Dorcas R. Hardy

Dorcas R. Hardy is President of DRHardy & Associates, a government relations and public policy firm serving a diverse portfolio of clients in the health services, disability insurance and financial industries. She was U.S. Commissioner of Social Security from 1986 to 1989 and also served as Assistant Secretary of Human Development Services for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. Hardy launched and hosted her own primetime, weekly television program, "Financing Your Future," and has also hosted "The Senior American," an NET political program for older Americans.

She speaks and writes widely about domestic and international retirement financing issues and entitlement program reforms and is the author of Social Insecurity: The Crisis in America's Social Security System and How to Plan Now for Your Own Financial Survival, Random House 1992. Ms. Hardy consults with seniors organizations, public policy groups and businesses to promote redesign and modernization of the Social Security and Medicare systems.

She received her B.A. from Connecticut College, her M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and completed the Executive Program in Health Policy and Financial Management at Harvard University.

She is a writer and advisor to Stroke magazine, a Certified Senior Advisor and serves on the Social Security Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of The Options Clearing Corporation, Wright Investors Service Managed Funds, and First Coast Service Options.

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