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
H. Luke Shaefer
Faculty Director
734-615-5997
Kristin Seefeldt
Associate Faculty Director for Educational Programs
734-615-2113 kseef@umich.edu
Mara Ostfeld
Associate Faculty Director and Director of Communications
mostfeld@umich.edu
Leonymae Aumentado
Project Manager
lfaument@umich.edu
Trevor Bechtel
Student Engagement & Strategic Projects Manager
734-615-0216 betrevor@umich.edu
Afton Branche-Wilson
Assistant Director of Community Initiatives
567-318-3027 aftonb@umich.edu
Patrick Cooney
Assistant Director, Policy Impact
248-798-6421 cooneypb@umich.edu
Benny Docter
Senior Data and Policy Analyst
bennydoc@umich.edu
Alexa Eisenberg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
alexae@umich.edu
Jennifer Erb-Downward
Director of Housing Stability Programs and Policy Initiatives
734-764-5435 jerbdown@umich.edu
Jordan Fisher
SummerWorks Evaluation Fellow
fisherjo@umich.edu
Kathleen Hurley
SummerWorks Program Manager, Poverty Solutions Economic Mobility Fellow
kchurley@umich.edu
Samiul Jubaed
Senior Data & Policy Analyst
sjubaed@umich.edu
Karen Otzen Kling
Senior Strategic Projects Manager
kotzen@umich.edu
Karissa Knapp
Communications Specialist
ktknapp@umich.edu
Amanda Nothaft
Senior Data and Evaluation Manager
acn@umich.edu
Armeka Richey
SummerWorks Program Coordinator
734-615-5997 armeka@umich.edu
Sharon Sand
Managing Director, Detroit Metro Area Community Study
slsand@umich.edu
Lauren Slagter
Senior Communications Specialist
734-929-8027 lslag@umich.edu
Julia Weinert
Managing Director
734-615-5353 weinertj@umich.edu
Matthew Alemu
Doctoral Student, Sociology & Ford School of Public Policy
mwalemu@umich.edu
Margaret Dewar
Professor Emerita of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
medewar@umich.edu
William D. Lopez
clinical assistant 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
Cortney Sanders
Policy Analyst and Consultant
cortsand@umich.eduKathryn (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