Our Staff

Leadership
Sharon Parrott

President

Peggy Bailey
Vice President for Housing and Income Security
Lisa Bornstein
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Lynda Brooks
Chief Financial Officer
Shannon Buckingham

Senior Vice President for Communications and Senior Counselor

Ty Jones Cox
Vice President for Food Assistance
Joel Friedman
Senior Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy
Shelby Gonzales

Vice President for Immigration Policy

Michael Leachman

Senior Vice President for State Fiscal Policy and Co-Leader of the State Fiscal Policy Division

Sarah Lueck

Vice President for Health Policy

Chuck Marr

Vice President for Federal Tax Policy

Brandon McKoy
Vice President for State Partnerships and Co-Leader of the State Fiscal Policy Division
Cheikh Niang

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Ellen Nissenbaum

Senior Vice President for Government Affairs

Jamie R. Riley
Vice President of Equity and Inclusion
Arloc Sherman

Vice President for Data Analysis and Research

Ilene Stein
Vice President for Government Affairs
Aoife Toomey
Vice President for Development
Federal Fiscal Policy
Javier Balmaceda
Senior Policy Analyst on Puerto Rico
Roxy Caines

EITC Campaign Director

Sarah Calame
Research Assistant
Jabari Cook
Research Assistant
Kris Cox

Deputy Director of Federal Tax Policy

George Fenton
Senior Policy Analyst
Joel Friedman
Senior Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy
Stephanie Hingtgen
Research Analyst
Samantha Jacoby
Senior Tax Legal Analyst
Richard Kogan

Senior Fellow

Chuck Marr

Vice President for Federal Tax Policy

Luis Nuñez
Research Associate
David Reich

Senior Fellow

Kathleen Romig
Director of Social Security and Disability Policy
Chad Stone

Chief Economist

Paul N. Van de Water
Senior Fellow
John Wancheck

Senior Advisor, EITC Policy

State Fiscal Policy
Bernie Bergmann
State Data and Campaigns Senior Manager
Maxx Boykin
Senior State Campaigns Manager
Daniel Creel
Operations Manager
Jake Endres
Deputy Director for Organizational Advancement
Eric Figueroa
Senior Manager, Strategic Projects and Initiatives
Bernie Gallagher
Senior Policy Analyst
Lindsey Garland Padget
Director of Network Philanthropic Engagement
Iris Hinh
Policy Analyst
Alicia Jones
Deputy Director of Network Equity & Inclusion
Alena Klimas
Manager of Network Philanthropic Engagement
Michael Leachman

Senior Vice President for State Fiscal Policy and Co-Leader of the State Fiscal Policy Division

Julian Legendre
State Visual Communications Specialist
Michael Mazerov

Senior Fellow

Brandon McKoy
Vice President for State Partnerships and Co-Leader of the State Fiscal Policy Division
Michael Mitchell
Lead Researcher
Michelle Montgomery
Conference and Trainings Manager
Mario Moretto
Senior State Communications Manager
Sonia Quiñónez
Senior Director of Operations Planning and Initiatives
Sofie Raiffa
Program Assistant – Network Philanthropic Engagement
Internship Coordinator
Hannah Sawyer
State Communications Manager
Monica Sharma
Deputy Director, Strategic Projects and Initiatives
Nicole Spence
SFP Project Coordinator
Internship Coordinator
Wesley Tharpe
Senior Advisor for State Tax Policy
Whitney Tucker
Director of State Fiscal Policy Research
Louisa Warren

Senior Director for Advocacy and Campaigns

Samantha Waxman
Deputy Director of State Policy Research
Health Policy
Farah Erzouki
Senior Policy Analyst
Shelby Gonzales

Vice President for Immigration Policy

Laura Guerra-Cardus
Director of State Medicaid Strategy
Laura Harker
Senior Policy Analyst
Claire Heyison
Senior Policy Analyst-Health Insurance & Marketplace Policy
Sarah Lueck

Vice President for Health Policy

Gideon Lukens
Director of Research and Data Analysis
Allison Orris

Senior Fellow

Idil Samantar
Executive Assistant
Breanna Sharer
Research Associate
Symonne Singleton
Digital Services Analyst
Maani Stewart
Senior Policy Analyst
Jennifer Sullivan
Director of Health Coverage Access
Paul N. Van de Water
Senior Fellow
Jennifer Wagner
Director of Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment
Social Security Policy
Kathleen Romig
Director of Social Security and Disability Policy
Paul N. Van de Water
Senior Fellow
Income and Poverty Trends
Stephanie Hingtgen
Research Analyst
Arloc Sherman

Vice President for Data Analysis and Research

Claire Zippel
Senior Research Analyst
Food Assistance
Katie Bergh
Senior Policy Analyst
Ed Bolen

Director of SNAP State Strategies

Ty Jones Cox
Vice President for Food Assistance
Lauren Hall
Research Analyst
Alicia Huguelet
Senior Policy Analyst for Eligibility & Enrollment
Carolyn Jones

Food Assistance and Housing and Income Security Project Coordinator

Joseph Llobrera

Director of Research

Catlin Nchako

Research Analyst

Zoë Neuberger

Senior Policy Analyst

Dottie Rosenbaum

Senior Fellow and Director of Federal SNAP Policy

Housing and Income Security
Sonya Acosta
Senior Policy Analyst
Diana Azevedo-McCaffrey
Policy Analyst
Gina Azito Thompson
Research Associate
Peggy Bailey
Vice President for Housing and Income Security
Anna Bailey
Senior Policy Analyst
Will Fischer

Senior Director for Housing Policy and Research

Erik Gartland
Research Analyst
Carolyn Jones

Food Assistance and Housing and Income Security Project Coordinator

Alicia Mazzara

Deputy Director for Housing Equity and Data Analysis

LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow

Aditi Shrivastava
Deputy Director for Income Security
Immigration Policy
Sonya Acosta
Senior Policy Analyst
Ed Bolen

Director of SNAP State Strategies

Kris Cox

Deputy Director of Federal Tax Policy

Farah Erzouki
Senior Policy Analyst
Eric Figueroa
Senior Manager, Strategic Projects and Initiatives
Shelby Gonzales

Vice President for Immigration Policy

Louise Pocock
Senior Policy Analyst
Kathleen Romig
Director of Social Security and Disability Policy
John Wancheck

Senior Advisor, EITC Policy

Equity and Inclusion
Sharon Davis
Equity and Inclusion Project Manager and Senior Executive Assistant
Alicia Jones
Deputy Director of Network Equity & Inclusion
Alicia Mazzara

Deputy Director for Housing Equity and Data Analysis

Jon Monteith
Senior Editor for Equity
Soteria Reid
Equity and Inclusion Fellow
Jamie R. Riley
Vice President of Equity and Inclusion
Outreach Division
Roxy Caines

EITC Campaign Director

Executive Support
Shankari Bastiampillai
Executive Assistant to the President and
Board Liaison
Sharon Davis
Equity and Inclusion Project Manager and Senior Executive Assistant
Deborah Harrod-McGirt

Development Grants and Gifts Coordinator

Paul Jones
Executive Assistant
Carolyn Jones

Food Assistance and Housing and Income Security Project Coordinator

Shaunya Owens

Contracts Coordinator

Idil Samantar
Executive Assistant
Nicole Spence
SFP Project Coordinator
Internship Coordinator
Communications
Caroline Anderson-Gray

Senior Director for Digital Communications

Ellie Blachman
Communications Assistant
Shannon Buckingham

Senior Vice President for Communications and Senior Counselor

Rob Cady

Senior Graphic Designer

Kayla Chen
Associate Editor
Sharon Davis
Equity and Inclusion Project Manager and Senior Executive Assistant
Nanci Flores
Media Relations Manager
Liv Garahan
Graphics and Web Posting Specialist
Rosie Hilmer
Senior Communications Writer and Messaging Strategist
Hana Ito
Digital Communications Associate
Nick Kasprak

Senior Manager of Data Visualization and Web Development

Tom Kasprzak
Senior Editor and Graphics Strategist
Jacob Kaufman-Waldron
Media Strategist and Manager
Carmen Martinez
Digital Communications Manager
Jon Monteith
Senior Editor for Equity
Michele Mariani Vaughn

Editorial Director

Government Affairs
Alex Berger
Manager of Government Affairs
Paul Jones
Executive Assistant
Jason Moreira

Legislative Specialist

Ellen Nissenbaum

Senior Vice President for Government Affairs

Ilene Stein
Vice President for Government Affairs
Development
Deborah Harrod-McGirt

Development Grants and Gifts Coordinator

Tani Kahan

Senior Development Writer

Nora Malone
Senior Development Writer
Chris Prioleau
Development Writer/Editor
Jose Romero
Development Assistant
Calah Schlabach
Manager of Development Communications
Aoife Toomey
Vice President for Development
Human Resources
Bonnie Johnson
Deputy Director of Benefits and Compensation
Interim Co-Leader of the Human Resources Team
Woon Kim
Deputy Director of Recruitment and Talent Management
Interim Co-Leader of the Human Resources Team
Ari Scott
Human Resources Associate
Thalia Tirado
Recruitment Manager
Finance
Lynda Brooks
Chief Financial Officer
Grey Daryanto
Accounts Payable/Payroll Specialist
Lakesha L. Dawson

Finance Specialist

Derek Herr
Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
Megan Jeffers
Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Budget Systems
Deborah Patterson

Assistant Controller

Office Administration
Chandra Tillman
Office Services Manager
Michael Yates
Office Assistant
Information Technology
Rami Elamine
IT Operations Manager
Rakeem Durand
Sharepoint Administrator
Randolph Burke III
Network Manager
Maryse Khoury
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Cheikh Niang

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Juan Portillo
IT Support Specialist