Tracey Gronniger is the Directing Attorney for Economic Security at Justice in Aging, which uses the power of law to fight senior poverty. In this role, she focuses on improving access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and other public benefits that provide income support to low-income older adults.  Her work also focuses on highlighting the experiences and needs of populations that have traditionally experienced systemic discrimination and lacked legal protections, including people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, and people with limited English proficiency. Tracey is on the Board of Directors for the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and graduated from Harvard University.  

Stacy Sanders is the Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging for Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA). As Staff Director, Ms. Sanders oversees the Committee’s team and advances a broad-based policy agenda to enhance health and economic security for older Americans and people with disabilities.  

Before joining the Committee as Deputy Staff Director, Ms. Sanders was the Federal Policy Director for the Medicare Rights Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing access to affordable health care. In this role, Ms. Sanders led the organization’s federal policy analysis, regulatory and legislative advocacy and coalition building efforts.  

Prior to that, Ms. Sanders oversaw a national advocacy campaign to build economic security for older adults at Wider Opportunities for Women where she participated in federal initiatives to protect Social Security and strengthen the Older Americans Act.  

Teresa Ghilarducci is a labor economist and nationally-recognized expert in retirement security. She is the Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and the Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA). She has written and lectured extensively on pension issues, including the award-winning book Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Employer Pensions. Her recent book manuscript is under review and is partially summarized in her 2021 essay in Politics & Society, ?Making Old People Work: Three False Assumptions Supporting the ?Working Longer Consensus.? She also frequently publishes in refereed journals and testifies before the U.S. Congress.

Naomi M. Stanhaus is a program consultant to RRF Foundation for Aging, one of the few private foundations in the U.S. devoted exclusively to aging issues. She is responsible for RRF’s work in the area of Economic Security in Later Life. She has handled several special initiatives for the Foundation and created its Organizational Capacity Building Program that provides grants to enable nonprofits to improve their management and governance. Ms. Stanhaus serves as a mentor to program officers at a number of foundations.

Ms. Stanhaus earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University, her M.A. from Harvard University, and her M.S.W. from Boston University School of Social 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.