Tim Kumfer
Tim Kumfer is the Henry A. Wallace Fellowship Program Director at IPS, where he supports the next generation of leaders in developing skills at the intersection of policy research, advocacy,…
Alliyah Lusuegro
Alliyah Lusuegro is the Outreach Coordinator for the National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies. She manages collaborations with immigrant rights organizations and climate justice movements, helping…
Omar Ocampo
Omar Ocampo is a researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good and has been with the Institute for Policy Studies since 2020. His work focuses on income…
Khury Petersen-Smith
Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow and the Co-Director of the New Internationalism Project at IPS. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration and strategizes with activists…
Chris Mills Rodrigo
Chris Mills Rodrigo is the Managing Editor at Inequality.org. There he edits the site’s weekly newsletter and publishes pieces from a wide variety of voices. He previously covered technology policy…
Avery Rhoades
Avery is the Digital Communications Associate at the Institute of Policy Studies. Before coming to IPS in June 2023, they worked in various roles in higher education ranging from archives…
Basav Sen
Basav Sen joined the Institute for Policy Studies as the Climate Justice Project Director in February 2017. His work focuses on resisting the continued buildout of the fossil fuel industry,…
Ashley Sheffield
Ashley Sheffield is the Executive Assistant for IPS Executive Director, Tope Folarin, and Deputy Director, Kathleen Gaspard. She graduated from Louisiana State University with a B.S. in Political Science and…
Sanho Tree
Sanho Tree is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and has been Director of its Drug Policy Project since 1998. A former military and diplomatic historian, his current…
La Shawn Walker
La Shawn is the Operations Director and Finance Manager at IPS.
