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Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

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Steven Raphael

IRLE Director & Professor and James D. Marver Chair in Public Policy

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Lori Ann Ospina

Associate Director

Barb Campbell

Assistant Director

A smiling woman in front of a black background, Nan Cramer.

Nan Cramer

Contracts and Grants Manager

Ana Fox-Hodess

Communications Director

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Kim King

HR Partner

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Zi Lin Li

Program Assistant

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Charles Loeffler

Research Associate

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Max Pevonak Yearian

HR Partner

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Roman Rivera

Postdoctoral Scholar

Lawrence Turner

Contracts & Grants Coordinator

Robert Wintermute

Facilities Manager

Evan White

Executive Director

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Jesse Rothstein

California Policy Lab Faculty Director & Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Nikta Akhavan

Research Manager

Erika Brown

Researcher

A man smiling in front of a wooden background; Sean Coffey.

Sean Coffey

Director of Communications and Outreach

Huizhi Gong

Research Associate

A smiling man stands in front of a wooden background; Gary Gremaux

Gary Gremaux

Senior Data Architect

Cessi Hessler

Interim Operations Director

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Jennifer Hogg

Research Manager

Sarah Hoover

Data Analyst

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Johanna Lacoe

Research Director

Austin Land

Postdoc

Karla Palos Castellanos

Research Associate

Alan Perez

Research Assistant

Molly Pickard

Research Manager

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Nefara Riesch

Criminal Justice Research Fellow

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Chris Runde

Operations Director

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Pam Seidenman

Development Director

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Alissa Skog

Researcher

Thomas Sloan

Research Associate

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Justine Weng

Research Fellow

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Lea J.E. Austin

Executive Director

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Marcy Whitebook

Director Emerita

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Tobi Adejumo

Research and Policy Associate

Claudia Alvarenga

Program Associate

Abby Copeman Petig

Research Director

Annie Dade

Project Policy Analyst

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Cyndi Dunn

Administrative Officer

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Hopeton Hess

Research and Policy Associate

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Sophia Jaggi

Research Manager, Early Childhood Policy

Yoonjeon Kim

Lead Research Analyst

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Jenna Knight

Research and Policy Associate

Brandy Jones Lawrence

Senior Analyst

Caitlin McLean

Director of Multi-State and International Programs

Elena Montoya

Senior Research and Policy Associate

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Silvia Muñoz

Project Assistant

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Wanzi Muruvi

Senior Research and Policy Associate

Krista Olson

Research and Policy Associate

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Anna Powell

Senior Research and Policy Associate

A woman smiling, Elizabeth Pufall Jones

Elizabeth Pufall Jones

Director of Preparation and Work Environment Programs

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Marisa Schlieber

Senior Research and Policy Associate

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Penelope Whitney

Communications Director

Michael Reich

Chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics & Professor of Economics

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Ken Jacobs

Chair

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Brenda Muñoz

Deputy Chair

A woman is smiling and standing in front of a wooden background; Anhara Alexander.

Anhara Alexander

Office Manager

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Sam Appel

Practitioner in Residence

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Francisco Arzu

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

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Devon Baker

Program Coordinator

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Annette Bernhardt

Director, Technology and Work Program

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Alex Caputo-Pearl

Practitioner in Residence

Ana Cervantes

Financial Analyst

A man with glasses smiling, Tynan Challenor.

Tynan Challenor

Research and Policy Assistant

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Patrick DeDauw

Policy Researcher

Miranda Dietz

Research and Policy Associate

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Pamela Egan

Director, Labor-Management Partnerships Program

Aida Farmand

Research and Policy Associate

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Anibel Ferus-Comelo

Director of Community-Engaged Academic Initiatives

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Jessie HF Hammerling

Co-Director, Green Economy Program

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Beatriz Herrera

Senior Trainer

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Sara Hinkley

Policy Research Specialist

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Savannah Hunter

Research and Policy Associate

Clementina Jara

Program Coordinator

Dilpreet Kahlon

Program Assistant

Mckela Kanu

Policy Researcher

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Lisa Kresge

Research and Policy Associate

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Sarah Lawton

Development Coordinator

Julie Light

Communications Director

A smiling man with glasses stands in front of a wooden background, Enrique Lopezlira.

Enrique Lopezlira

Director, Low-Wage Work Program

A smiling woman stands in front of a wooden background, Laurel Lucia.

Laurel Lucia

Director, Health Care Program

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Jenifer MacGillvary

Publications Coordinator

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Danielle Mahones

Director, Leadership Development Program

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Jane McAlevey

Senior Policy Fellow

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Sandy Olgeirson

Communications Coordinator

Seema Patel

Practitioner in Residence

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Nari Rhee

Director, Retirement Security Program

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Bahaar Tadjbakhsh

Program Coordinator

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Brianna Velasco

Program Coordinator

Laura Watson

Community of Practice Coordinator for High-Road Training Partnerships

A smiling woman stands in front of a wooden background, Kirsten WIller.

Kirsten Bottles Willer

Program Coordinator

A smiling woman with glasses, Carol Zabin, stands in front of a wood background.

Carol Zabin

Senior Advisor on the Green Economy

2022-2023 Visiting Scholars

Lukas Delgado-Prieto

PhD candidate at UC3M

Amory Gethin

PhD candidate at the Paris School of Economics and a research fellow at the World Inequality Lab

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Jan Gromadzki

PhD student at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and a researcher at the Institute for Structural Research in Warsaw (IBS)

Sebastian Hager

PhD student at the University of Munich (LMU)

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Salla Kalin

PhD student at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki Graduate School of Economics

Alice Lapeyre

PhD candidate in Economics at CREST/ENSAE

Ségal Le Guern Herry

PhD candidate in Economics at Sciences Po and a Fulbright visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley

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Lukas Lehner

PhD candidate at the University of Oxford

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Kevin Parra Ramirez

PhD candidate at Sciences-Po Paris and a research economist at the French central bank

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David Phillips

Research Professor in the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) and the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame

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Jon Piqueras

PhD candidate at University College London and PhD Scholar at the Stone Centre at UCL