Expertise
Children and families; education; federal budget; marriage; poverty; social policy and welfare
Background
Current Positions
Senior Consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation;Senior Editor, The Future of Children
Past Positions
Senior Advisor to the President for Welfare Policy at the White House;Majority Staff Director, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2000);Welfare Counsel, Republican Staff, Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives (1986-1994);Research Professor, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1981-1985)
Education
Ph.D. (1975), M.A.T. (1970), B.A. (1968), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill