She is also the director of the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, an initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to conduct research and policy analysis on the factors affecting health insurance coverage. She also directs the State Health Access Reform Evaluation, a new RWJF initiative to fund and synthesize research on state health reform. Blewett received her doctorate in health services research, policy, and administration from the University of Minnesota and a master of arts in public affairs from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.