Internship programs at the National Academy of Social Insurance were established nearly 30 years ago to fulfill the vision of founder, Robert M. Ball, and other founding board members. The aim is to help develop the next generation of social insurance leaders.
In addition to work at their placement organizations, students in the Academy’s summer internship programs participate in weekly seminars, policy forums, and the annual Robert M. Ball Award celebration. These experiences allow students to interact with current leaders in the field. Seminars are classroom-style presentations geared towards deepening interns’ understanding of current issues in social insurance.
Our intern seminar schedule for 2021 featured the following presentations:
Friday, June 4: Social Insurance Overview
- Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Vice-Chair, Academy Board of Directors
Co-executive director at Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
Friday, June 11: The Role of Social Insurance in Eliminating Poverty
- Rebecca Vallas
Secretary, Academy Board of Directors
Senior fellow at The Century Foundation
Friday, June 18: Social Security: Will it be there for us?
- Elisa Walker
Professional staff member, Social Security Subcommittee, Committee on Ways and Means
Friday, June 25: SSI and SSDI: Present challenges and future policy fixes
- Bethany Lilly
Senior director for income policy at The Arc
Friday, July 2
- Holiday
No Seminar
Friday, July 9: Unemployment Insurance
- Stephanie Freed
Executive director, ExtendPUA - Andrew Stettner
Senior fellow at The Century Foundation
Friday, July 16: Medicare and Health Policy
- Matthew Fiedler
Fellow in economic studies at USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Friday, July 23: Workers’ Compensation
- Michael Duff
Professor, College of Law, University of Wyoming - Griffin Murphy
Policy analyst, National Academy of Social Insurance
Frida, July 30: Care Economy
- Josie Kalipeni
Academy Board of Directors
Deputy director, Family Values @ Work
Friday, August 6: Medicaid and LTSS
- Pearl Barnett
Deputy director of operations, ADvancing States -
Mary Kaschak
Executive director, Long-Term Quality Alliance -
Martha Roherty
Executive director, ADvancing States - Christina Wu
Research and policy director, Long-Term Quality Alliance
Friday, August 13: Final Seminar: The Path of Leadership
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Academy Board of Directors
President, American Action Forum - Renée Landers
Chair, Academy Board of Directors
Professor of law, Suffolk University Law School