Cortney Sanders currently serves as a Senior Advisor in the Office of theCommissioner at the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) leading the agency’s equity efforts. Sanders spearheads an Interagency working group to support the Biden-Harris administration priorities for addressing barriers to approaching retirement. She also oversees the agency priorities for research and policy, communications for equity, and intergovernmental affairs. Prior to her appointment as Senior Advisor with SSA, Sanders was a Senior Policy Analyst andSenior Manager at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and an independent consultant and advisor for several universities, government entities, and policy organizations. She is a graduate of the University of Texas, Austin where she earned her B.A. and received an MPP from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
