Sophie Kasimow
Program Assistant
Commonwealth Fund's Program on Medicare's Future

Sophie Kasimow is a program assistant with the Commonwealth Fund's Program on Medicare's Future. Her responsibilities include providing program support for the Medicare's Future grants, conducting background research, and providing administrative support for the senior program director, Stuart Guterman.

Prior to joining the team in June of 2007, Ms. Kasimow worked as a research assistant at The Hastings Center. There, she assisted with the launch of Bioethics and the Public Interest, an initiative designed to promote thoughtful public conversations about ethical issues in health care and the life sciences. Previously, Ms. Kasimow was a health advocacy fellow at the Medicare Rights Center in New York City . In that role, she facilitated the NY State Medicare Savings Coalition, a group of government, business, community, and non-profit organizations working to increase awareness of, access to, and enrollment in programs for low-income New Yorkers with Medicare. She received a B.A. in philosophy from Macalester College in St. Paul , Minnesota in 2005.

Tel: (202) 292-6734
Fax: (202) 292-6834
E-mail: sk@cmwf.org