National Academy of Social Insurance Welcomes Fifty-Three New Members

Washington, Jan. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance has announced the election of 53 distinguished experts as new Members of the Academy. The Academy’s membership is made up of over 1,200 of the nation’s leading social insurance experts. (A complete list of individuals newly elected to the Academy may be found below.) 

“This newest cohort of Academy Members bring an inspiring range of perspectives to our mission,” says William Arnone, the Academy’s Chief Executive Officer. “We continue to rely on various types of expertise when it comes to the complex challenges facing social insurance policies and programs.  We are excited to engage our newest Members in the Academy’s work going forward and to support their contributions to social insurance policy.”

U.S. social insurance programs cover people across the lifespan, from childhood through adulthood and old age. The Academy seeks to advance solutions to strengthen social insurance and to increase public understanding of the critical role social insurance plays in assuring economic security. The Academy’s focus encompasses traditional social insurance programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Workers’ Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance, as well as related programs and policy areas such as Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income, long-term services and supports, paid leave, and private employee benefits. 

“These newly elected Academy Members have achieved excellence in research, program administration, policymaking, education, and advocacy and have distinguished records across a wide range of areas — from contributing to longstanding social insurance programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation, to understanding the emerging risks and unmet needs in social insurance,” said Fay Lomax Cook, the Academy’s Distinguished Visiting Fellow and this year’s Chair of the Membership Committee. “The Academy welcomes the contributions they will bring to the Academy’s work at a time when the role of social insurance in the lives of America’s family remains crucial.”

Academy Members are nominated by current Members in recognition of significant professional contributions, such as improving the quality of research, administration, or policymaking in an area of social insurance. Members make important contributions to the Academy’s research, education, and leadership development initiatives by serving on expert study panels, task forces, committees, and speaking at conferences and other Academy events.

For more information about membership in the Academy and a full list of active Members, please visit the Academy’s website: www.nasi.org. 

*Newly elected Academy Members and their affiliations at the time of nomination:* 

*Dan Adcock*, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

*Angela Antonelli*, Center for Retirement Initiatives, Georgetown University

*Adimika Arthur*, HealthTech for Medicaid

*Ana Beltran*, Generations United

*Debra Brucker*, Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire

*Jen Burdick*, Community Legal Services - Philadelphia

*Yael Cannon*, Health Justice Alliance, Georgetown University Law Center

*Sam Conchuratt*, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

*Ben Danforth*, Social Security Administration

*Mathew Darling*, Niskanen Center

*Alane Dent*, TruStage

*Debra Engler*, Social Security Administration

*Anna Gassman-Pines*, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

*Ariane Hegewisch*, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

*Katherine Hempstead*, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

*Joshua Hodges*, National Council on Aging

*Denise Hoffman*, Mathematica

*Thomas Hubbard*, Network for Excellence in Health Innovation

*Narda Ipakchi*, The SCAN Foundation

*Martha Jaimes*, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

*Michelle Juhanson*, Magellan Rx Management

*Jacob Kaplan*

*Rohini Khillan*, AARP

*Justin Ladner*, AARP

*Jennifer Lee*, Population Research Center, Columbia University

*Laura Levine*, JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy

*David Mann*, Mathematica

*Christopher McDermott*, Social Security Administration

*Jennifer Mellor*, Schroeder Center for Health Policy, William and Mary

*Darcy Milburn*, The Arc of The United States

*Jessica Milli*, Research2IMpact

*Tom Nicholls*, AARP

*Austin Nichols*, Amazon

*Rachel Nuzum*, The Commonwealth Fund

*Tara Oakman*, The Century Foundation

*Nancy Ochieng*, KFF

*Tobey Oliver*, AARP

*Trinh Phan*, Justice in Aging

*Will Raderman*, Niskanen Center

*Cecilia Rouse*, Princeton University and The Brookings Institution

*Cortney Sanders*, Social Security Administration

*Derek Shields*, ForwardWorks, LLC

*Amy Simon*, Simon Advisory LLC

*John Slatery*, American Federation of Teachers

*Rachel Snyderman*, Bipartisan Policy Center

*Zirui Song*, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

*Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson*, Amazon

*Rayna Stoycheva*, The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement, Drake University

*Daniel Waldo*, Actuarial Research Corporation

*Bill Walters*, Select Medical Corporation

*Larry Warner*, United Way of Rhode Island

*Felicia Wong*, Roosevelt Institute

*Christina Sun Wu*, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

CONTACT: Thomas Novotny
National Academy of Social Insurance
202-452-8097
tnovotny@nasi.org