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Meet the Staff

Medicare Rights is a close-knit team dedicated to ensuring that older adults and people with disabilities get the quality, affordable health care they need. Get to know the Medicare Rights team.

Frederic Riccardi

President

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Junko Anderson

Communications Associate

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Maxwell Arnaud

Coordinator of Volunteers & Outreach

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Derek Ayeh

Senior Coordinator, Education & Policy

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Marcin Bednarz

Director of Information Technology

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Rachel Bennett

Senior Vice President

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Maya Best

Client Services Associate

Megan Blair

Client Services Associate

Julie Carter

Counsel for Federal Policy

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Jisoo Choi

Communications Associate

Mitchell Clark

Director of Digital Strategy & Communications

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Michael Conte

Senior Software Developer

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Lindsey Copeland

Director of Federal Policy

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Shea Corti

Coordinator, Education & Program Management

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Silas Edgar

Client Services Associate

Giovanni Florez

Director of Enrollment & Community Engagement

Ricardo Nunez Francisco

Client Services Associate

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Sumaya Hossain

Education Associate

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Harper Jensen

Executive Assistant & Operations Associate

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Christina Juste

Client Services Associate

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Cynthia Montesinos

Program Coordinator

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Sarah Murdoch

Director of Client Services

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Aidan Neems

Coordinator of Individual Giving & Events

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Shona Ortiz

Client Services Associate

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Daria Sánchez

Client Services Associate

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Sailendra Nath Sarker

Administrative Assistant

Lily Schmidt-Swartz

Program Coordinator

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Casey Schwarz

Senior Counsel for Education & Federal Policy

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Beth Shyken-Rothbart

Senior Counsel for Client Services & New York Policy

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Elizabeth Stasiak

Associate Counsel for Client Services

Allison Stillerman

Client Services Coordinator

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Glenny Velez

Director of Operations & Finance

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Sherry Waksbaum

Senior Client Services Associate

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Emily Whicheloe

Director of Education

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Ezra Zayn

Education Associate

Joe Baker

President Emeritus

Delores Bowman

Senior Client Services Associate Emerita

Board of Directors

The Medicare Rights Center’s Board of Directors is comprised of distinguished individuals with diverse professional backgrounds and a shared commitment to ensuring that older adults and people with disabilities can access the affordable health care they need.