Joan Alker is the Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families (CCF) and a Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. Her work focuses on health coverage for low-income children and families, with an emphasis on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Two of her most recent reports examine premium assistance in Medicaid and CHIP and the nation’s progress on covering children. She has authored numerous reports and studies on a range of issues including Medicaid waivers, child and family coverage and was the principal investigator of a multi-year study on Florida’s Medicaid program.

A frequent speaker and commentator, Alker has twenty-five years of experience working on issues affecting low-income families.

She holds a Master of Philosophy in politics from St. Antony’s College, Oxford University and a Bachelor of Arts with honors in political science from Bryn Mawr College.

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