Team
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
Joan and Sanford Weill HallSuite 5100
735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
Kristin Seefeldt
Acting Faculty Director
734-615-2113 kseef@umich.edu
H. Luke Shaefer
Faculty Director (on sabbatical fall 2024-summer 2025)
Leonymae Aumentado
Senior Project Manager
lfaument@umich.edu
Trevor Bechtel
Student Engagement & Outreach Manager
734-615-0216 betrevor@umich.edu
John Bulat
Data and Policy Analyst
bulatj@umich.edu
Harley Burdette
Administrative Assistant Sr.
hburdett@umich.edu
Kathleen Clancey
SummerWorks Program Manager, Poverty Solutions Economic Mobility Fellow
kchurley@umich.edu
Morgan Cox
SummerWorks Program Coordinator
chandrc@umich.edu
Jennifer Erb-Downward
Director of Housing Stability Programs and Policy Initiatives
734-764-5435 jerbdown@umich.edu
Samiul Jubaed
Senior Data & Policy Analyst
sjubaed@umich.edu
Karen Otzen Kling
Assistant Director of Strategic Projects & Policy Impact
kotzen@umich.edu
Karissa Knapp
Communications Specialist
ktknapp@umich.edu
Amanda Nothaft
Director of Data & Analysis
acn@umich.edu
Sharon Sand
Managing Director, Detroit Metro Area Communities Study
slsand@umich.edu
Lauren Slagter
Director of Communications & Public Engagement
734-929-8027 lslag@umich.edu
Sam Stragand
Senior Program Manager, Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility
stragand@umich.edu
Julia Weinert
Managing Director
734-615-5353 weinertj@umich.edu
Deandrea White
Community Projects Fellow
whitedea@umich.edu
Matthew Alemu
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago Health Lab
mwalemu@umich.edu
Patrick Cooney
Vice President of Michigan Future, Inc.
patrick@michiganfuture.org
Margaret Dewar
Professor Emerita of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
medewar@umich.edu
William D. Lopez
Clinical Associate Professor, U-M School of Public Health; Faculty Associate, U-M Department of Latino/a Studies
Reuben Jonathan Miller
Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago
Alexandra Murphy
Assistant Research Scientist, Poverty Solutions, Ford School of Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research; Associate Director of Social Science Research, MCity
murphyal@umich.edu
Mara Ostfeld
Research Director, Center for Racial Justice; Faculty Lead, Detroit Metro Area Communities Study; Research Associate, Center for Political Studies
mostfeld@umich.edu
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Chief Operating Officer, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
nsherardfreeman@gmail.comKathryn (Beth) Angell
Dean, School of Social Work; Professor, Social Work
Valeria Bertacco
Vice Provost, Engaged Learning; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
F. DuBois Bowman
Dean, School of Public Health; Roderick Joseph Little Collegiate Professor, Public Health
Kate Cagney
Director, Institute for Social Research; Professor, Sociology
Jonathan Massey
Dean, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Professor, Architecture
Elizabeth Moje
Dean, School of Education; Arthur F. Thurnau and George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor, Education
Kathleen Sienko
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Sociology