Sophie Kasimow joined the Fund in June of 2007 as program assistant for the Medicare's Future program, based at AcademyHealth in Washington, D.C.. Prior to joining the Fund, she worked as a research assistant at The Hastings Center, where she assisted with the launch of Bioethics and the Public Interest, an initiative designed to promote thoughtful public conversations about ethical issues in health care and the life sciences. From 2005–2006, Ms. Kasimow worked as a health advocacy fellow at the Medicare Rights Center in New York City. In that role, she facilitated the NY State Medicare Savings Coalition, a group of government, business, community, and nonprofit organizations working to increase awareness of, access to, and enrollment in programs for low-income New Yorkers with Medicare. She received a B.A. in philosophy from Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2005.