In 2012, Ritchie joined the team of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), the largest association representing skilled care centers and assisted living communities in the country. She is an experienced Capitol Hill advocate and is the Associate Vice President of Constituency Services and Workforce at the association. In this role, she advocates on issues impacting AHCA/NCAL members and is focused on the workforce crisis the long-term care sector has been facing.

Ritchie also staffs the Association’s Not for Profit Council, representing over 25 percent of the association’s total membership, and oversees member services to developmental disabilities residential services providers. Ritchie also manages senior housing issues and serves as a liaison between AHCA’s over 14,500-strong membership and agencies like the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prior to joining AHCA/NCAL, Ritchie worked at the American College of Surgeons and for U.S. Senator Kent Conrad.