Related Link: http://www.aarp.org/Nancy LeaMond, Executive Vice President of Social Impact leads strategic planning, government relations and advocacy, education and programs for AARP's health care, financial security, livable communities and global aging agenda. She also directs Divided We Fail, the Association's major initiative with the Business Roundtable, SEIU and NFIB to put health care and financial security at the top of the national agenda. LeaMond began her tenure at AARP in 2001 as Director of International Affairs.
During the Clinton Administration, LeaMond served as the Chief of Staff and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs at the Office of the United States Trade Representative as well as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce. In these capacities, she successfully managed legislative efforts that helped secure passage of major Presidential legislative initiatives, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round (GATT) and China MFN. In addition she oversaw public affairs for trade agreements with Jordan and China as well as the 1999 negotiations of the World Trade Organization.
LeaMond worked extensively on health care and pension issues even before entering the trade field, beginning her career in the Public Health Service and working in the Medicaid program. She served in the Office of Management and Budget and later on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a ranking member of the House Aging Committee, the Women's Caucus and the Banking and Finance Committee.
In addition, LeaMond served five years as President of the Congressional Economic Leadership Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan forum for education and dialogue with Members of Congress on economic competitiveness and trade issues.
LeaMond holds a Bachelors degree from Smith College and a Masters degree in public policy and urban planning from the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard University School of Design. She is a former trustee of Smith College and a current member of the AARP Financial, Inc Board, and the Dean's Advisory Leadership Council at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
