Putting Working Families First

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Reception: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.

Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

Online registration for the November 1 dinner is now closed.  To inquire about last minute availability, call 202-775-8810.

• To learn about opportunities for sponsorships, individual ticket sales and rates to place an ad in our special event Tribute Book, see the Dinner Sponsorship and Tribute Book form.

This year marks the Economic Policy Institute’s 25th year of championing American workers and their families. We hope you can join EPI for a special evening in Washington, D.C., at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel to celebrate 25 years of hard-won successes on behalf of working families and gear up for the challenges ahead.

On this occasion, we will honor Ray Marshall (pictured, top) and Paul Krugman (bottom), two of the most important individuals that have helped advance EPI’s goal of shared prosperity for all. Marshall is one of EPI’s original founders and a current Distinguished Fellow. He also served as the Secretary of Labor under President Jimmy Carter. Krugman is one of the nation’s pre-eminent economists, 2008 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and op-ed columnist for the New York Times. In his weekly column, Mr. Krugman provides incisive analysis on the economic and fiscal realities of the day.

Another highlight of the dinner will be a tribute to leaders of Wisconsin’s labor community. Representatives of this movement will be on hand to receive recognition for their fight to preserve public employee rights in their state, turn back a reactionary budget and repel an attack on the middle class. This will be a night to celebrate their efforts.

In the current political and economic climate, the need for EPI’s expertise is greater than ever. The 25^th Anniversary event will kick off our next 25 years and reaffirm our commitment to developing and promoting responsible policies that strengthen the economy and improve the lives of working families. We hope you can join us for this night of celebration.

Co-Chairs of the Host Committee:

• Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
• Alexis Herman, former U.S. Secretary of Labor
• Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor

Click here for a list of the Honorary Committee

Click below to watch video of veteran political strategist and television commentator Donna Brazile congratulating EPI on 25 years of working for those who work for a living:

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Our mission is to achieve shared prosperity by raising the economic status of low- and middle-income Americans. To this end, we work to reshape the way policymakers think about the economy and persuade them to adopt policies that are good for working Americans.

WE BELIEVE IN:

FIGHTING FOR WORKING FAMILIES
We expose inequalities, champion bold solutions, and push progressive economic issues to the forefront of the national agenda.

BROADLY SHARED PROSPERITY
EPI’s efforts focus on growing the economy for the benefit of all Americans, not just the already wealthy.

ACCURACY
Our research is reliable and rigorous, so that we can tell the story of working Americans and counter much of the misinformation in the discourse on the economy.

PROGRESSIVISM
Government must play an active role in protecting the economically vulnerable, ensuring equal opportunity, and improving the well-being of all Americans.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR AMERICA

No working family should have to choose between medicine and a meal. That’s why EPI leverages its expertise—and credibility —to deliver real change for all Americans. We provide:

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Our cutting-edge, original research spans a broad range of economic issues. EPI analyses are the gold standard in the field —a trusted resource for policymakers and a network of progressive interests and advocacy groups to help further their important agendas.

WORLD-CLASS EXPERTISE
Our team includes the best minds in economics and other disciplines. Our broad network of researchers and scholars has made EPI the authoritative source on the welfare of working Americans.

VISIONARY SOLUTIONS
We are recognized as national leaders on breakthrough liberal economic policies. Our research-based, innovative economic agenda aims to advance the interests of low- and middle-income workers while strengthening the overall economy.

PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP
EPI shapes public policy on the federal and state level through compelling research and education initiatives targeting policymakers, the media, and other opinion-leaders. We influence the public debate to ensure that it includes the perspective of working families.

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EPI’s research helps policymakers, opinion leaders, advocates, journalists, and the public understand the bread-and-butter issues affecting ordinary Americans.

By identifying trends and tracking them to their policy causes, we provide a roadmap for returning to an America where hard-working low-wage employees make enough to make a living, the middle class is strong and healthy, and workers who help our economy grow share in its benefits. Scholars, state-level think tanks, foundations, unions, and advocacy organizations have used EPI data to successfully fight for numerous worker- and growth-friendly policies and programs. Our work has led to victories including minimum-wage increases, paid sick day legislation, overtime pay provisions, and Social Security benefit protections.

For more about EPI click here.

Who supports EPI’s work?

EPI is a 501(c)(3) corporation. In 2024, a majority of our funding (approximately 78%) came from foundation grants, while another 12% came from labor unions. EPI also receives support from individuals, corporations, and other organizations.

Funding

Leadership

Liz Shuler, Chair*
President, AFL-CIO 

Julianne Malveaux, Vice Chair* 
President Emerita of Bennett College for Women 

Teresa Ghilarducci, Secretary* 
New School for Social Research 

Gary Bass, Treasurer* 
President, GDB Consulting/Executive Director Emeritus, The Bauman Foundation 

Members 

Nina Banks 
Bucknell University 

Brian Bryant 
President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 

Hector Cordero-Guzman 
Baruch College, City University of New York 

Ernesto Cortes, Jr. 
Executive Director, West / Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation 

Claude Cummings 
President, Communication Workers of America 

Jennifer Epps 
Executive Director, The LIFT Fund 

Shawn Fain 
President, United Auto Workers 

Jeff Faux* 
Former President, Economic Policy Institute 

Jocelyn Frye 
President, National Partnership for Women and Families 

Jose P. Garza 
Travis County District Attorney 

Elise Gould* 
Nonprofit Professional Employees Union, Economic Policy Institute 

Pronita Gupta* 
Workshop 

Hannah Halbert* 
Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio 

Robert Kuttner* 
The American Prospect, Brandeis University 

Lisa Lynch 
Brandeis University 

Dave McCall* 
President, United Steelworkers 

Manuel Pastor 
University of Southern California 

Lori Pelletier 
American Income Life 

Becky Pringle* 
President, National Education Association 

Lee Saunders* 
President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 

Heidi Shierholz, EPI President* 
Economic Policy Institute 

April Verrett* 
President, Service Employees International Union 

Randi Weingarten* 
President, American Federation of Teachers 

• Deputy Communications Director – Economic Policy Institute
• Development Associate – Economic Policy Institute

Policy and Economic Analyst – Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) at EPI

About the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN): EARN is a nationwide network of state-based research, policy, and advocacy organizations advancing an inclusive, worker-centered economy through state and local policy change and rigorous research. We are the progressive economic policy and research infrastructure in the states, conducting research, providing data analysis, and developing and advocating policies that confront the fundamental imbalances in the workplace in order to create an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy. A core part of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), EARN is a growing network of 55 organizations in 43 states and the District of Columbia. The EARN network is coordinated by staff at the Economic Policy Institute and EARN partners.

EARN in the South (EIS), launched in 2017, is an initiative of EARN that seeks to achieve lasting improvements in economic outcomes for working people in the South, while combating racial and gender injustice and reducing inequality. The initiative aims to advance pro-worker economic and racial justice policies throughout the region, through deep cross-state collaboration between EARN members and grassroots organizing and advocacy groups led by, and representing, people of color. EARN currently has partner organizations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

EPI seeks an experienced, skilled, and self-starting individual to join our EARN team as a Policy and Economic Analyst to advance EARN’s programs and policy campaigns within our EARN in the South project. This person will conduct research and write reports, blog posts, and other analyses; analyze state, local, regional, and national economic data; and provide research and policy guidance, customized data products, trainings, and technical assistance to EARN state partners and their grassroots allies throughout the U.S. South.

We are seeking someone with five (5) or more years’ experience writing, researching, and using data to analyze public policy and the economy – particularly around economic, worker, racial, and gender justice issues. Experience working in the South and an understanding of how the region’s history of racial oppression and white supremacy continue to influence the political economy of the region is highly desired.

This position will be based either at EPI’s office in Washington, DC, or in the South U.S Census region – with the analyst working from home or at the offices of one of our EARN in the South partners. There will be occasional travel within the region (public health conditions permitting) and to EPI’s offices in Washington, DC. EPI staff are currently working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic and will resume in-person work when it is safe to do so.

This is a grant-funded, 3-year position, with the possibility of extension contingent on funding.

What You Will Do

• Conduct research and analysis in support of EARN in the South projects and campaigns: 
  • Produce reports, fact sheets, op-eds, blog posts, resource packets, and other documents on a wide range of economic issues and policies, but with particular focus on the challenges facing Southern workers—particularly Black, Brown, and women workers—and policy solutions that raise labor standards and build worker power. Other areas of focus could include issues such as minimum wages, paid leave, and other policies to improve job quality; gender- and racial-pay inequities; mass incarceration; equitable economic development; public sector investment; and climate justice.
  • Collect and analyze data to describe the impact of public policies on working families and the economy. 
  • Develop and maintain state- and regional-level data packages and tools for EARN state groups and grassroots allies. 
  • Produce memos, charts, and other materials analyzing the regional economy to support labor and community representatives on regional Federal Reserve Bank boards of directors. 
• Support EARN state partners in their research and policy work: 
  • Respond to technical assistance requests from EARN groups and allies, particularly on research, economic policy, and data-related questions. 
  • Produce custom statistics and data sets for EARN members to use in their analyses and advocacy. 
  • Review and contribute to EARN member reports and products. 
  • In collaboration with other EARN staff, develop training opportunities for EARN in the South members and grassroots allies, including webinars and, when possible, in-person training sessions. 
• Develop fluency on key EARN / EPI issue areas, monitoring relevant research and emerging trends in federal, state, and local policymaking. 
• Engage in public debates, policy advocacy, and public education through conference presentations, briefings, expert testimony, and responding to media inquiries. 
• Write, edit, and contribute to other EPI reports, issue briefs, fact sheets, snapshots, blog posts, and interactive online content.  
• Assist in the management of EARN’s online resources, including the EARN website and EARN in the South listserv. 
• Assist in planning and staffing EARNCon, EARN’s annual conference for state partners and allies, as well as periodic EARN in the South regional convenings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Who You Are

Ideally, you have at least five (5) years of relevant experience. We do not expect that every candidate will have this full range of qualifications, but the following qualities and experience are highly desirable:

• Experience with, and demonstrated commitment to, economic justice and racial and gender equity – such as in a policy research organization, labor union, advocacy organization, or public agency.
• Experience working in the U.S. South and familiarity with the region’s history, cultural characteristics, and political landscape.
• A strong statistics competency and understanding of econometric techniques, such as those that would be gained through a masters or professional degree in economics, public policy, or a related field.
• Training and experience with analysis of microdata, including using statistical software such as Stata or R.
• Experience with policy research and advocacy; ability to read and analyze policy language; familiarity with the state-level policy and legislative process is a plus.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to create materials for a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to represent the organization at meetings and events, as well as with the media and in testimony before state and local government bodies.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, but also able to collaborate and work as part of a team and with diverse partners.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the demonstrated ability to drive projects to completion.
• Facility with the Microsoft Office Suite, with expertise in Excel. Knowledge of WordPress, Highcharts, and/or GIS a bonus.
• Willingness to handle occasional long hours and travel.

Salary and Benefits

• EPI is a unionized workplace with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU). This position is in the bargaining unit and reports to the EARN Research Director/Deputy Director of EARN.
• The salary for the Analyst position ranges from $70,000 to $84,000, dependent on experience, plus benefits. Applicants with seven (7) or more years’ experience may be considered for a Senior Analyst position, with a salary ranging from $85,000 to $100,000 dependent on experience, plus benefits.
• EPI offers an excellent benefits package, including generous paid time off, as well as retirement contributions, medical, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance.

About EPI

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that researches the impact of economic trends and policies and centers the policy debates on the economic interests of workers in the United States. EPI is a key institution in the movement for economic justice in the United States and is widely recognized as a source of authoritative analysis on economic trends, with a particular focus on economic inequality.

EPI believes that having a diverse and inclusive workplace not only strengthens the institute’s work but is also essential for understanding and creating economic policies that support all working people. EPI is an equal opportunity, fair chance, affirmative action employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior history of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, caregiver status, or other categories protected by law.

To Apply

Candidates should send a cover letter highlighting their relevant experience and explaining their interest in working at the Economic Policy Institute, resume, and writing sample to earn-jobs@epi.org with “EIS Policy and Economic Analyst” in the subject line.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Deputy Communications Director – Economic Policy Institute

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is seeking a Deputy Communications Director, who is enthusiastic, independent and collegial and who will be responsible for helping oversee critical work of the department and bolstering EPI’s outreach and engagement with key audiences, editing content, boosting the number of active email subscribers, and helping to manage staff and the communication’s department’s budget. 

This position is based in Washington, D.C. EPI staff are currently working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

What You Will Do 

Staff and budget management support

• In coordination with the communications director, manage day-to-day management of all digital audience-building activity for the following teams: email program, media and social media outreach, and events.
• In coordination with the communications director, coordinate staff reviews of teams cited above, manage time-off requests, and ensure payroll management system, presently ADP, is up to date.
• Manage communications department’s expenses reporting, working with finance to ensure all outlays are accounted for.

Oversee EPI’s email program

• Oversee, develop, and revamp EPI’s email program, including EPI’s newsletter and action and fundraising emails, to expand the list and create more engaged and active email subscribers. 
• Mentor staff on writing text and shaping the messaging and look and feel of emails.
• Track email engagement, including creating weekly and monthly reports, to help guide email marketing efforts.
• Work with email team to build and clean up subscriber lists.
• Work with email team to create email and social media campaigns to grow EPI’s subscriber lists.
• Ensure email messaging is conveyed clearly and in line with EPI’s goals and mission.
• Support efforts to migrate EPI’s email program from existing email platform to more impactful and effective options for EPI’s needs.

Provide editing support

• When needed, substantively edit, copyedit, and/or proofread data-intensive content to ensure clarity, logical structure, factual accuracy, and adherence to Associated Press and Chicago styles. This includes editing tables and graphs to be easily comprehensible by non-experts, reviewing edits with authors and research assistants, and proposing titles.
• Set editing plan for each assigned manuscript (light or heavy edit, fact check or no fact check) in consultation with the publications director, communications director, and author. Keep team members informed of progress.
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• Edit short weekly email newsletter and write and/or edit occasional marketing materials, fact sheets, infographics, online features, blog posts, promotional copy for organizational brochures, and emails to EPI’s subscribers.
• Collaborate with publications director and other communications team members to brainstorm how to address process challenges.

Who You Are 
We do not expect that every candidate will have this full range of experience, but the following qualities and experience are highly desirable: 

Required 

• At least three (3) or five (5) years of successful management experience. 
• Experience with building and overseeing successful email programs, including boosting email subscriber lists and building engagement. 
• Experiencetracking analytics for email programs, social and website traffic, and using key performance indicators to drive engagement. 
• Experience editing, copy editing and proofreading reports and other content for clarity and factual correctness, preferably complex, data-heavy content.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 

Preferred 

• Experience taking in-depth research and helping to make it accessible to the widest audience possible, either via editing, or creating collateral to explain it with products such as videos, graphics, etc.
• Experience working for a nonprofit or think tank, preferably focused on policy change and/or advocacy (Hill and labor campaign experience a plus).
• Experience with WordPress and Monday.com, or other project management systems.
• Exceptional critical thinking skills: ability to decompose complex problems, prioritize issues, and implement sensible solutions. 
• Passionate about quality, performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Understand and support the Economic Policy Institute’s mission to use the tools of economics to defend and promote the interests of workers in economic policy debates.

Education: B.A./B.S. or equivalent professional experience 

Experience: 3–5 years of successful supervisory experience 

Management: Strategic planning, goal setting, mentoring, and celebrating successes 

Salary and Benefits 

EPI is a unionized workplace with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU). This position is not in the bargaining unit and reports to the Communications Director. 

The salary for this position ranges from $95,000 to $125,000, dependent on experience. 

EPI offers an excellent benefits package, including generous paid time off, as well as retirement contributions, medical, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance. 

About EPI 

EPI is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that researches the impact of economic trends and policies. Our mission is centering the policy debate on the economic interests of workers. EPI is a key institution in the movement for economic justice in the United States and is widely recognized as a source of authoritative analysis on economic trends, with a particular focus on economic and racial inequality. 

EPI believes that having a diverse and inclusive workplace not only strengthens the institute’s work but is also essential for understanding and creating economic policies that support all working people. EPI is an equal opportunity, fair chance, affirmative action employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior history of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, caregiver status, or other categories protected by law.

To Apply 

Candidates should send a cover letter highlighting their relevant experience and explaining their interest in working at EPI, resume, editing sample, and writing sample to communications-jobs@epi.org with “Deputy communications director” in the subject line.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.  

Development Associate

Position Summary
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is seeking a full-time Development Associate to join its development department. The Associate provides vital support primarily to the development department’s growing individual giving program. This is a pivotal position in which the Associate collaborates with all members of the development team and serves as the primary liaison with EPI’s communications and policy departments. This position is supervised by the Director of Development. The Development Associate will be tasked with prospect research and updating donor wealth and philanthropy profiles; recording and timely acknowledgement of individual gifts and other contributions, including gifts given by check, credit card, wire, and stock; and managing individual donor records, and foundation and union data in the development database. The Associate will be expected to develop a working familiarity with key EPI donors, their gift amounts, and the relationships EPI donors have with staff, Board members, other EPI individual donors, and the larger philanthropic community. 

Responsibilities also include generating gift and donor reports from the customer relationship management (CRM) database (currently using Raiser’s Edge NXT) and providing analyses of EPI donor giving trends and responses to donor communications, such as emails and event invitations. The Associate will be the lead staff on the CRM database for individual donor records and will collaborate with team members to lead system improvements.  On the foundation grants side, the Associate will create and update research profiles on current and prospective foundation funders, assist with database-related foundation grants management, and assist in drafting and editing foundation reports on a as needed basis. The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Development on general department operations, including preparing fundraising reports for EPI’s leadership and developing strategies to increase donor support for EPI programs and activities. 

 Specific Responsibilities:

• Process all donations, including drafting acknowledgment letters, inputting new donor and prospect information, and developing donor reports.
• Coordinate with finance and other departments to track donor contributions from wired funds, checks, and on-line appeals.
• Generate complete and accurate donor lists in gift amount categories.
• Conduct research on current and prospective foundation and individual funders, their funding priorities and grant recipients, their boards of directors, and prepare written profiles.
• Assist in preparing regular fundraising status reports, track deadlines and deliverables and assist with other reports as needed.
• Execute fundraising appeals and stewardship campaigns and assist in planning and executing logistics for special events.
• Assist with preparation of materials for board meetings, donor visits, and other donor outreach and stewardship activities.
• Assist the Director of Development in identifying tools and resources to support development activities.
• Assist in planning department meetings and staff development activities.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Development.

Preparation and Knowledge

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Three to five years of gifts and grants management experience with some responsibility for independent decision making, preferably in a not-for-profit development office.
• Experience with donor/prospect research tools and foundation research.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook; familiarity with SharePoint, Google Docs or other document sharing tools a plus.
• Familiarity and facility with donor and CRM databases. Knowledge of Raiser’s Edge NXT is a bonus.   
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Salary and Benefits

• EPI is a unionized workplace with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union(NPEU). This position is in the bargaining unit and reports to the Director of Development.   
• The salary for this position ranges from $55,000 to $65,000, dependent on experience, plus benefits. 
• EPI offers an excellent benefits package, including generous paid time off, as well as retirement contributions, medical, vision, dental, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance.

To Apply 

• Candidates should send a cover letter highlighting their relevant experience and explaining their interest in working at EPI, resume, and writing sample to hr@epi.org with “Development Associate” in the subject line.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.   

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

Telephone: (202) 775-8810

Media/press inquiries: Visit EPI’s online Newsroom or contact news@epi.org.

Permissions and publication questions: Contact publications@epi.org or call 1-202-331-5510.

Website technical inquiries: Contact web@epi.org.

Development department inquiries: Contact development@epi.org.

All other inquiries: Contact epi@epi.org.

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