Social Security chief to give talk

Chronicle staff

enneth S. Apfel, commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), will give a talk, "The Future of Social Security," on Friday, Nov. 3 at 9:30 a.m. in the 163 Lincoln Campus Center.

     Apfel has served as SSA commissioner since 1997. He heads an agency that delivers benefits to more than 50 million people and has 65,000 employees. Prior to coming to SSA in September 1997, Apfel worked in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President where he was associate director for human resources beginning in 1995. Apfel also was assistant secretary for management and budget at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1993-95. He served as legislative director to U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), and as Bradley's chief staff person for federal social policy.

     A question period will follow the talk.

     The event is sponsored by the Center for Public Policy and Administration.