2025 Annual Conference Line-Up

The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference will be held July 31 – August 2 on the campus of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia and is co-sponsored by Marymount University's Center for Professional Ethics. The conference sessions on Saturday, August 2nd are open to the larger community. You can find the full schedule of events and additional information here.

The annual event is designed to place the individual experiences of the SHECP interns into broader anti-poverty policy, research and organizational efforts, and to situate it within their undergraduate education. The conference also provides professional development opportunities for the staff and faculty of member institutions and community partners.

The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference is made possible by the generous support of the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, and there is no registration fee to attend. For individuals interested in attending Saturday's events, please register here. 

8AM: Networking Breakfast

As the 28th intern cohort concludes their on-site placement work, they join the robust SHECP network and take the next step towards continuing their lifetime of professional and civic efforts to diminish poverty and enhance human capability. Please join us in welcoming these interns to the broader SHECP community!

On Saturday morning, SHECP will provide breakfast and an opportunity for all attendees to meet and connect with this year's SHECP Summer interns, professionals from member institutions, and practitioners from the D.C. area working across a range of sectors. Come network and get to know others who share a common orientation towards this work and who are engaged in the study of poverty. SHECP alumni, practitioners, and supporters in the area are encouraged to attend.

10AM: Welcome Addresses

• Andrea Woodward, Associate Professor of Social Sciences at Berea College and SHECP Governing Board Member

• Dr. Pamela Slaven-Lee, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Marymount University

"On the Move: Understanding Housing As a Vehicle for Exiting Poverty," Joy Moses, Vice President of Research and Evidence with the National Alliance to End Homelessness

Joy Moses is the Alliance’s Vice President of Research and Evidence. Throughout her career, she has worked to reduce poverty and advance racial justice. Before joining the Alliance, she was a private consultant and analyst with the Center for American Progress. Within those roles, she managed projects and developed research reports and other forms of analysis. Early in her career, Joy was a legal advocate, representing the interests of children and youth through her work at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. She is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford University.

11:30AM: "Tax Policies to Support Low-Income Households," Alice Lin, Visiting Tax Policy Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality

Alice Lin is a Visiting Fellow at the Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality. She is a tax policy expert on policies relating to a fairer and more equitable tax system, with a focus on poverty, children, and families.

Alice most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs (Tax & Budget) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she advised senior Treasury officials and executed legislative strategy across all tax policy issues, ranging from international tax to implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act. Prior to that, Alice was a Senior Tax Policy Advisor for the Senate Finance Committee and a Budget and Tax Policy Advisor for the House Ways and Means Committee. In these roles, she worked on various individual and business tax issues, such as energy and infrastructure tax, housing tax, health and benefits tax, and excise taxes. Alice also previously worked for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and for Rep. Mike Honda (CA-17).

Alice has worked on major legislation including bipartisan COVID relief and extenders packages as well as expansions to the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan Act and proposed in Build Back Better. She was also the lead House staffer responsible for developing and writing the energy tax provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.

Alice holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She also currently serves as a Senior Advisor, Tax for the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she works on energy and climate tax policy.

You can find additional event information here. The 2025 SHECP Annual Conference is co-hosted by Marymount University's Center for Professional Ethics and is made possible by the generous support of the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.

Contact info@shepherdconsortium.org if you have any questions or would like further information.