The CFRP Team

Cynthia Osborne is the Director of the Child and Family Research Partnership and an Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs...

Kaeley leads the family strengthening team which includes the family supports, early childhood investments, and fatherhood projects at CFRP...

Anna is a senior researcher and leads the child wellbeing team which includes child welfare and adolescent health and wellbeing projects at...

Wendy oversees growth strategy, comprehensive communications campaigns, and special events for CFRP. She is also the Programs and...

Holly oversees the data needs and resources for all CFRP projects. She manages data collection, database management, and data security. She...

Nora is a Research Analyst at CFRP and assists with the writing of reports, policy briefs, and other communication pieces for multiple...

Sydney Briggs is Senior Research Associate who leads research and evaluation projects in the fields of child welfare and adolescent health....

Lauren’s work at CFRP focuses primarily on early childhood investments. She leads CFRP’s evaluation of the Texas Home Visiting program....

Michelle is part of the family strengthening team and works on family supports, early childhood investments, and fatherhood projects at CFRP...

Jennifer is part of the child wellbeing team at CFRP and works on child welfare and adolescent health projects. She holds a Master of Public...

Katie is part of the child wellbeing team and works on child welfare and adolescent health and wellbeing projects at CFRP. She holds a...

Andrea Payne is part of the family strengthening team and manages the fatherhood evaluations and related work at CFRP. She supports...

Rebecca is part of CFRP's child wellbeing team and focuses specifically on the adolescent health and wellbeing projects. She completed her B...

Daniel is on the data team supporting multiple projects at CFRP. He holds a Master of Public Service and Administration from the Bush School...

Hilary is part of the child wellbeing team and works on child welfare and adolescent health and wellbeing projects at CFRP. Hilary earned...

Erin is a data specialist and part of the CFRP data team. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of...

Shujaat Ali is part of the data team and assists with the data management and analysis needs of different projects. He is a second year...

Joel Berner supports CFRP's family strengthening team and is a Master of Arts candidate in Economics at The University of Texas at Austin....

Selena Caldera is a doctoral candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Selena’s specialization is...

Rehan Hasan works with the data team supporting a variety of projects. He is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of...

Margaret Hennessy is part of the child wellbeing team at CFRP. Margaret is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public...

Heidi Kahle supports the family strengthening team at CFRP. Heidi is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public...

Abby is part of the family strengthening team at CFRP. She is a Ph.D. candidate in public policy at the LBJ School. Abby's dissertation...

John William is part of the data team and supports a variety of projects at CFRP. He holds a B.A. in Economics and History from Middlebury...

Erika Parks supports the child wellbeing team at CFRP. Erika is a second year Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public...

Elizabeth Petruy supports a variety of research projects and also assists with the director with special projects. Elizabeth is a Master of...

Ann-Charlotte is part of CFRP's family strengthening team. She is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs...

Nawal Traish supports the data collection needs of the child wellbeing team at CFRP. She is pursuing a Master of Public Affairs degree and a...

Kiira manages the administrative needs for CFRP’s director and special projects. She has worked at The University of Texas at Austin (UT)...