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![Ashley Williams Clark, data and research coordinator for the Institute for Social Capital, gives a presentation on data visualization at the 2015 Data Day conference. Ashley Clark speaking at Data Day](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/02/AshleyDataDayCROP.jpg)
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute staff are experienced speakers and presenters on a variety of topics. If you’d like a speaker for your event, please feel free to contact the speakers listed, or contact the institute’s main offices at 704-687-1210 or urbaninstitute@charlotte.edu.
Speakers
![Bridget Anderson](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/05/53231659804_e1c3903453_6k-300x300.jpg)
Research Associate
Expertise
- Homelessness
- Public Health
- Social Capital
![Sydney Idzikowski](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/02/Idzikowski2-300x300.jpg)
Associate Director, Charlotte Regional Data Trust
Charlotte Regional Data Trust
Expertise
- Racial Wealth Gap
- Integrated Data Systems
- Education
- Health
![Bill McCoy](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/02/BillMcCoyHeadshot.jpg)
Emeritus Faculty
UNC Charlotte
Expertise
- Age-Friendly communities
- Housing issues for older adults
- Community design for older adults
- Senior villages as an Aging in Place strategy
![Lori Thomas, Ph.D.](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/02/Thomas1-300x300.jpg)
Executive Director, Urban Institute and Charlotte Regional Data Trust
Expertise
- Housing instability
- Chronic homelessness
- Mixed Methods research
- Evaluation
- Participatory research models
![Katie Zager](https://ui.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2024/02/Zager2.jpg)
Research Associate
Expertise
- Quality of Life Explorer
- GIS coding/mapping
- Public Health