Nancy A. LeaMond

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 national initiative with the Business Roundtable, Service Employees International Union and National Federation of Independent Business to put health care and financial security at the top of the country’s agenda.  Ms. LeaMond began her tenure at AARP in 2001 as Director of International Affairs.

 

During the Clinton Administration, Ms. 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. 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. She also worked as Senior Adviser to the Secretary of Commerce.

 

Ms. LeaMond worked extensively on health care and pension issues before entering the trade field, beginning her career in the Public Health Service, the Medicaid program and the Department of Commerce.  She served in the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Education and later on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar (D-Ohio), who was then vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and a senior member of the House Select Committee on Aging and the Banking and Finance Committee.

 

In addition, for five years Ms. LeaMond was 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.

 

Ms. LeaMond holds a bachelors degree from Smith College and a master’s degree in public policy and urban planning from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a former trustee of Smith College and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Leadership Council at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.