Staff & Visiting Scholars
Community and economic development (CED) staff address a range of low- and moderate-income needs and challenges throughout the six states within the District. Staff members are primarily located in the Atlanta office.

Karen Leone de Nie
Vice President and Community Affairs Officer
Vice President and Community Affairs Officer

Ann Carpenter
Assistant Vice President
Assistant Vice President

Rebecca (Becky) Gunn
Vice President and Regional Executive
Vice President and Regional Executive
David A. Jackson
Assistant Vice President
Assistant Vice President

Patrick Pontius
Principal Adviser
Principal Adviser
Staff
Brittany Birken
CED Director and Principal AdviserElizabeth Bogue
Senior CED Research AnalystDontá Council
CED AdviserSergio Galeano
CED AdviserPearse Haley
Senior CED Research AnalystMary Hirt
CED Policy SpecialistNyerere "Nye" Hodge
CED Research AnalystJulie Kornegay
Engagement LiaisonGrace Meagher
CED Research AnalystSarah Miller
Principal AdviserLauren Offenberg
Communications and Operations SpecialistAaliyah Price
CED Research AnalystJohn Rees
Senior Policy AdviserAlexander Ruder
CED Director and Principal AdviserAlvaro Sánchez
CED Research AnalystJulie Siwicki
CED AdviserSarah Stein
Senior AdviserCharlene "Charly" van Dijk
Senior AdviserTiffani Williams
Senior Adviser
Visiting Scholars
Herman T. Knopf
Research Scientist
Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of FloridaWilliam M. Rodgers III
Vice President and Director of the Institute for Economic Equity
Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisCarl Van Horn
Professor
Public Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy