Retiring in Confidence: How to Prepare Today for Life After Work

As President and CEO of the National Council on Aging, Ramsey Alwin is leading a nationwide movement to ensure equitable aging for every American. 

Building on NCOA’s 70 years of service and advocacy for older adults, Alwin is renewing the organization’s commitment to improving the lives of millions, especially those who are struggling. She is sparking critical conversations about the resources every American deserves to age well—and what needs to change to ensure all have access.

A seasoned thought leader and policy advocate, Alwin has changed the way people think about older adult poverty and economic security. She designed a new measure of economic security for older adults that better accounts for out-of-pocket health costs and worked to introduce the Measuring American Poverty Act in Congress to redefine the federal poverty measure for the older population. Thanks to Alwin’s efforts, the U.S. Census Bureau formally implemented the Supplemental Poverty Measure nationwide, virtually doubling the elder poverty count and better demonstrating true needs among this population. 

Prior to leading NCOA, Alwin directed financial resilience global thought leadership at AARP and served as Director of National Economic Security Programs at Wider Opportunities for Women. Currently, she serves on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Aging, the America250 Health and Wellness Advisory Council, and the National Academy of Social Insurance Finance Committee.

For two decades of her career, Amelia has been focused on solving the unique challenges of the financial services and insurance industry. Starting her career in consulting for a boutique firm, Weber Associates, Amelia led sales and marketing transformation programs with her clients across many titans of the industry. 

From there, she moved to Prudential Financial where she was a leader with the Customer Experience organization for the Life Insurance and Annuities businesses. During her time at Prudential she was responsible for the development of testing platforms and pioneering digital capabilities to reach, engage and acquire new customers. 

Amelia joined Nationwide in 2020, where she leads the Retirement Solutions Marketing organization which is responsible for using data to communicate across all audiences (Intermediaries, Plans and Plan Participants) to help participants both plan for and live-in retirement. 

Amelia graduated cum laude from Denison University.