Nancy Morrow-Howell completed her Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley and has been on the faculty at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University since 1987. She was named Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy in 2014. In 2012, she was appointed Director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at Washington University. Dr. Morrow-Howell is a national leader in gerontology, widely known for her work on productive and civic engagement of older adults. She is editor of the book Productive Aging, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. With support from Retirement Research, the Metlife Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the National Institute on Aging, she explores strategies to maximize the engagement of older adults in productive roles.