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Contributing Researchers

Edward Gramlich was an integral, inspiring member of the Opportunity & Ownership research team. A sagacious public servant, forward-thinking researcher, and patient teacher, Ned died in September 2007 from leukemia. We dedicate our work to him.

  • Barbara Butrica, senior research associate, an economist and expert in retirement income security;
  • Robert Lerman, Institute fellow, an expert in economic inequality, economics of family structure, and labor markets;
  • Elaine Maag, research associate, an expert in tax policy and economic well-being;
  • Signe-Mary McKernan, senior research associate and economist, an expert in credit and asset-building for low-income families;
  • Caroline Ratcliffe, senior research associate and economist, an expert in credit and asset-building for low-income families;
  • Lynette Rawlings, research associate, an expert in housing, self-sufficiency, and concentrated poverty;
  • Eugene Steuerle, Institute fellow, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis;
  • Margery Austin Turner, vice president for research, an expert in housing market discrimination and segregation, housing choice and residential mobility, and housing needs and market assessments; and,
  • Sheila Zedlewski, center director, an expert in retirement policy and income security.

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