Spotlight on Graduate MSW Intern Kaitlyn Zastrow
Reading through Kaitlyn Zastrow‘s responses in her spotlight it becomes quickly obvious how much of a perfect fit she is for an internship with PPA. She brings strengths in research,...
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Category: Staff Spotlight Tags: Intern, Interviews, Michigan State University, PPA Staff
Reading through Kaitlyn Zastrow‘s responses in her spotlight it becomes quickly obvious how much of a perfect fit she is for an internship with PPA. She brings strengths in research,...
ViewContact: Emily Laidlaw Category: Staff News, Staff Spotlight Tags: Child Care, Early Childhood, Education, Michigan, Policy, PPA Staff
Emily Laidlaw, PPA’s Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), helps clients turn ambitious ideas into public policy strategies that can succeed in the real world. Drawing on extensive experience across government, policy,...
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It is not often you see the words “musician” and “accounting” in the same sentence, but that was before Jon Jackinchuk joined the PPA team as controller. Get ready for...
ViewContact: Tracy Swinburn Category: Staff Spotlight Tags: Cost Benefit Analysis, Policy, PPA Staff, Research
Experienced in the nonprofit, public, private and academic sectors, Tracy Swinburn is an analyst and researcher with over 20 years of experience in a variety of policy sectors. Before joining PPA,...
ViewContact: Caroline Brent-Chessum Category: Staff Spotlight Tags: Graphic design, Reporting
In this interview we introduce PPA’s first graphic design associate, Caroline Brent-Chessum! She joins PPA after holding positions at MEF Associates and Insight Policy Research, supporting projects across all policy...
ViewContact: Christine Anyanwu Category: Staff Spotlight Tags: Community, Community Development, Healthy Communities, Policy, Research
Christine Anyanwu, Research Associate I, is skilled in qualitative data collection and analysis, reporting, and community engagement. Before joining our team, Ms. Anyanwu was a senior research assistant at the Center...
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