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Rangarajan Named Vice President at Mathematica
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PRINCETON, N.J. (March 19, 2008)—Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., announced the promotion of Anu Rangarajan, a Princeton resident, to vice president and director of human services research for its Princeton office. In this role, she assumes senior management responsibilities within the firm and is responsible for project oversight, bid assessment, staff development, and supervision of senior-level researchers. She is also the area leader for the firm’s work with international clients.
After getting a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University, Rangarajan joined Mathematica® in 1989. She became an associate director of research in 2000. She has expertise in welfare, education, and nutrition policy, and has led several studies on the transition to work of single parents on welfare and on poverty and food stamps dynamics of low-income families. She has played a lead role in designing and implementing large-scale evaluations for several federal agencies, including an ongoing one for the Social Security Administration on the transition of youth with disabilities from school to work. Rangarajan has led studies in the United Kingdom and Mexico, and provides guidance for Mathematica's studies in Central America and Africa. She is currently directing a Millennium Challenge Corporation-funded study to measure the effect of programs designed to reduce rural poverty in Armenia.
"I am pleased to announce this promotion,” said Paul Decker, president of Mathematica. “Anu’s keen understanding of the human services policy field and her leadership skills will continue to enhance Mathematica's reputation for excellence as we continue to expand our international client base.”
Mathematica, a nonpartisan research firm, conducts policy research and surveys for federal and state governments, foundations, and private-sector clients. The employee-owned company, with offices in Princeton, N.J., Washington, D.C., Cambridge, Mass., and Ann Arbor, Mich., has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, welfare, education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs in the U.S. Mathematica strives to improve public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence to bear on the provision of information collection and analysis to its clients.