Edwin L. Walker serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs with the Administration on Aging (AoA), and is responsible for cross-cutting policies, programs and initiatives aimed at improving the lives of older people.

Prior to joining AoA, Edwin served as the Director of the Missouri Division of Aging responsible for administering a comprehensive set of human service programs for older persons and adults with disabilities. These included the Older Americans Act; the Alternative Services Program for home and community-based care; the Institutional Services Program for licensing, surveying and certifying long-term care facilities; and the Protective Services Program for the investigation of complaints of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. His experience prior to this time was with the Missouri Department of Social Services and included administrative law and rulemaking, policy development and analysis, legislation, advocacy, planning and evaluation.

He received a J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law and a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University. He has served on a number of boards, commissions and advisory councils in the human services arena. As a spokesperson and Secretary of the Board of Directors for the National Association of State Units on Aging, he represented the interests of States before Congress during hearings on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.

A proud grandfather, he resides in Ft. Washington, Maryland.