Stephanie Hoopes

Stephanie Hoopes, Ph.D. is the national director of the United Way ALICE Project. Dr. Hoopes’ work focuses on the circumstances of low-income households. She is the author of ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed): A Study of Financial Hardship in 14 states. Her research has garnered both state and national media attention.

Dr. Hoopes was an assistant professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA), Rutgers University-Newark, from 2011 to 2015, and director of Rutgers-Newark’s New Jersey DataBank. She taught previously at Columbia University in New York and at the Universities of Sussex and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Dr. Hoopes has a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College.

Dr. Hoopes has been a member of the board of directors for the McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union since 2010, and served as the Treasurer of the New Jersey Broadcasting Authority from 2006-2010, a gubernatorial appointment. She received a resolution from the New Jersey Assembly for work on ALICE (Asset-Limited, Income-Constrained, Employed) in 2016, and the Mountain Lakes Citizen of the Year award in 2012 for her work as Chair of the Mountain Lakes Centennial.

Education

• PhD The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (1991 — 1994)
• BA Wellesley College
• MA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Wilmington Friends School

Companies

• National Director, United Way ALICE Project United Way of Northern New Jersey (2015)
• Assistant Professor Rutgers University (2011)
• Board of Directors McGraw Hill Federal Credit Union (2010)
• Chair Mountain Lakes Centennial Steering Committee (2009 — 2012)
• Commissioner and Treasurer New Jersey Network (2005 — 2011)
• Board member and Action team chair United Way of Morris County (2005 — 2011)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, International Political Economy Columbia University (2004 — 2005)
• Lecturer (equivalent to US tenured associate professor) University of Sussex (1995 — 1998)
• Lecturer (equivalent to US assistant professor) University of Birmingham (1994 — 1995)

Skills

• Team Leadership
• College Teaching
• Political Campaigns

Other

Board Development, Non-profit Administration, Philanthropy, Grassroots Organizing, Community Organizing, Strategic Communications, Policy, Editing, Politics, Political Science, Political Economy, Community Development, Volunteer Management, Economic Development, Policy Analysis, Non-profits, Government, Grants, Fundraising, Program Development, Grant Writing, Research, Nonprofits, Community Outreach, Public Policy, Public Speaking, Leadership