Washington, Feb. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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.)

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.

“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.”

 "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 NASUAD 

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 

Marth Roherty Executive Director NASUAD

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

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The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security.

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Meghan Griffin National Academy of Social Insurance 202-243-7286 mgriffin@nasi.org