Provides services and technical assistance for students so they benefit from research-based curricula taught in safe environments.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

Marilyn Moon

Vice President and Director of the Health Program

Marilyn Moon, Ph.D. is Vice President and Director of the Health Program at AIR. She is a nationally-known expert on Medicare and social insurance. She previously served as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and as a public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. Marilyn Moon has published extensively on health policy, both for the elderly and the population in general, and is frequently quoted in the media. Recent publications include: A Place at the Table: Women’s Needs and Medicare Reform, published by the Century Foundation; and “The Future of Medicare as an Entitlement Program.” From 1993 to 2000, Moon wrote a periodic column for the Washington Post on health reform and health coverage issues.

Dr. Moon has served on a number of boards for non-profit organizations and is currently President of the board of the Medicare Rights Center. Moon earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, she was an associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a senior analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, and the founding Director of the Public Policy Institute of the American Association of Retired Persons.