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 Director for Educational Programs
734-615-2113 kseef@umich.edu
Trevor Bechtel
Student Engagement Coordinator
734-615-0216 betrevor@umich.edu
Afton Branche-Wilson
Assistant Director of Community Initiatives
567-318-3027 aftonb@umich.edu
Patrick Cooney
Assistant Director, Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility
248-798-6421 cooneypb@umich.edu
Zoë Erb
Summer Works and Strategic Projects Coordinator
zoeerb@umich.edu
Jennifer Erb-Downward
Senior Research Associate
734-764-5435 jerbdown@umich.edu
Tatyana Fykes
Social Media Coordinator, a partnership with U-M Social
tfykes@umich.edu
Jordan Greene
Project Manager, SummerWorks
joleighp@umich.edu
Samiul Jubaed
Data and Policy Analyst
sjubaed@umich.edu
Kristen Kerecman
Communications and Public Engagement Director
734-604-2891 kristker@umich.edu
Karen Otzen Kling
Strategic Projects Manager
kotzen@umich.edu
Amanda Nothaft
Senior Data and Evaluation Manager
acn@umich.edu
Natalie Peterson
Data and Evaluation Manager
petersna@umich.edu
Armeka Richey
Administrative Assistant
734-615-5997 armeka@umich.edu
Sharon Sand
Project Lead, DMACS
slsand@umich.edu
Lauren Slagter
Communications Specialist
734-929-8027 lslag@umich.edu
Liz Smith
Web Developer, a partnership with the U-M Ford School of Public Policy
smielza@umich.edu
Julia Weinert
Managing Director
734-615-5353 weinertj@umich.edu
Chardae Caine
City of Detroit Youth Workforce Development Fellow
cainec@umich.edu
Pinghui Wu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
wuph@umich.edu
Barbara Brush
Professor, U-M School of Nursing
brushb@umich.edu
Margaret Dewar
Professor Emerita of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
medewar@umich.edu
Tawanna Dillahunt
Assistant Professor, U-M School of Information and College of Engineering
tdillahu@umich.edu
Robert Gordon
Former director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
rgord@umich.edu
Harry Holzer
Professor, Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy
Broderick Johnson
Senior of Counsel, Covington & Burling
bromich@umich.edu
Reuben Jonathan Miller
Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration University of Chicago
Cortney Sanders
Policy Analyst and Consultant
cortsand@umich.eduMichael Barr
Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law
Valeria Bertacco
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Vice Provost for Engaged Learning
F. DuBois Bowman
Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health and Professor of Biostatistics
Rosario Ceballo
Associate Dean for Social Sciences; Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Scott DeRue
Edward J. Frey Dean of Business, Ross School of Business; Stephen M. Ross Professor of Business
Elizabeth Moje
Dean, School of Education; George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Faculty Associate, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research
Kathleen Sienko
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Lynn Videka (Chair)
Dean and Carol T. Mowbray Collegiate Professor, School of Social Work