LOCATION

George Washington University School of Business
Duquès Hall, Room 651
2201 G Street NW (main entrance on 22nd Street between G and H Streets)
Metro: Foggy Bottom Station

Bio: Kasey Wiedrich

Kasey Wiedrich is a Senior Program Manager on CFED’s Applied Research team. Ms. Wiedrich manages research projects on asset building and financial security needs and strategies and leads the Research team’s efforts on the “Assets & Opportunity Scorecard” and “Local Assets & Opportunity Profiles.” She also managed CFED’s Assessing Financial Capabilities Outcome project with the U.S. Treasury Department, researching the impact of providing both financial education and financial products to youth in a classroom setting and adults in a transitional employment program. She has co-authored several CFED publications, including “Weathering the Storm: Have IDAs Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure?” and “The Financial Security of Households with Children.”

Prior to joining CFED, Ms. Wiedrich worked for the City of New York as a policy analyst for the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and a research assistant at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. While in graduate school, she conducted research on factors associated with uptake and knowledge of the EITC. She also worked with Public/Private Ventures conducting qualitative evaluations of workforce development programs in New York City. Before attending graduate school, Kasey managed the IDA program at the Opportunity Fund in San Jose, CA. Kasey holds a BA in Sociology/Anthropology from Carleton College and an MPA from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.