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Nina Schaefer departed Dec. 14, 2017
Health and Human Services (joined: Jan. 20, 2017)
Special Assistant | Senior Counselor | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »
Bio, via The Heritage Foundation:
Nina Owcharenko Schaefer returns to the Heritage Foundation as a Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy in the organization's Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity. Previously, Schaefer served in the Trump Administration as Senior Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that high-level capacity, Schaefer advanced Presidential and Secretary policy priorities at the agency, including managing the development of the HHS response to the opioid abuse crisis. Schaefer is a studied expert on health care reform on both the federal and state levels. She has researched and advised on health reform, Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and prescription drugs. She is well known in Washington policy circles as a champion of patient choice and robust competition in America’s health insurance markets. Schaefer, who has served as Heritage’s director of health policy studies and joined the organization originally in 2001, also was named Preston A. Wells Jr. Fellow in Health Policy in April 2012. As deputy director in 2009, she coordinated the think tank’s related research and was the lead advocate of its stances as debate in Congress over health care reform heated up. She has made the case for consumer-based health policy solutions as a guest expert on dozens of radio and television programs. Her research and analysis have been published in newspapers and periodicals around the country, as well as in such noted policy journals as Health Affairs. She has made presentations at national, state and professional conferences. Schaefer understands the inner workings of Congress, having worked for nearly a decade as a Capitol Hill staffer. She served as legislative director to former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) when he was a representative and to Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.). She began her Hill career on the staff of the late Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC). The Preston Wells Jr. fellowship, made possible by the Florida-based Lillian S. Wells Foundation, recognized Schaefer's leadership in opposition to what Americans now call “Obamacare” and in efforts to move America to patient-centered, market-based health care. Wells, an entrepreneur, served on Heritage’s Board of Trustees from 1994 until his death in 2003. In 2008, Schaefer won Heritage’s prestigious W. Glenn and Rita Ricardo Campbell Award in recognition of specialized but high-profile work on the uninsured and related issues, in particular the SCHIP. Each year, the award goes to a policy expert who has made “an outstanding contribution to the analysis and promotion of a Free Society.” Schaefer received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1994. Originally from Charlotte, N.C., she currently resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband and son.
Former Positions Outside Government
- The Heritage Foundation Director, Domestic Policy
Former Compensation Sources
- The Heritage Foundation Director of Domestic Policy
Employment Assets
Description | Value | Income |
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Heritage Foundation 403b | ||
Baron Asset Retail | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Davis Financial Y | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Fairholme | $50,001 - $100,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Fidelity 500 Index Investor | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Longleaf Partners | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Longleaf Partners International | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Loomis Sayles Bond Instl | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Schwab Gvt. Money Market Fund | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Schwab Retirement Advantage Money | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2020 | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2030 | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2040 | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Vangaurd 500 Index Admiral | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Vanguard Interm-Term Treasury Adm | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Heritage Foundation 401a | ||
Baron Asset Retail | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Longleaf Partners International | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Royce Special Equity Instl | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Royce Special Equity Invmt | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2020 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2030 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
T.Rowe Price Target 2040 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Third Avenue Small Cap Value | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Third Avenue Small Cap Value Instl | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Torray | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Vanguard 500 Index Admiral | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Adm | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Inv | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Westcore Plus Bond | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) |
Westcore Plus Bond Institutional | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) |
The Heritage Foundation | $148,000 |
Other Income/Assets
Description | Value | Income |
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US Credit Union Cash Accounts | $50,001 - $100,000 | None (or less than $201) |
US Bank Cash Accounts | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) |
Employment Agreements and Arrangements
Employer or Party | City, State | Status and Terms | Date |
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The Heritage Foundation | Washington, District of Columbia | I will continue to participate in the 401a with the Heritage Foundation. Neither the Heritage Foundation or I will contribute contributions to this fund. | Aug. 16, 2001 |
The Heritage Foundation | Washington, District of Columbia | I will continue to participate in the 403b with the Heritage Foundation. Neither the Heritage Foundation or I will contribute contributions to this fund. | Aug. 16, 2001 |
Spouse's Employment Assets
Description | Value | Income Type | Income Amount |
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The Heritage Foundation 401a | |||
Baron Asset Retail | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Baron Small Cap Retail | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Longleaf Partners International | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Loomis Sayles Bond Instl | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Loomis Sayles Bond Retail | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Oakmark Global 1 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Permanent Portfolio | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Schwab Gvt. Money Market Fund | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Sequoia | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
T.Rowe Price Emerging Markets Stock | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
T.Rowe Price Target 2020 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
T.Rowe Price Target 2030 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
T.Rowe Price Target 2040 | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Third Avenue Value Instl | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Torray | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Westcore Plus Bond | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Westcore Plus Bond Institutional | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Wintergreen Institutional | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Wintergreen Investor | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
The Heritage Foundation 403b | |||
Fairholme | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Longleaf Partners | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Schwab Gvt. Money Market Fund | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Schwab Retirement Advantage Money | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
T.Rowe Price Target 2040 | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Torray | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Adm | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Inv | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Admiral | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv | None (or less than $1,001) | None (or less than $201) | |
Fidelity IRA | |||
FID BLUE CHIP VALUE | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID CONTRAFUND | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID STK SEL ALL CAP | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID GROWTH DISC | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID EXPORT & MULTI | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID LEVERGD CO STK | $15,001 - $50,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
FID STK SEL MID CAP | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
My Benefit Wallet (HSA) | $1,001 - $15,000 | None (or less than $201) | |
The Heritage Foundation | Salary |
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