Episode 15: Spotlight on the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities

This episode explores the backstory behind the university research center that created and delivers these podcasts, the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, based at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Time to give our listeners a glimpse into who we are and what we do. Colette Ngana is the guest host for this episode. She is a doctoral fellow with NIMC and is wrapping up her doctoral degree in sociology at Case Western. The guests for this episode are Mark Joseph, Founding Director of NIMC and the Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam Professor of Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Debbie Wilber, Associate Director at NIMC and a Research Associate at the Mandel School, and Salin Geevarghese, President and CEO of SGG Insight and long-time collaborator with NIMC.

Mark is the co-host of Bending the Arc and founded NIMC almost ten years ago. Debbie has been with NIMC over three years and serves in part in a chief of staff operations role and in part as a leader on NIMC projects. Salin Geevarghese has been working as a close-in consultant with NIMC for almost seven years since he wrapped up his stint as a senior official in the Obama Administration. 

National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities

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