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Research Centers & Special Projects

Kelly J. Andrews, MLA

Director, Knowledge Management and Marketing, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.573.9656

kellyja@upenn.edu

Neha D. Butala, MSW

Social Impact Fellow, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.746.8958

ndbutala@upenn.edu

Conor P. Carroll, MPA

Social Impact Fellow, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.746.6819

conorpc@upenn.edu

Mariah Casias, MS

Social Impact Fellow, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.573.5050

mariahc@upenn.edu

Peter Frumkin, PhD

Professor
Mindy and Andrew Heyer Chair in Social Policy
Faculty Director, Center for Social Impact Strategy
Director, Nonprofit Leadership Program

3815 Walnut Street, Room 400
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214

office: 215.573.9298

pfrumkin@sp2.upenn.edu

Professor; PhD, University of Chicago; Philanthropy; nonprofit management; social entrepreneurship.

Robert Hills, MSW, LSW

Program Manager, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

rhills@sp2.upenn.edu

Katherine Hovde

Senior Advisor, Education, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

hovdek@sp2.upenn.edu

Patricia Jia

Communications and Marketing Associate, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.898.2128

patjia@upenn.edu

Betsy Kaage

Communication Coordinator, Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse

3815 Walnut Street, Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

office: 215.746.0241

betsy.kaage@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hanh La, PhD

Director, Applied Research & Analysis, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.746.1214

hanhla@upenn.edu

Carol McLaughlin, MD, MPH, MSC

Senior Advisor, Global Public Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy
Adjunct Faculty

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

carolmc@sp2.upenn.edu

Melissa Ortiz

Applied Research Analyst, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.898.2456

melortiz@upenn.edu

Hannah Rawdin

Director of Development, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

office: 215.573.9724

hrawdin@upenn.edu

Katherina M. Rosqueta, MBA

Founding Executive Director, Center for High Impact Philanthropy
Adjunct Faculty

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.898.4820

rosqueta@sp2.upenn.edu

Jennifer Prah Ruger, PhD

Amartya Sen Professor of Health Equity, Economics, and Policy
Faculty Chair at the Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP)
Director, Health Equity and Policy Lab (HEPL)

3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building, D-4
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214

office: 215.746.1330
fax: 215.573.2099

jenpr@upenn.edu

https://www.healthequityandpolicylab.com/

Professor; PhD, Harvard, 1998. Health and social policy; health equity and policy; global health justice and government; health and social justice; health financing; economic evaluation; political economy of health; cost analyses.

Felicia Saunders

Administrative Coordinator, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

3815 Walnut Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

office: 215.573.9779
fax: 215.573.7199

felicias@upenn.edu

Emily F. Seeburger

Applied Research Analyst, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.898.0207

emilyfs@upenn.edu

Susan B. Sorenson, PhD

Professor of Social Policy
Professor of Health & Societies
Senior Fellow in Public Health
Director, Ortner Center on Violence & Abuse

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

office: 215.573.1169
fax: 215.573.2791

sorenson@upenn.edu

http://www.ortnercenter.org

Professor; PhD, Cincinnati, 1985. Public health; epidemiology and prevention of violence; violence against women as a public health issue; firearms as a consumer product.

Tamla M. Tinsley

Program Coordinator, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.746.1210

tinsleyt@upenn.edu

Dan Treglia, PhD, MPP

Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn SP2
Lecturer, MSSP Program
Graduate, PhD in Social Welfare
Research Fellow, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

dtreglia@upenn.edu

Kristen Ward, MPH

Social Impact Fellow, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3604

office: 215.898.4995

kwar@upenn.edu

Sarah Wasch, MSW

Program Manager, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

3815 Walnut Street, Room 302
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

office: 215.573.9989

swasch@upenn.edu

Debra Schilling Wolfe, MEd

Executive Director, Field Center for Children's Policy, Practice, & Research

3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179

dwolfe@sp2.upenn.edu

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