, 2021
Erin E. Barry is VP of Government Affairs for Merit Medical Systems headquartered in South Jordan, Utah. As head of Government Affairs, Ms. Barry oversees all Company local, state, and federal government relations in jurisdictions in which Merit has manufacturing facilities or sales offices. These include the states of Utah, Texas, Virginia, California, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts and the countries of The US, Ireland, The Netherlands, France, Singapore, Australia, and Mexico.
Ms. Barry directs all state and federal lobbying efforts on key issues including taxation, international trade & tariffs, FDA regulation, and state and local economic incentives and compliance.
Prior to joining Merit in 2015, Ms. Barry was Deputy Director of Government Affairs for the National Air Traffic Controllers (NATCA) where she was responsible for Congressional outreach and lobbying efforts. Prior to NATCA, Ms. Barry was Vice President is Government Affairs for Unspam, a technology startup offering unique filtering software to state governments to protect minors from inappropriate Internet content.
Ms. Barry has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and Media and Politics from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Ms. Barry lives in Park City with her husband, Greg Fredde, and their two young children.