Jonathan Morduch is Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. His research focuses on finance, poverty, and inequality. He is a founder and Executive Director of the NYU Financial Access Initiative. He has authored/co-authored several papers and books including The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty.

Morduch has taught on the Economics faculty at Harvard, and has held visiting positions at Stanford, Princeton, Hitotsubashi University and the University of Tokyo. He received a BA from Brown, Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard, and an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Brussels for his work on microfinance.

Carrie Miller serves as the Acting Executive Director for HFLA of Northeast Ohio. Carrie’s experience in the nonprofit sector has exposed her to the complex needs of the communities she serves and she is excited to tackle these topics during The Cost Burden.

Carrie holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Ohio State University in and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from the Mandel Center of Nonprofit Management at Case Western Reserve University. Carrie has filled a variety of roles at a variety of organizations including: City Year Cleveland and City Year Louisiana, The City Club of Cleveland, The Foundation Center Library (now Candid), and Ohio City Incorporated.