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
Zoë Erb
Summer Works and Strategic Projects Manager
zoeerb@umich.edu
Jennifer Erb-Downward
Senior Research Associate
734-764-5435 jerbdown@umich.edu
Samiul Jubaed
Data and Policy Analyst
sjubaed@umich.edu
Karen Otzen Kling
Senior 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 Coordinator
734-615-5997 armeka@umich.edu
Sharon Sand
Project Lead, DMACS
slsand@umich.edu
Lauren Slagter
Senior 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
Alexa Eisenberg
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
alexae@umich.edu
Chardae Caine
City of Detroit Youth Workforce Development Fellow
cainec@umich.edu
Karolina Ramos
City of Detroit Workforce Development Fellow
ramoskar@umich.edu
Cydney Gardner-Brown
American Rescue Plan Act Implementation Junior Fellow
cydneygb@umich.edu
Margaret Dewar
Professor Emerita of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
medewar@umich.edu
Robert Gordon
Former director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
rgord@umich.edu
Reuben Jonathan Miller
Associate 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