Kilolo Kijakazi

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Kilolo Kijakazi
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Acting
In office
July 9, 2021 – December 20, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byAndrew Saul
Succeeded byMartin O'Malley
Personal details
EducationBinghamton University (BA)
Howard University (MSW)
George Washington University (PhD)

Kilolo Kijakazi is an American academic who served as acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration from 2021 to 2023. She was previously appointed deputy commissioner for retirement and disability policy in January 2021, before taking on the top position following Andrew Saul's dismissal on July 9, 2021.[1][2]

Education

Kijakazi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

Master of Social Work from Howard University, and a PhD in public policy from George Washington University.[3][4][5]

Career

Kijakazi was an institute fellow at the

wealth gap.[6]

She was previously a program officer at the Ford Foundation, a senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a program analyst at the Food and Nutrition Service, and a policy analyst at the National Urban League.[6] Prior to entering the Biden administration, she was also a board member of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and Liberation in a Generation. She is co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Eliminating the Black-White Wealth Gap at the Center for American Progress and member of the Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings at the Bipartisan Policy Center.[6] Kijakazi is the author of African-American Economic Development and Small Business Ownership.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Biden fires Saul as SSA commissioner". Federal News Network. July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ISBN 978-0-16-059373-4
    .
  4. ^ "Kilolo Kijakazi". Urban Institute. June 4, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Kilolo Kijakazi". From Day One. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Kijakazi, Kilolo (August 12, 2020). "Kilolo Kijakazi". Urban Institute.
Political offices
Preceded by Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Acting
2021–2023 		Succeeded by
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