Staff

Leadership

Sarah Halpern-Meekin

Position title: Director
Vaughan Bascom Professor of Women, Family and Community

J. Michael Collins

Position title: Associate Director, Research and Training
Professor
Fetzer Family Chair in Consumer & Personal Finance in the School of Human Ecology
Director, Center for Financial Security

Hilary Shager

Position title: Associate Director, Programs and Management
Researcher

Email: hilary.shager@wisc.edu

Administration

Erin McGroarty

Position title: Administrative Assistant III

Email: erin.mcgroarty@wisc.edu

John Condon

Position title: Financial Specialist III

Email: jncondon@wisc.edu

Derek Husar

Position title: Human Resources Generalist

Email: dhusar@wisc.edu

Research Administration

Kelsey Wolter

Position title: IRP Research Administration Director

Email: kelsey.wolter@wisc.edu

Kayla Ako-Asare

Position title: IRP Research Administration Manager

Email: akoasare@wisc.edu

Lisa Masri

Position title: IRP Research Administration Manager

Email: lisa.masri@wisc.edu

Sondra Naxi

Position title: IRP Research Administration Manager

Email: snaxi@wisc.edu

Communications & Outreach

Hallie Lienhardt

Position title: Outreach & Communications Manager

Email: hallie.lienhardt@wisc.edu

James T. Spartz

Position title: Writer/Editor

Email: jspartz@wisc.edu

Dawn Duren

Position title: IT Professional II

Email: dawn.duren@wisc.edu

Data Science

Krista Bryz-Gornia

Position title: Data Science Team Manager

Email: bryzgornia@wisc.edu

Carl Frederick

Position title: Data Enterprise Coordinator

Email: carl.frederick@wisc.edu

Margaret Townsend

Position title: Sponsored Programs, Grants & Contracts Compliance Specialist

Email: maggie.townsend@wisc.edu

Rafael Cruz

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: rgcruz@wisc.edu

Danielle Kahn

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: danielle.kahn@wisc.edu

Alexander Nitkowski

Zander Nitkowski

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: anitkowski@wisc.edu

Dan Ross

Dan Ross

Position title: Distinguished Data Scientist II

Email: dan.ross@wisc.edu

Katherine Thornton

Katie Thornton

Position title: Data Scientist II

Email: katie.thornton@wisc.edu

Kristen Voskuil

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: krvoskuil@wisc.edu

IRP Research

Rebecca Schwei

Position title: Research & Policy Coordinator

Email: rebecca.schwei@wisc.edu

Molly Costanzo

Position title: Scientist II

Email: macostanzo@wisc.edu

Lisa Klein Vogel

Position title: Scientist II

Email: lmklein@wisc.edu

Yonah Drazen

Position title: Researcher II

Email: yonah.drazen@wisc.edu

Liesl Hostetter

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: lhostetter@wisc.edu

Child Support Policy Research - Court Record Data

Ingrid Swift

Position title: Researcher I

Email: iswift@wisc.edu

Danielle Welch

Position title: Researcher I

Email: danielle.welch@wisc.edu

Mikaela Doherty

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: mjdoherty4@wisc.edu

Emma Steinbrink

Position title: Research Specialist

Email: esteinbrink@wisc.edu

Medicaid Evaluation & Research (MER) / Clinical Advisory & Technical Services (CATS)

Tim G. Connor

Position title: Program Manager

Email: tim.connor@wisc.edu

Patrick Ferguson

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: pdferguson@wisc.edu

HeeJin Kim Michel

Position title: Data Scientist I

Email: heejin.kim@wisc.edu

Yoona Kim

Position title: Health Policy Research Scientist

Email: yoona.kim@wisc.edu

Labs

Trisha Chanda

Position title: Researcher I - Berger Lab

Email: tchanda@wisc.edu

Christopher Hayden Chu

Position title: Researcher I - Berger Lab

Email: cychu@wisc.edu

Lanikque Howard

Position title: Scientist II - Cancian Lab

Email: llhoward@wisc.edu

Cassandra Eng

Position title: Research Coordinator - Gerassi Lab

Email: ceng3@wisc.edu

Elliot Surovell

Position title: Data Scientist I - Magnuson Lab

Email: esurovell@wisc.edu

Journal of Human Resources

Lisa Al-Amoodi

Position title: Senior Managing Editor

Email: lalamoodi@wisc.edu