To contact these experts, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 261-5709
or email paffairs@ui.urban.org.
Barbara Butrica, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Retirement income and assets; economic well being of baby boom generation; Social Security.
Melissa Favreault, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Income and wealth distribution; dynamic microsimulation models; mortality and morbidity; pensions; retirement and aging; Social Security, Supplemental Security Income.
Robert Lerman, senior fellow, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Education and employment; job training; income and wealth distribution; school-to-work initiatives; child support/paternity; family structure and composition; poverty; unwed fathers; welfare reform.
Pam Loprest, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Disabilities and employment; women's employment; low-wage labor market; children with disabilities; welfare reform; hard-to-serve populations.
Nancy Pindus, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Health occupations; sectoral employment and economic development; job training; social services integration; performance monitoring; welfare reform; community development, including New Market Tax Credit program; food assistance programs; tribal assistance and economic development.
Caroline Ratcliffe, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise:Poverty; cash welfare and Food Stamp Program impact on outcomes for children and families; welfare-to-work programs.
Margaret Simms, Low-Income Working Families.
Areas of expertise: Civil rights; economics of race and ethnicity; employment and training; income and wealth; low-wage labor markets; minority business development; minority labor markets; poverty; welfare reform.
Karen Smith, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Income and wealth distribution; dynamic microsimulation models; pensions; retirement and aging; Social Security; retirement income.
Eugene Steuerle, Tax Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Taxes; Social Security; budgets.
Wayne Vroman, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Labor market composition, structure, and trends; unemployment insurance.
Doug Wissoker, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Housing, hiring and employment discrimination; poverty; civil rights.
Sheila Zedlewski, director, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Work support programs; state spending for low-income populations; poverty; welfare reform; food stamp policy; child nutrition programs; engagement of older adults.
