Appendix B- Roundtable Participant List

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Annual Survey of Refugees

Appendix B- Roundtable Participant List

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Policy Research and Analysis on Refugee Self-Sufficiency and Integration

Monday, May 15th – Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

Urban Institute

2100 M Street NW

Washington, DC 20037

Purpose: Garner expertise to improve the Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR) redesign effort and to increase the evidence base to strengthen policy and programs on refugee resettlement.1



Attendees

Outside Experts

  • Rami Arafah, Harder+Company

  • Dina Birman, University of Miami*

  • Sanja Bebic, Center for Applied Linguistics

  • Randy Capps, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)*

  • Jennifer Cochran, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

  • Phillip Connor, Pew Research Center*

  • Sam Elkin, MEF Associates

  • Jeremy Ferwerda, Dartmouth College and Stanford Immigration Policy Lab*

  • Abigail Fisher Williamson, Trinity College*

  • David Kallick, Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI)

  • Devin Keithley, Researcher on Central Ohio Refugee Report*

  • Robin Koralek, Abt Associates

  • Duncan Lawrence, Stanford Immigration Policy Lab

  • Ngoan Le, Illinois State Refugee Coordinator

  • Lyn Morland, McGill University*

  • Rachel Peric, Welcoming America*

  • Galya Ruffer, Northwestern University, Center for Forced Migration Studies*

  • Aryah Somers Landsberger, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)

  • Paul Stein, Independent Consultant and Former Colorado State Refugee Coordinator*

  • Larry Yungk, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)


VOLAGs

  • Erol Kekic, Church World Service (CWS)

  • Rebecca Demissie Hailemes, Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)

  • Tsehaya Teferra, ECDC

  • Mike Mitchell, HIAS

  • Melanie Nezer, HIAS

  • Margaret Gibbon, International Rescue Committee (IRC)*

  • Graeme Rodgers, IRC*

  • Sandra Vines, IRC

  • Kay Bellor, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)


Federal Staff

  • Amanda Barlow, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/ Administration for Children and Families (ACF)*

  • Stephanie Acker Housman, HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

  • Jennifer Burnszynski, HHS/ASPE

  • Robin Ghertner, HHS/ASPE*

  • John R. Graham, HHS/ASPE*

  • Sofi Martinez, HHS/ASPE

  • Erica Meade, HHS/ASPE

  • Nicole Deterding, HHS/Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)

  • Tiffany McCormack, HHS/OPRE

  • Erica Zielewski, HHS/OPRE

  • Anastasia Brown, HHS/Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

  • Sarah Dunning, HHS/ORR

  • Lauren Edwards, HHS/ORR

  • Curi Kim, HHS/ORR

  • Faith Ray, HHS/ORR

  • Carl Rubenstein, HHS/ORR

  • Jenn Schmalz, HHS/ORR

  • Ken Tota, HHS/ORR*

  • Michael Jones, DHS/United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

  • Larry Bartlett, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)

  • Barbara Day, U.S. Department of State, PRM

  • Carrie Santos, U.S. Department of State, PRM


Urban Institute Staff

  • Hamutal Bernstein*

  • Shiva Kooragayala

  • Demetra Nightingale

  • Rob Santos*

  • Molly Scott

  • Audrey Singer*

  • Tyler Woods




*indicates speaker


The main purpose of the Roundtable was to gather input for redesigning the ASR. There were several areas of focus, including: feedback on critical topics to consider and key integration dynamics during initial resettlement period; strategies to improve measurement of integration beyond the first 5 years; appropriate comparison groups; and other data and research strategies that can effectively use or supplement the ASR and administrative data.


Roundtable participants discussed and debated various aspects of refugee self-sufficiency and integration with a focus on those that have a bearing on measurement and research strategies.



1 This is not a Federal Advisory Group; consensus recommendations are neither sought nor required at the end of this convening.

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