Clifton Porter

Clifton (Clif) Porter, II has served on our Board of Directors since December 2020. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Government Relations at the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL), which represents more than 12,000 for-and not-for-profit nursing homes, assisted living residences and facilities for the care of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mr. Porter has been serving the needs of seniors in the Long Term Care field for over 30 years, beginning his career as an Administrator in Training at a Skilled Nursing Facility in 1989, serving as an Assistant Administrator and Administrator of several Skilled Nursing Centers from 1990 through 1998, as well as leading HCR ManorCare’s Government Relations Department from 2004 to 2013 as its Vice President of Government Relations and serving on various state health care association boards from 2004 to 2013. Now, serving as the top lobbyist in AHCA/NCAL, Clif works to promote the association’s legislative agenda. Under his leadership, AHCA was intricately involved in many legislative accomplishments including the passage of the IMPACT Act, repeal of the physician SGR, implementation of SNF Value Based Purchasing and the permanent repeal of Part B therapy caps.