Our Advisors

  • Raphael Bostic, PhD

    President & CEO

    Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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  • Steve Bumbaugh

    Trustee, Education Executive

    Southern Education Foundation

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  • Leonard E. Burman, PhD

    Institute Fellow; Co-Founder

    Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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  • Donnie Charleston

    former Vice President

    Social Finance

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  • Helen Chin

    President & Co-Director

    Communities First Fund

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  • Sheldon H. Danziger, PhD

    President

    Russell Sage Foundation

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  • Indivar Dutta-Gupta

    Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellow

    Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

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  • Amanda Fischer

    Policy Director and COO

    Better Markets

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  • Jocelyn Fontaine, PhD

    Vice President, Strategic Program Development

    Urban Institute

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  • Olivia Golden, PhD

    Strategy, Policy, Leadership Advisor

    Consultant

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  • Ingrid Gould Ellen, PhD

    Professor of Urban Policy & Planning
    Director, Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy

    New York University

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  • Todd Greene

    Vice President and Executive Director, WorkRise

    Urban Institute

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  • Robert Greenstein

    Founder & President Emeritus

    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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  • Jeremie Greer, PhD

    Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

    Liberation in a Generation

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  • Bradley Hardy, PhD

    Distinguished Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy

    Georgetown University

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  • Damon T. Hewitt

    President and Executive Director

    Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

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  • Chris L. Jenkins

    Award-winning Filmmaker and Journalist

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  • David Johns

    Executive Director

    National Black Justice Coalition

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  • Sarah Kastelic, PhD (Alutiiq)

    Executive Director

    National Indian Child Welfare Association

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  • Rose Kob

    Vice President and General Counsel

    MDRC

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  • Michael Lake

    President and CEO

    Leading Cities

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  • Carlos Martin, PhD

    Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement

    Resources for the Future

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  • Michael McAfee, PhD

    CEO

    PolicyLink

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  • Signe-Mary McKernan, PhD

    Vice President, Family and Financial Well-being Division

    Urban Institute

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  • Austin Nichols, PhD

    Principal, Economist

    Amazon

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  • Spencer Overton

    Professor of Law

    The George Washington University Law School

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  • Jacqueline Patterson

    Founder & Executive Director

    The Chisholm Legacy Project

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  • Andre M. Perry, PhD

    Senior Fellow

    Brookings Metro

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  • Manuel Pastor, PhD

    Director, Equity Research Institute

    USC

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  • Erika Poethig

    Executive Vice President for Strategy and Planning

    Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago

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  • Connie Razza, PhD

    Executive Director

    Future Currents (formerly SEJ)

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  • Lisa Rice

    President and CEO

    National Fair Housing Alliance

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  • Eric Rodriguez

    Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy

    UnidosUS

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  • Carmen Rojas, PhD

    President and CEO

    Marguerite Casey Foundation

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  • Robert Santos, PhD

    former Director

    U.S. Census Bureau

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  • Nathaniel Smith

    Founder, Chief Equity Officer

    Partnership for Southern Equity

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  • Scot Spencer

    Associate Director, Local Policy

    Annie E. Casey Foundation

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  • Erik Stegman

    Executive Director

    Native Americans in Philanthropy

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  • C. Eugene Steuerle

    Institute Fellow and Richard B. Fisher Chair

    Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

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  • Nicol Turner Lee, PhD

    Director – Center for Technology Innovation
    Senior Fellow – Governance Studies

    Brookings Institution

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  • Emma Vadehra

    Chief Operating Officer

    NYC Department of Education

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