Our Advisors

  • Raphael Bostic, PhD

    President & CEO

    Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

  • Steve Bumbaugh

    Senior Vice President, College, Career and Digital Access - College Board

  • Leonard E. Burman, PhD

    Founder

    Tax Policy Center

  • Donnie Charleston

    Director, Policy & Advocacy

    E Pluribus Unum Fund

  • Helen Chin

    Director, Sustainable Environments

    Surdna Foundation

  • Sheldon H. Danziger, PhD

    President

    Russell Sage Foundation

  • Indivar Dutta-Gupta

    Doris Duke Distinguished Visiting Fellow

    Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

  • Amanda Fischer

    Chief of Staff

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Jocelyn Fontaine

    Vice President of Criminal Justice Research

    Arnold Ventures

  • Olivia Golden, PhD

    Executive Director Emeritus

    The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

  • Ingrid Gould Ellen, PhD

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

    New York University

  • Todd Greene

    Executive Director, WorkRise

    Institute Fellow, Urban Institute

  • Robert Greenstein

    Founder & President Emeritus

    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

  • Jeremie Greer, PhD

    Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

    Liberation in a Generation

  • Damon T. Hewitt

    President and Executive Director - Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

  • David Johns

    Executive Director

    National Black Justice Coalition

  • Sarah Kastelic, PhD (Alutiiq)

    Executive Director

    National Indian Child Welfare Association

  • Rose Kob

    Vice President and General Counsel

    MDRC

  • Michael Lake

    President and CEO

    Leading Cities

  • John Martinez

    Vice President & Director of Program Development

    MDRC

  • Michael McAfee, PhD

    President & CEO

    PolicyLink

  • Austin Nichols, PhD

    Principal Associate, Social and Economic Policy

    Abt Associates

  • Spencer Overton

    Professor of Law

    The George Washington University Law School

  • Jacqueline Patterson

    Founder & Executive Director

    The Chisholm Legacy Project

  • Andre M. Perry, PhD

    Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

    Brookings Metro

  • Manuel Pastor, PhD

    Director, Equity Research Institute

    USC

  • Erika Poethig

    Executive Vice President for Strategy and Planning

    Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago

  • Connie Razza, PhD

    Executive Director

    Social and Economic Justice Leaders

  • Eric Rodriguez

    Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy

    UnidosUS

  • Carmen Rojas, PhD

    President and CEO

    Marguerite Casey Foundation

  • Robert Santos, PhD

    Director

    U.S. Census Bureau

  • Nathaniel Smith

    Founder, Chief Equity Officer/CEO

    Partnership for Southern Equity

  • Scot Spencer

    Associate Director, Local Policy

    Annie E. Casey Foundation

  • Eric Stegman

    Executive Director

    Native Americans in Philanthropy

  • C. Eugene Steuerle

    Cofounder - Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center

    Institute Fellow - Urban Institute

  • Nicol Turner Lee

    Senior Fellow – Governance Studies
    Director – Center for Technology Innovation

    Brookings Institution

  • Emma Vadehra

    Founder, former Executive Director - Next100

    COO - NYC Department of Education