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Improving Retirement Security: Expanding Coverage to All Americans

May 20, 2013

Approximately half of Americans have no workplace retirement savings plan. As policymakers consider how to enhance retirement security for American households, this Congressional briefing focuses on the imperative to first expand coverage in order to make saving for retirement easier for all American workers.

Keynote Remarks:
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)
Member, Committee on Ways and Means

Featured Speakers:
John Adler
Retirement Security Campaign Director
SEIU

Jamie Kalamarides
Chairman & CEO; Prudential Bank & Trust
Senior Vice President; Prudential Financial

Judy Miller
Director of Retirement Policy
ASPPA

Eric Rodriguez
Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, & Legislation
National Council of La Raza

Debra Whitman
Executive Vice President, Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs
AARP

Moderated by:
Lisa Mensah
Executive Director
The Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security