The Center for Social Development engages with a large team of experts around the world to test social innovations and inform policy. Led by Founding Director Michael Sherraden, CSD draws experts from many disciplines.

Laura Brugger
Assistant Research Professor, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: laura.brugger@wustl.edu

Margaret Clancy
CSD Policy Director,
Director of College Savings Initiative and SEED for Oklahoma Kids
- Email: mclancy@wustl.edu

Jason J. Fichtner
Senior Policy Fellow
Executive Director of the Retirement Income Institute, Alliance for Lifetime Income
- Email: jasonf@wustl.edu

Jin Huang
CSD Research Director
William and Helen Reichmann Research Professor, Saint Louis University School of Social Work
Research Professor, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis;
Inclusion in Asset Building: Toward Universal and Progressive Policies
- Email: jin.huang@slu.edu

Aytakin Huseynli
Assistant Research Professor, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: ahuseynli@wustl.edu

Rasha Istaiteyeh
CSD Faculty Associate and Visiting Scholar
Associate Professor, the Hashemite University
- Email: ristaiteyeh@hu.edu.jo

Lissa Johnson
CSD Associate Director; Director of Administration and Research;
Co-Director Financial Capability and Asset Building
- Email: ejohnson@wustl.edu


Margaret Sherraden
CSD Research Professor; Washington University in St. Louis
Financial Capability: Combining Access and Abilities,
Civic Service and Engagement
- Email: msherraden@wustl.edu

Michael Sherraden
CSD Founding Director,
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
- Email: sherrad@wustl.edu

Jewel D. Stafford
Co-Director of Policy Education and Practice;
Assistant Dean for Field Education and Teaching Professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: staffordjd@wustl.edu