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 2023 will feature the following presentations:
Friday, June 2 | Workers’ Compensation
- Jennifer Wolf – virtual, President & CEO of Minnesota Workers Compensation Insurance Association Inc.
Friday, June 9 | Retirement and Journey to the Hill
- Kendra Kosko Isaacson, Pensions Policy Director, Senior Tax Counsel, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Friday, June 16 | Holiday – No Seminar
Friday, June 23 | Health System Transformation
- Patrick Conway – virtual, CEO, OptumHealth Care Solutions
Friday, June 30 | Holiday – No Seminar
Friday, July 7 | Social Security and the Congress
- William Morton, Analyst in Income Security , Congressional Research Service
Friday, July 14 | Medicare
- Matthew Fiedler, Senior Fellow, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Friday, July 21 | AcademyHealth on Medicaid and DEI Work
- Michael Gluck, Vice President, AcademyHealth
- Margo Edmunds, Vice President, Evidence Generation and Translation, AcademyHealth
Friday, July 28 | Long-Term Services and Support
- Christina Wu, Vice President of Policy and Research, Long-Term Quality Alliance
- Larry Atkins, Chief Policy Officer, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation
Friday, August 4 | Social Security for Young People
- Elisa Walker, Senior Technical Advisor, Social Security Administration
Friday, August 11 | Graduation Ceremony – “All It Takes Is You”
- Josie Kalipeni – virtual, Executive Director, Family Values @ Work
- Tyler Welch, Academy Alum, PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison