Madeline Neighly

Madeline Neighly is a Senior Strategist and Researcher at the Institute on Race, Power and Policy at The New School. She recently completed a detail as the Stakeholder Engagement Advisor to the Resilient Families Hub, an interagency project housed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Families and Children. Trained as a lawyer, Neighly’s work has spanned economic policy, prisoners’ rights, guaranteed income, and the intersection of employment and criminal justice, all with a focus on racial and gender equity. She excels at communicating complex ideas to a variety of audiences, building communities and networks and ensuring that justice and inclusion are centered. Neighly has held positions at Columbia University, Economic Security Project, Roosevelt Institute, Council of State Governments Justice Center, National Employment Law Center and more. She holds a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley Law, and a B.A. in Gender Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.