Alfred Campos is the Director for the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA): AARP’s Educator Community. NRTA is a division of AARP and is the nation’s largest organization serving the interests of retired educators. He leads NRTA’s strategic direction, management, advocacy, and community engagement dedicated to the priorities of individuals age 50-plus and their families. Moreover, he serves as NRTA’s national spokesperson representing 850,000 members nationwide.
Before joining NRTA, Mr. Campos was a lobbyist in the Government Relations Department of the National Education Association (NEA). He was responsible for advancing NEA’s interests concerning federal legislative and regulatory issues concerning taxation, pensions, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, health care, and school finance. He was also NEA’s legislative liaison to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a trustee to the Employees’ Retirement Plan of the National Education Association.
Mr. Campos worked for the Financial Planning Association as Counsel and Assistant Director of Government Relations. He began his political career as Legislative Counsel for Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) and as a Legislative Assistant for former Senator Charles S. Robb (D-Va.). He also practiced law as an attorney for the law firm Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur LLP and was a senior insurance underwriter for the Chubb Corporation, a multinational insurance company.
Alfred Campos is a member of the US Supreme Court, District of Columbia, and Connecticut Bars. In addition, Mr. Campos is a board member of the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), a fellow with the Executive Leadership Council, and an Aspen Institute Socrates Society Scholar. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany and a Juris Doctor from Western New England College School of Law.