FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Betsy Jaffe Director, Marketing and Public Relations Employee Benefit Research Institute press-media@ebri.org 202.775.6347 Zahra Ebrahimi, Ph.D. Joins Employee Benefit Research Institute Washington, D.C. – November 27, 2018 — EBRI, a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research group, announced Zahra Ebrahimi, Ph.D. has joined its research staff. Ebrahimi recently earned her Ph.D. in economics from Stony Brook University in New York and has a rich background in data analysis, applied econometrics, and labor economics. “We are delighted to have Zahra Ebrahimi join EBRI’s research team,” said Jack VanDerhei, Research Director, Employee Benefit Research Institute. “Her primary focus will be concentrated on conducting and interpreting research related to labor market and spending behavior of elderly using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) dataset, which is of important strategic concern to EBRI members and American workers.” Ebrahimi will also provide important perspectives and analysis for EBRI’s Financial Wellbeing Research Center. “Hiring Zahra is just one more example of EBRI’s demonstrated commitment to providing benefit sponsors, policymakers, the industry, and the public with fact-based research to facilitate sound decision-making when it comes to retirement, health, and other employee benefit programs,” said VanDerhei. Ebrahimi will be based at EBRI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. About EBRI: The Employee Benefit Research Institute is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute based in Washington, DC, that focuses on health, savings, retirement, and financial security issues. EBRI does not lobby and does not take policy positions. The work of EBRI is made possible by funding from its members and sponsors, who include a broad range of public, private, for-profit, and nonprofit organizations. For more information go to www.ebri.org