Leadership Robin Tepper Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Brian Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Andrea Plevek Executive Director Staff Avazeh Attari Michigan Data & Policy Fellow Kaitlyn Bimberg Graduate Student Research Assistant Stacey Brockman Doctoral Researcher Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija Project Manager Sophia Chong Project Manager Cameron Conrad Data Analyst Anna Erickson Project Manager Elizabeth Folger Administrative & Communications Specialist A Foster Doctoral Researcher Megan Foster Friedman Project Manager Jeremy Guardiola Project Manager Deb Hubbard Research Associate Valerie Le Undergraduate Media/Marketing Assistant Sarah Ostyn Michigan Data & Policy Fellow Hersheena Rajaram Data Analyst Michael Ricks Doctoral Researcher Dana Robinson Graduate Student Research Assistant Katja Robinson Research Associate Jennifer Smith Research Process Manager Triana Yentzen Toro Graduate Student Research Assistant Faculty & Research Affiliates Daniel Almirall Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research Susan Dynarski Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Education, School of Education and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Elisabeth Gerber Jack L Walker Jr Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research Max Gross Researcher, Mathematica Sara Heller Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research Lisa Prosser Assistant Dean for Research Faculty, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health Awilda Rodriguez Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education Joseph Ryan Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research Luke Shaefer Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Center Director, Poverty Center Trina Shanks Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work Kevin Stange Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Megan Tompkins-Stange Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Frank Vandervort Clinical Professor of Law, Law School Advisory Board Melanca Clark President and CEO of Hudson-Webber Foundation Ryan Friedrichs Chief Development Officer for the City of Detroit Nicole Sherard-Freeman Executive Director of Workforce Development, City of Detroit Amanda Van Dusen Principal at Miller Canfield Law Firm
