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Executive Team

Heidi Shierholz, President
Naomi Walker, Executive Vice President/Acting Communications Director
Barbara Western, Chief Operating Officer
Celine McNicholas, Director of Policy/General Counsel
Angel Henry, Executive Assistant, EARNcon Project Manager

Senior Staff

Heidi Shierholz, President
Naomi Walker, Executive Vice President/Acting Communications Director
Jennifer Abella, Deputy Communications Director, Digital Product
Josh Bivens, Chief Economist
Ariana Blackstock, Human Resources Generalist
David Cooper, Director, Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN)
Nick Kauzlarich, Deputy Communications Director, Media Relations and Editorial
Celine McNicholas, Director of Policy/General Counsel
Zane Mokhiber, Director of Data Management and Analysis
Samantha Sanders, Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy
Jennifer Sherer, Deputy Director, EARN; Director, State Worker Power Initiative
Barbara Western, Chief Operating Officer
Valerie Wilson, Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy
Zion Yan, Director of Finance and Operations

Research

Josh Bivens, Chief Economist
Elise Gould, Senior Economist
Monique Morrissey, Senior Economist
Hilary Wething, Economist 
Ben Zipperer, Senior Economist

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Data Management and Analysis

Zane Mokhiber, Director of Data Management and Analysis
Jori Kandra, Data Analyst
Joe Fast, Research Assistant
Stevie Marvin, Research Assistant
Emma Cohn, Research Assistant

Policy

Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research
Celine McNicholas, Director of Policy/General Counsel
Margaret Poydock, Senior Policy Analyst
Samantha Sanders, Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy

Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE)

Valerie Wilson, Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy
Ismael Cid Martinez, Economist
Kyle Moore, Economist

Communications

Naomi Walker, Executive Vice President/Acting Director of Communications
Jennifer Abella, Deputy Communications Director, Digital Product
Max Canner, Creative Lead, Website and Digital
Nick Kauzlarich, Deputy Communications Director, Media Relations and Editorial
Grace Park, Editor
Ron Perazza, Creative Lead, Strategy and Project Management

Development

Akida Azad, Associate Director of Development Operations
Brittney Vrzak, Senior Development Associate

Finance, Human Resources, and Administration

Zion Yan, Director of Finance and Operations
Ariana Blackstock, Human Resources Generalist
Shurron Dempsey, Operations Manager
Masha Luseko, Accountant

Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) 
State Policy & Research

David Cooper, Director, EARN
Chandra Childers, Senior Policy and Economic Analyst
Grace Erickson, Program Coordinator
Dave Kamper, Senior State Policy Strategist
Sebastian Martinez Hickey, State Economic Analyst
Nina Mast, Policy and Economic Analyst
Jasmine Payne-Patterson, Senior State Policy Strategist
Jennifer Sherer, Deputy Director, EARN; Director, State Worker Power Initiative