Tara Dawson McGuinness
Founder & Executive Director, New Practice Lab
Who We Are
Kelly Bidwell
Director of Learning and Evaluation, New Practice Lab
Amira Choueiki Boland
Chief of Staff, New Practice Lab
Helen Bonnyman
Policy Associate, Future of Land and Housing
Simone Brody
Senior Advisor, New Practice Lab
Suzanne Chapman
Senior Design Lead at New Practice Lab
Meegan Dugan Adell
Director, New America Chicago
Deborah Fallows
Local Initiatives Fellow
Emma Fenstermaker
Researcher
Ian Fletcher
Initiative Director, Eviction Data Response Network
Vontisha Fludd
Program Manager, New Practice Lab & Thriving Families
Rebecca Gale
Staff Writer, Better Life Lab
Sarah Gilliland
Senior Policy Manager, New Practice Lab
Brendan Greenlee
Back Office Assistant
Jasmine Heyward
Entertainment Initiative Senior Associate, Better Life Lab
Nikki Lee
Director of Product, New Practice Lab
Ann Madsen
Consultant, New America Chicago
Jake Maguire
Senior Advisor, Family Economic Security and Wellbeing Cluster
Molly G. Martin
Senior Strategist, Executive Office
Erica Meade
Policy Director, New Practice Lab
Nhi Nguyễn
Social Policy Analyst, New Practice Lab
Yuliya Panfil
Senior Fellow and Director, Future of Land and Housing
Jacklynn Pham
UX Design Lead, New Practice Lab
Vanessa Rangel
Senior Program Associate, New America Chicago
Tim Robustelli
Senior Policy Analyst, Future of Land and Housing
Ayushi Roy
Chief Program Officer, New Practice Lab
Brigid Schulte
Director, Better Life Lab
Vicki Shabo
Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave & Care Policy and Strategy, Better Life Lab
Alyson Silkowski
Senior Policy Advisor, New Practice Lab
Devyani Singh
Data and Strategic Impact Lead, New Practice Lab
Jamie Song
Staff Product Manager, New Practice Lab
Soren Spicknall
Data Engineering Lead, New Practice Lab
Becky Sweger
Data Engineering Lead, New Practice Lab
Haley Swenson
Senior Writer and Researcher, Better Life Lab
Jessica Weeden
Director of Design, New Practice Lab
Sabiha Zainulbhai
Deputy Director, Domestic Housing