Washington, D.C. — The National Academy of Social Insurance is excited to announce that Alison Barkoff, a nationally recognized expert on disability rights, health law, and long-term care policy and professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, has been named a Senior Fellow of the Academy.
“Alison’s work is grounded in a deep commitment to people—their dignity, independence, and economic security,” said Rebecca Vallas, CEO of the National Academy of Social Insurance. “Her leadership and expertise will be a tremendous asset as we strengthen the Academy’s work on long-term care, disability, and aging policy. I’m thrilled to partner with Alison in this new role allowing her to represent and work on behalf of the Academy while she continues her vital leadership at GW.”
“I am honored to be named a Senior Fellow with the National Academy of Social Insurance,” said Alison Barkoff, George Washington University’s Hirsh Health Law and Policy Associate Professor and Hirsh Program Director. “I am excited to collaborate with the Academy’s policy leaders, researchers, academics, and advocates to develop and advance critical disability, aging and long-term care policies and educate policymakers and the public. The combination of quickly growing aging and disability populations, changes to major federal programs, and a focus on affordability has created an urgency to develop policy solutions in these areas.”
Alison Barkoff is a professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and a nationally recognized expert on disability rights, health law, and long-term care policy. Her career spans academia, government, and advocacy, with a consistent focus on strengthening systems that support people with disabilities and older adults. Prior to GW, she led the Administration for Community Living in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she advanced community living, disability, and aging programs and policy nationwide. She previously held leadership roles in the U.S. Department of Justice, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Labor, and several non-profit advocacy organizations. She has testified before Congress and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She will continue in her current role as GW’s Hirsh Health Law & Policy Associate Professor and Director of the Hirsh Health Law & Policy Program while serving as a Senior Fellow with the Academy.
About the National Academy of Social Insurance
Founded in 1986, the National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance policy, practice, research, and innovation. From Social Security and Supplemental Security Income; to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act; to Workers’ Compensation and Unemployment Insurance; to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and income-boosting tax credits, America’s social insurance ecosystem serves as the bedrock of economic protection against the risks of life — such as when we retire, lose a job, experience disability/illness, or lose a family breadwinner. For nearly 40 years, the Academy and its powerful, diverse member network have championed the safeguarding, strengthening, and modernizing of social insurance and worked to increase public understanding of how it contributes to economic security.
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