Membership in NASI

Over 900 of the nation's leading experts on social insurance are members of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). Members volunteer their time to NASI activities and pay nominal membership dues. Members' affiliations include universities, think tanks, business, labor, legislative and executive branches of the federal or state governments, and interest groups. Members include policy analysts in income security and health care financing, economists, political scientists, physicians, actuaries, administrators of public and private benefit programs, social workers, sociologists, historians, journalists and scholars and practitioners in related fields.

Criteria for Membership

Membership is an honor for which individuals are nominated by three or more active NASI members. Individuals are considered for membership if they:

• Have demonstrated a sustained interest in social insurance and/or related fields. Social insurance includes broad-based systems for insuring workers and their families against economic insecurity caused by loss of income from work or the cost of health care. NASI's scope includes such social insurance systems as Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and related social assistance and private employee benefits.
• Have distinguished themselves by improving the quality of research, teaching, policy making, administration or financing of the systems mentioned above; and
• Are supportive of and willing to contribute to NASI's goals of furthering public education, developing new leaders, promoting research and providing forums for discussion among experts, stake-holders, policy makers, and administrators in the field.

Process for Selecting New Members

Prospective members are first nominated by three or more active members of NASI. The lead nominator explains in writing how the individual meets the membership criteria, provides a resume of the nominee, and arranges for at least two co-nominators who are also members of NASI. For information about how to nominate, contact Kristine Quinio, Director of Engagement Strategies at memberservices@nasi.org.

A Membership Committee meets to review nominations in light of the membership criteria and make recommendations to NASI's Board of Directors. The Board acts on the Committee's recommendations. Those approved by the Board are invited to join NASI. Employees of NASI and those who serve on its Board of Directors are not eligible to nominate or co-sponsor new member nominations.

Membership Committee

• Marty Ford, Chair
  The Arc
• Joseph Applebaum
• Charles Betsey
  Howard University
• John F. Burton, Jr.
  Rutgers University
• Dalmer Hoskins
  Social Security Administration
• Cheryl Hill Lee
   U.S. Census Bureau
• Terry Nixon
  Sentencing Project
• Chris O'Flinn
  ELM Income Group, Inc.
• Jonathan Oberlander
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Nancy Shor
  National Association of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
• Julie Whittaker
  Congressional Research Service

NASI Members as of June 2012