Washington Update: August 15, 2017

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NOSSCR is pleased to announce quarterly “Washington Update” webinars with our Director of Government Affairs, Lisa Ekman and/or our Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Stacy Cloyd. This webinar will provide up to the minute updates on the budget and appropriations process, the latest on the healthcare bill, SSA backlog reduction efforts, SSA personnel appointments (if there is any update to report) and any other legislative and administrative developments that might affect your clients and your practice.

No CLE will be provided.

The webinars will be held quarterly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 2 pm, Eastern time.

Next webinar November 21, 2017.
Lisa Ekman is NOSSCR’s Director of Government Affairs. She has more than 16 years of experience working to improve economic security for people with disabilities, focusing on SSDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare and Medicaid, employment programs, and long-term services and supports. She started her disability policy career as a Presidential Management Intern at the Social Security Administration, where she worked on the development and implementation of the Ticket to Work Program. She has worked as a staff member to the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, and as disability policy advisor to Senators Edward M. Kennedy, Tom Harkin, and James Jeffords on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. After her time on Capitol Hill, she served as a Senior Policy Analyst in Legislative Affairs for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities before returning to school to earn her law degree. Directly prior to joining NOSSCR, she served as the Director of Federal Policy for Health & Disability Advocates. She has also provided disability policy consulting services to NOSSCR, the American Association of People with Disabilities, Axiom Resource Management, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and the National Academy of Social Insurance. Ekman received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University, her Masters in Social Work from the University of Denver, and a Bachelors in Communications from Northwestern University.

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