𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭. Join AARP offices from Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa for a bipartisan discussion about solutions to protect and save Social Security.
This forum was held at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
Panelists:
𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭/𝐂𝐄𝐎
𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦
As one of the nation’s leading advocates for Social Security and Medicare, Richtman is a prominent expert on seniors’ issues. Max is a former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill. He has testified before House and Senate committees and provided expert commentary during appearances on CNN, C-Span, FOX, MSNBC, CBS, and Pacifica radio networks.
Richtman has participated in hundreds of Congressional Town Hall meetings across the country and has been a featured speaker at national and state conferences on aging. His writings on seniors’ issues have been published in Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Hill, MarketWatch, CNN.com, and CNBC.com, among others.
𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐚, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲
𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦
In this role, Boccia specializes in federal spending, budget process, economic implications of rising debt, and Social Security and Medicare reform. She has advised Presidents and members of Congress on Social Security policy for more than a decade and has testified before congressional committees in the U.S. House, Senate, and the Social Security Board of Advisors.
Boccia is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and her work has been widely covered, including in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, among other major outlets. She frequently appears on CSPAN, PBS, and NPR-and she was a featured expert on AARP’s 2016 Social Security Solutions Tour. A native of Augsburg, Germany, Boccia earned MA and BS degrees summa cum laude in economics from George Mason University.
Moderated by:
𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐉𝐞𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐏𝐡𝐃, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫/𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖.𝐎. 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢
Professor Jepsen teaches classes on comparative politics, international relations, democracy, authoritarianism, and the politics of economic development.
His research has been published in the Journal of Politics, World Development, Studies in Comparative International Development, Journal of Polity and Society, Latin American Policy, International Studies Perspectives, and by various academic presses. His research interests revolve around subnational development policies in federal countries-in particular, India and Mexico-within the constraints and opportunities of the global economy. He was a 2012-13 Fulbright-Nehru fellow in India.