Nora Dowd Eisenhower

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Nora Dowd Eisenhower
BornDecember 1953 (age 70–71)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStony Brook University
Antioch University

Nora Anne Dowd Eisenhower (née Dowd; born December, 1953), daughter to Thomas F. and Anne M. (Ruskan) Dowd, is a public administrator who specializes in issues of aging. Since 2013, she has been Assistant Director for the Office of Older Americans at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She was Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Aging from 2002 to 2008.[1][2] Between 2011 and 2013 she was affiliated with the National Council on Aging where she was the Director of the National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment, then the Senior Vice President of Economic Security. In 2013 she joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to serve as the head of the Office for Older Americans.[3] Earlier, from 2000 to 2002, she served as the AARP state director for Pennsylvania. In 2023 she was selected as AARP Pennsylvania Volunteer State President.[4]

Eisenhower attended Sachem High School, Long Island, NY, 1968–1972. She received her bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1979. After earning her J.D. degree from Antioch University in 1982, she was a staff attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., where she prosecuted telemarketing fraud and other cases of consumer fraud. She later served for six years as Pennsylvania Deputy Attorney General in the Bureau of Consumer Protection. She is married to Jim Eisenhower. They have two children.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nora Dowd Eisenhower Secretary of Aging Commonwealth of Pennsylvania". Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2006-06-24. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24.
  2. ^ "Nora Dowd Eisenhower (PA)". Project Vote Smart. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2009-11-04.[dead link]
  3. ^ Kunapuli, Deepa (September 17, 2013). "Meet Nora". Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
  4. ^ Thiessen, TJ (February 7, 2023). "AARP Pennsylvania Welcomes New Volunteer State President". AARP.
  5. ^ Mauriello, Tracie (October 11, 2008). "Department of Aging secretary resigns". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008.