CFRC: Who We Are | Staff

The Children and Family Research Center, with offices in Urbana and Chicago, Illinois, is an independent research organization created jointly in 1996 at the School of Social Work by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The goal of the Center is to identify research needs and support research that is policy and practice relevant and encourage and facilitate public child welfare research activities through collaborative relationships.

Mark Testa, Director
mtesta@uiuc.edu

Researchers

Jennifer Bradburn, Research Specialist
jbradbrn@uiuc.edu

Christina Bruhn, Research Specialist
bruhn@uiuc.edu

Leslie Cohen, Research Specialist
lcohen@uiuc.edu

Ted Cross, Visiting Research Specialist in Quantitative Analysis
tpcross@uiuc.edu

Dayna Finet, Research Specialist
dfinet@ad.uiuc.edu

Tamara Fuller, Associate Director
t-fuller@uiuc.edu

Pedro Hernandez, Research Specialist
pedromh@uiuc.edu

Kathleen Kearney, Visiting Clinical Professor
kkearney@uiuc.edu

Eun Koh, Research Specialist
eunkoh@uiuc.edu

Robert Laseter, Associate Director
laseter@uiuc.edu

Melinda Lis, Research Specialist
lis@uiuc.edu

Martin Nieto, Research Specialist
m-nieto@uiuc.edu

Nancy Rolock, Research Specialist
rolock@uiuc.edu

Joe Ryan, Faculty Fellow
jpryan@uiuc.edu

Research Assistants

Jesse Helton, Research Assistant (Doctoral Candidate)
jhelton2@uiuc.edu

Hui Huang, Research Assistant (Doctoral Candidate)
hhuang33@uiuc.edu

Jane Marshall, Research Assistant (Doctoral Candidate)
jmarsha3@uiuc.edu

Foster Care Utilization Review Program

Yolanda Green, FCURP Program Director
ygreen@uiuc.edu

Jennifer Eblen Manning, Research Data Analyst (FCURP)
jaem@uiuc.edu

Christy Levine, Research Data Analyst (FCURP)
cmlevine@uiuc.edu

Geraldine Rodriguez, Research Data Analyst (FCURP)
grodrigz@uiuc.edu

Jennifer Sienko, Research Data Analyst (FCURP)
jsienko@uiuc.edu

Fostering Results Staff

Nancy Salyers, Co-Director of Fostering Results
salyers1611@aol.com

Mark Testa, Principal Investigator
mtesta@uiuc.edu

Other Staff

Kim Bogle, Account Tech
kbogle@uiuc.edu

Catherine Cutter, Web Specialist
ccutter@uiuc.edu

Mary Gomberg, UNIX System Director
mgomberg@uiuc.edu

Dan Phillips, Technical Support
danzap@uiuc.edu

Toni Sellers, Secretary
alseller@uiuc.edu

Amy Hiles, Account Tech
amyhiles@uiuc.edu

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