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2025 Living Income Standard

January 08, 2025
Logan Rockefeller Harris + Mel Umbarger • January 08, 2025
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Logan Rockefeller Harris
Director of Research (She/her/hers)
logan@ncbudget.org

Logan oversees BTC’s research and works with our analysts to explore social and economic conditions across the state, conduct policy analysis, create accessible data products and publications for BTC’s partners and the general public. She also conducts issue-specific research on topics including tax policy and early childhood education, and coordinates BTC’s internship program. Before joining the Budget & Tax Center, Logan worked as a researcher at Human Impact Partners, where she partnered with community organizers and advocates across the country on research connecting housing and economic policy to health equity. Logan holds master's degrees in city planning and public health from UC Berkeley. She’s a fan of public transit, bike rides, indie pop, and knitting.

Mel Umbarger
Director of Communications & Technology (She/her/hers)
mel@ncbudget.org

Mel works to shape the public’s understanding of the critical role that equitable policymaking has in advancing our collective well-being and, in so doing, builds the will for systemic policy change that is informed by people across the state.

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