Leadership Robin Tepper Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Brian Jacob Faculty Co-Director & Founder Andrea Plevek Executive Director Megan Foster Friedman Deputy Director Staff Kaj Althaus Data & Policy Fellow Ruth Archer Research Assistant Catherine Asher Assistant Research Scientist Kevin Bruey Mengyang Cao Research Assistant Milagros Chocce Project Manager Sara Elhasan Data & Policy Fellow (Home Visiting Unit) Anna Erickson Project Manager Jeremy Guardiola Project Manager Deb Hubbard Research Associate Zaiyi Jiang Project Manager Yejae Kim Data Analyst Mingyue Lu Research Assistant Shiyu Nitsos Administrative Assistant Sr. Paloma Ramos Research Assistant Elizabeth Reosti Data Team Manager Katja Robinson Project Manager Juan Sandoval Research Assistant Juan Sandoval Lauren Shaw Project Manager Jennifer Smith Research Process Manager Nathan Sotherland Doctoral Researcher Taylor Stacy Research Assistant Sandra Tang Assistant Research Scientist Faculty & Research Affiliates Daniel Almirall Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research Stacey Brockman Researcher, Mathematica 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