STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, SUNY STONY BROOK lobbying for STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SUNY STONY BROOK

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 21, 2026

Expenses

$50,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

New York

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 3

LAUREN BROOKMEYER

Previously held: Associate Vice President for Federal Relations
MICHELLE GREENHALGH New on this filing

Previously held: Director of Federal Healthcare Policy and Advocacy
KRISTEN ADAMS New on this filing

Previously held: Director of Federal Relations

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 4

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 5

Health Issues

OMB Uniform Guidance; HR 1 implementation (including Medicaid cuts, Department of Education student loan borrowing limits and professional student definition NPRMs); HRSA 340b rebate pilot; Mobile Stroke Unit reimbursement; Hospital nutrition guidelines; FY27 LHHS Appropriations; Foreign Medical graduate, J-1 visa and H1-b visa issues. Funding for Lyme disease and tick borne illness research.

Budget/Appropriations

OMB Uniform Guidance; FY27 Appropriations and Authorization bills for federal research agencies including DOD, HHS, NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, NIST and Departments of Energy and Education; Pell Grant Funding; FY27 congressional directed spending (CDS) for Securing the Future: Infrastructure for an American Critical Technology Workforce at Stony Brook University; CDS request for quantum protected cybersecurity network at Stony Brook University.

Education

Student financial aid funding including the Pell Grant, Federal Work Study program, the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) program; education provisions included in H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Additionally, Dept. of Education regulatory changes including graduate student loan limits; inclusion of professional degrees in definition. OMB Guidance.

Defense

Increased funding for Quantum and AI research; enhance partnerships between DoD and Stony Brook University.

Immigration

Proposed changes to OPT; H1B fee increase; duration of status; Administration Immigration Actions: including: (i) Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media(NPRM); (ii) Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions(NPRM); and (iii) Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers (proclamation). Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (S.2759/H.R.5283) and Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (S.709/H.R.1585).

Bills named in this filing 5

H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
S. 2759
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
H.R. 5283
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
S. 709
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
H.R. 1585
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act