To contact these experts, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 261-5709
or email paffairs@ui.urban.org.
Ken Finegold, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Race; federalism; faith-based service providers; state expenditures; food stamps.
Maria-Rosario Jackson, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Urban policy; neighborhood revitalization and comprehensive community planning; the politics of race, ethnicity and gender in urban settings; the role of arts and culture in communities.
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.
Margery Turner, director, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Residential segregation and poverty concentration; housing and mortgage lending discrimination; housing choice and residential mobility; housing needs and market assessments; federal housing policy.
Doug Wissoker, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Civil rights; housing, hiring and employment discrimination; poverty.
Sheila Zedlewski, director, Income & Benefits Policy Center.
Areas of expertise: Poverty; work support programs; welfare reform; food stamp policy; child nutrition programs; engagement of older adults; state spending for low-income populations.
