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IGPA Team

Director

Robert F. Rich
Director and Professor

Administration

Jean Benefield Administrative Assistant to Dr. Rich	James R. Paul Director of Communications
Susan Sindelar Assistant Director	Joan Sunseri Director of Development

Faculty and Academic Staff

Dan Alpert Senior Policy Advisor	Nathan B. Anderson Assistant Professor of Economics
Michael R. Cheney Senior Fellow	Richard F. Dye Professor of Economics
Jim Edgar Distinguished Fellow	Tyrone A. Forman Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology
Brian J. Gaines Associate Professor of Political Science	J. Fred Giertz Professor of Economics
Rachel A. Gordon Associate Professor of Sociology	Samuel K. Gove Director Emeritus
George Gross Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering	Lorens Helmchen Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Cedric Herring Professor of Sociology	Geoffrey Hewings Professor of Economics, Geography, and Urban and Regional Planning
Stanley O. Ikenberry Regent Professor and President Emeritus	Andrew Isserman Professor of Urban and Regional Planning and Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Robert Kaestner Professor of Economics	Maria Krysan Associate Professor of Sociology
James H. Kuklinski Professor of Political Science	Anthony T. Lo Sasso Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Daniel P. McMillen Professor of Economics	David F. Merriman Professor of Public Administration
Christopher Mooney Professor of Political Studies	Andrew P. Morriss Professor of Law and Business
James D. Nowlan Senior Fellow	Elizabeth T. Powers Associate Professor of Economics
Thomas I. Prudhomme Senior Research Scientist	Kent D. Redfield Professor of Political Studies
Robert W. Resek Professor Emeritus of Economics	Thomas Ulen Swanlund Professor of Law
Richard J. Winkel Visiting Senior Fellow

Professional Staff

John L. Browar Senior Associate, Office of Public Leadership	John Hartnett Senior Associate, Office of Public Leadership
Michael McCormick Special Assistant to Jim Edgar	Peter Mulhall Director, Center for Prevention Research and Development
Edward Palmer Senior Associate	Patricia Rushing Director, Regional Institute for Community Policing

Support Staff

Shirley Burnette Office Assistant (217) 244-4814	Devin Gengelbach Computer and Network Support (217) 244-0008
Laura Gonzales Business Manager (217) 244-0375	Sue Grace Rominger Secretary to Jim Edgar (217) 244-5871
Martha Hollins Office Assistant (312) 996-6188	Matt Larsen Computer and Network Support (3l2) 355-2789
Diane Long Office Assistant (217) 206-7080	Kim Osmond Office Assistant (2l7) 333-3340
Mary Parker Smith Events Coordinator (217) 244-4820	Leigh Snyder Account Technician (217) 244-8536

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