Leadership Robin Tepper Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Brian Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Megan Foster Friedman Managing Director Carrie Hammerman Director of Strategic Partnerships Staff Catherine Asher Assistant Research Scientist Milagros Chocce Project Manager Dipita Das Data & Policy Fellow, MDHHS MIHP Anna Erickson Project Manager Chelsea Giller Research Assistant Kenneth Hofmeister Research Assistant Deb Hubbard Project Manager Megan Jagolinzer Data & Policy Fellow (DPSCD) Zaiyi Jiang Project Manager Annelise Loveless Research Assistant Aklesia Maereg Research Assistant Lynn Meissner Project Manager Shiyu Nitsos Administrative Assistant Sr. Andrew Olson Research Assistant Sophie Ordway Data & Policy Fellow, MDLEO Dimitri Przeslawski Data & Policy Fellow, MiLEAP Fahmida Rahman Research Assistant Elizabeth Reosti Data Team Manager Katja Robinson Project Manager Milena Saakyan Research Assistant Lauren Shaw Project Manager Triana Kazaleh Sirdenis Project Manager Sr Jennifer Smith Research Process Manager Nathan Sotherland Doctoral Researcher Sandra Tang Assistant Research Scientist Chihiro Tanigawa Data Analyst Rachel Toma Research Assistant Brooke Tran Research Assistant Matthew Truwit Research Assistant Jonas (Zhonghan) Xie Research Assistant Marina Zhai Research Assistant Faculty & Research Affiliates Daniel Almirall Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research Stacey Brockman Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Wayne State University 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 Michael Ricks Assistant Prof at University of Nebraska 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 Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy Frank Vandervort Clinical Professor of Law, Law School
