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Public Finance Initiative:
Staff
The Public Finance Initiative staff
Steven
M. Gardner
BS (University of Missouri - Rolla), Ph.D. candidate (University of Missouri - St. Louis) Steve Gardner
joined the Public Policy Research Center as a Graduate Research
Assistant in September 2002, and became a Research Specialist
in 2003. When PPRC launched the Public Finance Initiative
in 2005, Mr. Gardner was named as Director of the unit.
Mr. Gardner has an extensive background in state politics,
as well as banking and management. Mr. Gardner served as
a Missouri State Representative for three terms, from 1975-1981,
and he was a candidate for the US Congress in 1980. He also
served as the president of several banks during the 1980's
and 90's. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Missouri-Rolla. He is currently working part-time
toward his Ph.D in Political Science at the University of
Missouri-St. Louis. His research interests include state
and local tax policy and state legislatures. Gardner has
testified before several committees of the Missouri Legislature
regarding property tax policy administration and the linkage
to school finance. Recently he served as an expert witness
regarding assessment inequalities and the school funding
lawsuit. 
Samrita
Lohani
B.S. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), M.S. (University of New Haven-Connecticut) Samrita Lohani joined PPRC as a Research Specialist in July 2006. She received her M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of New Haven-Connecticut. While she was in graduate school, she worked as a research assistant, doing qualitative and quantitative analysis. She also received GIS certification from the University of New Haven. She has also worked as a volunteer, providing GIS analysis and data management at the East West Council of Governments and at the Open Space Council. Samrita creates and maintains databases for the Public Finance Initiative, performs data analysis and quantitative research.
David
Mariott
BA (University of Missouri-Columbia), MA (University of Arizona) David Mariott joined the PPRC as a Research Specialist in August 2006. Mr. Mariott received a BA in Political Science (Cum Laude) from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2004. He also obtained a MA in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 2006. Prior to joining the PPRC, David worked as a Graduate Assistant in Teaching and Research at the University of Arizona. Mr. Mariott brings to PPRC a background in quantitative and qualitative social science research. His research interests include state and local politics, tax policy, intergovernmental relations, and legislatures. With Steve Gardner, David serves as project leader for all property tax related projects.
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