As the new president, Claire Casey leads AARP Foundation’s strategic direction and efforts to achieve its vision of a country free of poverty where no older person feels vulnerable.

Casey comes to the Foundation from Economist Impact, where she was the global head of Policy & Insights. Her work focused on driving awareness and action on critical global issues such as food security, global aging and more. Casey also founded FP Analytics, the research and analysis division of the FP Group and publisher of Foreign Policy magazine and she has more than 2 decades of experience providing evidenced-based strategic advisory services to Fortune 100 corporations, foundations, governments and international institutions.

She holds an MA in International Economics and International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a BA in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College.