Director
Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D.
Cynthia Osborne is the Founder and Director of the Child and Family Research Partnership. She is also an Associate Professor, Associate Dean...
Leadership
Kaeley Benson, Ph.D.
Kaeley provides oversight and guidance to family strengthening, fatherhood, and early childhood research projects and teams at CFRP. She...
Anna Lipton Galbraith, MPAff
Anna oversees and manages the operational needs for CFRP including grant management, finances, human resources, and technology. She...
Wendy Gonzales
Wendy oversees growth strategy, comprehensive communications campaigns, and special events for CFRP. She is also the Programs and...
Holly Sexton, MA
Holly oversees the data needs and resources for all CFRP projects. She manages data collection, database management, and data security. She...
Research Staff
Lauren Cenac, MPH
Lauren’s work at CFRP focuses primarily on early childhood investments. She leads CFRP’s evaluation of the Texas Home Visiting program....
Michelle Gutierrez
Michelle is part of the child wellbeing team at CFRP and works on adolescent health, early childhood investment, and family support projects...
Jennifer Huffman, MPAff
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...
McKenna LeClear, MA
McKenna is part of the child wellbeing team at CFRP, working on child welfare and adolescent health projects. She holds a Master of Arts in...
Bethany McKee, MPP
Bethany is a Research Associate at CFRP working primarily on fatherhood projects. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of...
Jeanette Cunningham Rottas, MA
Jeanette is a data specialist whose work as part of the CFRP data team focuses on the impacts of early childhood investments. She holds a...
Anna Sucsy
Anna is part of the family strengthening team at CFRP, working on family supports, early childhood investments, and fatherhood projects. She...
Hilary Warner, Ph.D.
Hilary is part of the child wellbeing team and works on child welfare and adolescent health and wellbeing projects at CFRP. Hilary earned...
Erin Wu, MPH
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...
Patrick Youngblood, MA
Patrick is a research associate whose work as part of the CFRP data team focuses on early childhood investments and family strengthening. He...
Research Support
Melissa Bellin
Melissa is a first-year candidate for the Master of Public Affairs (DC Concentration) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She studied...
Selena Caldera, MPP
Selena Caldera is a doctoral candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Selena’s specialization is...
Marjorie Crowell
Marjorie is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She earned her AB in Sociology from Princeton...
Jacqueline DeAnda, MA
Jacque holds a B.A. in Applied Psychology and Human Development from Boston College and an M.A. in Human Development and Family Sciences...
Julia Durnan
Julia Durnan is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Prior to LBJ, she worked at the Urban Institute’s...
Rehan Hasan
Rehan Hasan is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He earned his B.Sc. in Economics from Lahore...
Maranda Kahl
Maranda is a Master of Public Affairs candidate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She graduated from Southwestern University with a B.A....
Brittney Taylor
Brittney Taylor is a candidate for the Master of Public Affairs (DC Concentration) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She graduated with...
Program Staff
Kiira Bivens
Kiira manages the administrative needs for CFRP’s director and special projects. She has worked at The University of Texas at Austin (UT)...