Senior Project Associate
Karinna Gerhardt
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Karinna Gerhardt is a Senior Project Associate for Social Innovation. She supports the Talent Hub, policy proposal development, and FAS’ social innovation projects. Before joining FAS, she worked with the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) to implement human rights and atrocity prevention programs in Bangladesh, Yemen, and Libya. Karinna holds degrees in Political Science and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She grew up in Seattle, Washington, and in 2019 she received a Truman Scholarship for Washington State.

publications
Social Innovation
Blog
We need to address the housing supply crisis

Housing costs have ballooned, far outpacing the broader cost of living in the U.S. Addressing the housing crisis is a bipartisan issue.

07.17.23 | 3 min read
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Social Innovation
Blog
We have the data to improve social services at the state and local levels. So how do we use it?

Good data is a critical component of delivering effective government services from local to federal levels. But now, too much useful data lives in a silo.

05.25.23 | 4 min read
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Social Innovation
Blog
Five Ideas for the Education Sciences Reform Act

If the 118th Congress decides to reauthorize the ESRA, ALI urges the HELP committee to strengthen our education system by prioritizing the following policies.

05.11.23 | 3 min read
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Social Innovation
Report
118th Congress: Education & Workforce

Amid growing global competition in emerging technologies, increasing adoption of automation and artificial intelligence, and economic and national security trends upended by the pandemic, the United States is facing a generational challenge. In the labor market, major shifts that were once the product of future-casting are now squarely upon us, demanding a strategic approach to […]

01.12.23 | 7 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Report
Science and Innovation in the 118th Congress

To help seed the ground for bipartisan progress, we’ve put together a menu of the best policy ideas on a range of critical topics.

01.12.23 | 2 min read
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