Center Staff

Dr. Phyllis H. Mutschler, Executive Director
mutsch1@brandeis.edu

Phyllis H. Mutschler, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Center and an Associate Research Professor at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management.  In 1992, she was named a Brookdale National Fellow, an award by the Brookdale Foundation to persons who show most promise for leadership in gerontology.

Dr. Mutschler is an authority on the economic status of older women, issues related to caregiving, and the early retirement trend. She currently is conducting a study of older women to identify factors that critically affect their well-being at older ages and, at the National Bureau of Economic Research, is investigating the impact of private pension plan provisions and special early retirement incentive plans on employees' retirement decisions. She continues to study the effect of caregiving responsibilities on 'working caregivers' and has collaborated with the Washington Business Group and business coalitions across the nation to help support workers having family caregiving responsibilities.

Ellen Liss, Research Associate
liss@brandeis.edu