Staff and Board
Leadership
Research
David Schaefer
Vice President of Research and Policy
David Schaefer
David Schaefer is the vice president of research and policy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Insitute. Davd helps interweave the organization's policy areas into a cohesive whole, coupling research with legislative opportunities to advance equity statewide.
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Danny Kanso
Director of Legislative Strategy and Senior Fiscal Analyst
Danny Kanso
Danny Kanso is the Director of Legislative Strategy and Senior Fiscal Analyst at GBPI. Danny leads GBPI's fiscal policy research and advocates for a state budget and tax system that is equitable, transparent and promotes the well-being of all Georgians.
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Ashley Young
Senior Education Analyst
Ashley Young
Ashley Young is the Senior Education Analyst at the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute. Ashley champions equitable higher education policy through research and data analysis to ensure that all students have fair access to post-secondary education and training.
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Leah Chan
Director of Health Justice
Leah Chan
Leah Chan is the Director of Health Justice at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. In this role, she uses data-driven and human-centered analysis and advocacy to promote policy and budgetary solutions that give all Georgians a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
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Hillary Dong
Health Policy Fellow
Hillary Dong
Hillary Dong is the Health Policy Fellow at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. In this role, Hillary researches social determinants of health and advocates for equitable and inclusive policies that promote just conditions for all Georgians to live, work, learn, play, and age.
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Ife Finch Floyd
Director of Economic Justice
Ife Finch Floyd
Ife Finch Floyd is the Director of Economic Justice at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. In this role, Ife advocates for policies that promote Georgians' economic security and opportunity, key components of economic justice.
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Ray Khalfani
Senior Analyst, Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems
Ray Khalfani
Ray Khalfani is the Senior Analyst covering GBPI's worker justice and criminal legal systems portfolio. In this role, Ray advocates for policies that promote the prosperity of Georgia workers and reduce the use of the state's carceral system to address the needs of Georgians that are often rooted in social and economic injustice.
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Operations
Outreach
Erin Robinson
Director of Outreach and Strategic Campaigns
Erin Robinson
As Director of Outreach and Strategic Campaigns, Erin leads the organization's outreach strategy, including work engaging partners, coalitions, and individual Georgians. In this role she also drives GBPI's campaign strategies to achieve wins on policy priorities which build economic opportunity for all Georgians.
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Narek Boyajian
Fund Georgia’s Future Coalition Manager
Narek Boyajian
Narek's role is with Fund Georgia's Future (FGF), a coalition of individuals and advocacy
organizations across the state, made up of educators, parents, and advocates committed to fighting for a just education system with fair and full funding. As FGF Manager, they are focused on supporting the coordination, communications, and infrastructure of the FGF coalition.
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Communications
Board of Directors
Yasmine Antoine, Chair; Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | H.J. Russell & Company
Teresa Tomlinson, Vice Chair
Former Mayor of Columbus, GA; Partner | Hall Smith Booth
James McCoy, Treasurer
Consultant | The Chason Group
Robert Sills, Secretary
Principal| Open River Strategies LC
David Sjoquist, Policy Committee Chair
Professor of Economics Emeritus | Georgia State University;
Faculty Affiliate | Center for State and Local Finance
Jim Stokes, Governance Committee Chair
Retired | Alston & Bird
Thomas Boller
Retired | Stateside Investment
Hayden E. Brooks
Director of Talent and Senior Consultant | Purpose Possible
Carla Cartwright
Director of Client Services | AKQA
Dr. Meria Carstarphen
Senior Scientist | Gallup
Flora Devine
Chief Legal Affairs Officer | Savannah State University
Ann Duffy
Principal | Education First
Lois Frank
Former Director | Mazon
Norelie Garcia
Executive Director | Showcase Atlanta
Charles Johnson
Retired | General Counsel, VP of External Affairs | Tuskegee University
Susan E. Neugent
President Emeritus | Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Maria del "Rosario" Palacios
Executive Director | Common Cause Georgia
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