Our Team

Stephanie Leiser is a lecturer at the Ford School and leads the Michigan Local Government Fiscal Health Project at the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP). Her general area of interest is in public finance, budgeting, and financial…

Stephen is a Policy Analyst for CLOSUP's Local Fiscal Health Project. He is a masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2023), returning to Ann Arbor after graduating from UM in 2016 with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. Prior to…

Nikayla is a research assistant for CLOSUP’s Michigan Public Policy Survey. She is currently an undergraduate student in the College of Literature, Science and Arts, pursuing a major in Political Science. Prior to attending the University of…

Joe is a Policy Analyst with CLOSUP’s Fiscal Health Project. He is a masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2024). Prior to attending the Ford School, Joe graduated from UM in 2019 with a B.A. in economics and worked in the State Budget Office…

Hank is a Policy Analyst for the Michigan Public Policy Survey researching opinions of local officials on local, state, and federal operations. He is an undergraduate at Michigan studying political science, history of law & policy, and American…

Om is a research assistant supporting the release and analysis of CLOSUP's Michigan Public Policy Survey. He is currently an undergraduate student in the College of Literature, Science, and Arts, tentatively majoring in political science. Om is most…

Sofia is a Research Assistant supporting CLOSUP’s Michigan Redistricting Project. She is an undergrad student at the Ford School of Public Policy (Class of 2023), and has a minor in Spanish. Sofia is interested in social policy that aims to reduce…

Margaret is a Policy Analyst studying the modernization of fiscal data reporting for local government. She is a masters student at the Ford School (class of 2023), and has a Master of Social Work degree from Wayne State University in 2020 and a…