SSI MODERNIZATION PROJECT EXPERTS


Elizabeth  M. Boggs--the parent, guardian and representative
payee (for Social  Security)  of  an  adult son with complex
disabilities; she has been a volunteer  advocate  for people
with developmental disabilities for more than forty years.

M.   Kenneth   Bowler--currently   Vice  President,  Federal
Government Relations with Pfizer Inc.  He was formerly Staff
Director of the House Ways and Means  Committee,  and  is an
Adjunct  Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
He is married and has four children.

A.  Lorraine   Brannen--District  Manager,  Social  Security
Administration (Retired)

John Costa--Former  Commissioner,  U.S  Assistance  Payments
Administration

Arthur  S. Flemming--Former Secretary, Department of Health,
Education   and  Welfare,  has  held  many  prominent  posts
including U.S.  Commissioner  on  Aging  and  Chairman, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights.  He currently chairs  coalitions
of national organizations serving as advocates in the  areas
of social security, health care, and civil rights.

Robert E. Fulton--an independent public policy analyst.   He
works  part-time for the Oklahoma Alliance for Public Policy
Research  and  the  National  Center for Children in Poverty
(Columbia University).  He formerly  served  for 35 years in
executive-level positions in federal and State governments.

Lou Glasse--M.S.W., President of the Older's Women's League,
is  a consultant on policies and services for older  people.
She serves  on  the  Board  of  Advisors  of the Mildred and
Claude  Pepper  Foundation  and of the National  Academy  on
Aging.

Sharon Gold--President, National  Federation  of  the Blind,
California

Robert   Gorski--Disability   Advocate,  City  of  Pasadena,
California

Arthur  E.  Hess--Former  Acting  Commissioner   of   Social
Security and first SSA director of Disability Insurance  and
of Medicare.

Chris   Koyanagi--Vice  President  for  Government  Affairs,
National Mental Health Association


Carmela G. Lacayo--National Association of Hispanic Elderly;
President and CEO

Richard P. Nathan--Provost, State University of New York and
Director of its Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany,
New York

Barbara  L.   Sackett--parent  of  an  adult  daughter  with
developmental disabilities,  and a professional in the field
of developmental disabilities;  she  has  been  a  volunteer
advocate  for people with disabilities for more than  thirty
years.

Samuel Sadin--Deputy  Director, Brookdale Center on Aging of
Hunter College, Institute on Law and Rights of Older Adults,
New York

Bert Seidman--was AFL-CIO Social Security Director from 1966
until his retirement in  1990.   Since  then  he  has been a
consultant  to the National Council of Senior Citizens.   He
has twice served  on the Advisory Council on Social Security
and  more recently on  the  Prospective  Payment  Assessment
Commission  which  deals  with  the hospitalization (Part A)
phase  of  Medicare.   One  of his three  daughters  who  is
autistic and severely retarded  has  been  in a State mental
hospital for 30 years.

Timothy  M.  Smeeding--Professor  of  Economics  and  Public
Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Michael  Stern--R.  Duffy  Wall  and  Associates;   formerly
Minority Staff Director, U.S. Senate Finance Committee

Eileen  P. Sweeney--Children's Defense Fund; formerly  staff
attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center.

Fernando M. Torres-Gil--Professor, University of California,
Los Angeles

Elaine T. White--retired management analyst, Office of Child
Support  Enforcement,   Department   of   Health  and  Human
Services, and a former SSA employee.