
Chase Hatchett Senior Associate
Chase Hatchett works with Pew’s housing policy initiative, providing analysis and research on ways to increase housing availability and safe home financing to inform federal and state policymakers, providers, consumers, and other stakeholders. Before coming to Pew, Hatchett held organizing and communications positions on President Joe Biden’s, Vice President Kamala Harris’, and Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaigns. Prior to his campaign experience, he spent several years in commercial real estate, including as a securities analyst. Hatchett holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Loyola University, Maryland.
Alex Horowitz Project Director
Alex Horowitz guides research for Pew’s housing policy initiative, focusing on how home financing, the housing shortage, and land-use regulations affect household well-being. He has also conducted extensive research on consumer finance issues, including how small-dollar loans and consumer banking can be made safer and more transparent.
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Tushar Kansal Senior Officer
Tushar Kansal works with Pew’s housing policy initiative, providing research and analysis on ways to increase housing availability and safe home financing. Kansal also engages with foundations, nonprofits, businesses, and community organizations to build broad-based support for increasing access to safe and affordable financing and housing availability. Prior to joining the housing team, Kansal worked in Pew’s strategy department for five years and was previously a public policy consultant and mediator at the Consensus Building Institute. Kansal holds a bachelor’s degree in social studies from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gabriel Kravitz Manager
Gabriel Kravitz is a manager with Pew’s housing policy initiative, providing research and analysis to policymakers, regulators, and other stakeholders at the state level on alternative financial arrangements used to purchase manufactured housing and other low-cost homes. At Pew, he has helped secure policy changes that are saving consumers billions of dollars annually. Before coming to Pew, Kravitz worked as a community organizer in Minnesota. He holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Middle East Studies from McGill University.

Linlin Liang Principal Associate
Linlin Liang is a principal associate with Pew’s housing policy initiative, providing analysis and research on alternative financial arrangements used to purchase manufactured homes and other low-cost forms of housing. Before coming to Pew, Liang worked for Grameen America to expand access to credit for low-income entrepreneurs and launched Bank On Suncoast’s coalition with United Way Suncoast to connect underserved communities with safe and affordable banking products. Liang holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising from Xiamen University and a master’s in media and information from Michigan State University.

Tracy Maguze Officer
Tracy Maguze is an officer with Pew’s housing policy initiative, developing and conducting original research on financial arrangements for home purchases, with a particular focus on the small-mortgage market. Before joining Pew, Maguze was a Ph.D. candidate at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, with a research focus on macroprudential policy, and taught a course she developed on global financial law. Maguze holds a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe and a master’s in corporate law from the University of Edinburgh, and she recently completed her doctorate in law from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Tara Roche Project Director
Tara Roche leads Pew’s housing policy initiative, conducting original analyses of the safety, affordability, and availability of small mortgages and alternative financial arrangements used to purchase manufactured homes and other low-cost housing.
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Rachel Siegel Senior Officer
Rachel Siegel is a senior officer with Pew’s housing policy initiative, conducting original research and analysis on the availability, safety, and affordability of mortgages and on alternative financial arrangements for purchasing manufactured homes and other low-cost forms of housing. She also represented Pew on the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force. Before coming to Pew, Siegel worked for Santander Bank and Century Bank, and interned at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Vermont and a master’s in economics from Boston University.

Adam Staveski Senior Associate
Adam Staveski works with Pew’s housing policy initiative, providing analysis and research on small mortgages and alternative financial arrangements used to purchase manufactured homes and other low-cost forms of housing. Before coming to Pew, Staveski worked at the Congressional Budget Office, where he helped develop short- and long-term projections of the United States macroeconomy. His research focused on national labor markets, international trade flows, and the housing market. Staveski holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from American University and a master’s in public policy from Harvard University.