Lisa Ekman, Stacy Cloyd, Lea Ko – Washington Update June 19, 2018

Lisa Ekman, JD, MSW Related seminars and products: 2

Government Affairs Director

NOSSCR

Stacy Cloyd, JD Related seminars and products: 6

Director of Policy and Administrative Advocacy

NOSSCR

Stacy Cloyd is NOSSCR’s Director of Policy and Administrative Advocacy. In her role at NOSSCR, Cloyd advocates for laws, regulations, policies, and public perceptions that preserve and strengthen Social Security. Prior to working at NOSSCR, Ms. Cloyd was an attorney at Bread for the City, a nonprofit legal clinic in Washington, DC. She also served as the senior domestic policy analyst at Bread for the World Institute, an anti-hunger and anti-poverty advocacy organization. Ms. Cloyd graduated from Smith College and received her law degree and a Master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Michigan.

Lea Ko, JD Related seminars and products: 2

Staff Attorney

NOSSCR

Lea Ko currently serves as NOSSCR’s staff attorney, where her primary role is to assist NOSSCR members in their ability to represent claimants for Social Security disability and SSI benefits.  Prior to joining NOSSCR in July 2016, Ms. Ko worked for a private law firm representing Social Security claimants out of Richmond, Virginia since graduating from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2013.  During her last year of law school, Ms. Ko also worked as a Social Security brief writer, drafting pre-hearing briefs on claimants’ behalf.