Forty-Five Experts Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance

WASHINGTON, DC — The Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance has approved the election of 45 distinguished social insurance experts to the Academy, adding to the total active Membership of over 1,100. (A complete list of individuals newly-elected to the Academy can be found below.)

“Members are essential to the Academy’s work,” says William Arnone, the Academy’s Chief Executive Officer. “We welcome our newest cohort with great excitement. They bring a wealth of expertise and experience across a range of policy areas that affect every person and family in this nation. We look forward to recognizing their contributions to social insurance policy and engaging their talents in support of the Academy’s mission.”

The Academy advances solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. This mission encompasses established social insurance programs – Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – as well as related policy areas, including long-term services and supports, paid leave, other social assistance programs, and private employee benefits.

"This year's newly-elected Academy Members are among our country's leading reformers, doers, and creative thinkers. Their work focuses on the practical challenges of how we protect each other when faced with life's financial and health hardships that are difficult to handle alone. In addition to longstanding programs like Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance, they also address how we tackle increasingly important issues, such as paid family leave. ”  – Shaun O’Brien, Membership Committee Chair

Those elected to Membership in the Academy have distinguished themselves by improving the quality of research, administration, or policymaking in an area of social insurance. Academy Members make significant contributions to the Academy’s research, education, and leadership development initiatives by volunteering their time on study panels, committees, at conferences and in other Academy programs.

Prospective Members are nominated by current Academy Members in recognition of their significant and ongoing professional contributions to the field of social insurance. For more information about Membership in the Academy and a full list of active Members, please visit the “Membership in NASI” section of the Academy’s website (www.nasi.org).

Individuals elected to Membership and their affiliations at the time of nomination:

Eileen Appelbaum
Center for Economic Policy Research

Charles Barrilleaux
Florida State University

Romina Boccia
The Heritage Foundation

Kyle Burkhalter
Social Security Administration

Joel Cantor
Rutgers University

Anne Case
Princeton University

Amitabh Chandra
Harvard Kennedy School

Angus Deaton
Princeton University

Marcus Dillender
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Tammy Dixon
Segal Consulting

Camille Dobson
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities

Patricia Gabow
Denver Health

Ben Gitis
American Action Forum

Kali Grant
Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality

Kathy Greenlee
Greenlee Global, LLC

Tracey Gronniger
Justice in Aging

Kristina Hamilton
UDW/AFSCME Local 3930

Dan Hawkins
Association of Community Health Centers

Tara O'Neill Hayes
American Action Forum

Amy Herr
West Health Policy Center

Hilary Hoynes
University of California, Berkeley

Abbie Hudgens
Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation

Elisabeth Jacobs
Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Economic Policy Institute

Desmond King
Nuffield College, Oxford University

David Laibson
Harvard University

Margie Lariviere
State Compensation Insurance Fund

Nicole Maestas
Harvard Medical School

Victor Miller
Economic and Management Consulting

Stipica Mudrazija
Urban Institute

Kathleen Mullen
RAND Corporation

Nicole Nestoriak
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Amanda Ream
United Domestic Workers, AFSCME

Eveka Rodriguez
Grant Thornton LLP

Martha Roherty
National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities

Matt Salo
National Association of Medicaid Directors

Richard Scheffler
UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Lauren Schmitz
National Institute on Aging

Sara Sills
Medicaid Branch, Office of Management and Budget

Katrinka Sloan
LeadingAge

Michael Stephens
Social Security Administration

Aaron Tripp
LeadingAge

Mark Walls
Safety National Casualty Corporation

Richard Wharton
Social Security Administration

James Ziliak
University of Kentucky, Center for Poverty Research